Latest Kansas Headlines
All the headlines from our Kansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Third Person Charged in Waterslide Death of Kansas Boy
Mar 29 2018 // A man involved in the design of the world’s tallest waterslide into has been indicted along with two others in connection with the death of a 10-year-old boy at the Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas City,...
Schlitterbahn Co-Owner Arrested, Added to Kansas Waterslide Death Indictment
Mar 28 2018 // A water park company’s co-owner was being held in a Texas jail on murder and other charges on March 27 in connection to a Kansas criminal case in the death of a 10-year-old boy on what was promoted as the...
Schlitterbahn, Former Park Operator Indicted in Kansas Waterslide Death
Mar 27 2018 // A Kansas waterslide hyped as the world’s highest was a “deadly weapon” that had already injured more than a dozen people before a 10-year-old boy was decapitated on it in 2016, according to a grand jury...
Lawyer: Ex-Kansas VA Worker Subject of Nearly 100 Sex Abuse Lawsuits
Mar 21 2018 // The number of lawsuits accusing a former physician assistant at a Veteran’s Administration hospital in Kansas of sexual abuse is approaching 100. The Wichita Eagle reports that Kansas City attorneys Dan Curry and...
Wildfires Bring Disaster Declaration in Kansas, Burn Ban in Nebraska
Mar 16 2018 // Gov. Jeff Colyer issued a disaster declaration for three wildfires currently burning in central Kansas. State officials announced that Rice County officials have asked for help from the Kansas National Guard to fight the...
$1.5B Settlement in Syngenta Modified Corn Seed Lawsuit
Mar 14 2018 // A $1.5 billion settlement was reached in a class-action lawsuit covering tens of thousands of farmers, grain-handling facilities and ethanol plants that sued Swiss agribusiness giant Syngenta over its introduction of a...
Kansas Governor Issues Wildfire Disaster Declaration
Mar 6 2018 // Forecasters are warning of a high risk of wildfires after one blaze burned 10,000 hay bales in the southwest part of the state. Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer signed an emergency disaster declaration Sunday when the large bales...
Kansas House Panel Rejects Earthquake-Prevention Bill
Feb 20 2018 // A Kansas House committee has rejected a bill that was designed to prevent earthquakes that experts say are caused by oil and gas production wastewater disposal methods. The Sierra Club and several Kansas residents who say...
No Need to Raise Kansas Auto Insurance Limits
Feb 14 2018 // When legislation that would force consumers to buy more of a thing is opposed even by the companies who sell that thing, that’s a pretty good sign it’s a pretty bad idea. H.B. 2104, under consideration by the...
Jury Awards Paralyzed Kansas Accident Victim $38.5M
Feb 12 2018 // A woman paralyzed from the chest down in a 2014 southeast Kansas crash has won a $38.5 million verdict. The Joplin Globe reports that Cherokee County jurors returned the verdict after a five-day trial. Kara Hansen was just...
Fire Destroys Classic Cars, Business in Kansas
Feb 12 2018 // The owner of a Topeka-area auto body and restoration shop says it was “brutal” watching his business burn, knowing that six classic cars inside the building were destroyed. High Torque Racing Auto Body and...
Feds Sue Staffing Company over Sexual Harassment at Kansas Site
Feb 9 2018 // An international staffing company violated federal law when it allowed a manager at a Kansas City, Kan., worksite to repeatedly sexually harass female workers on a manufacturing line, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
OSHA Says Kansas’ Spirit Aerosystems Exposed Employees to Known Carcinogen
Feb 8 2018 // Federal safety regulators have proposed penalties totaling $194,006 against a Wichita, Kansas-based airline manufacturer for allegedly exposing its employees to a known carcinogen The U.S. Department of Labor’s...
Truck Leaks Natural Gas, Causes $2M in Damage in Kansas Fire
Jan 18 2018 // Authorities have determined the cause of a fire that caused more than $2 million in damage and losses at a truck maintenance facility in southwest Wichita, Kansas. Wichita fire Lt. Jose Ocadiz says employees were doing...
2018 Insurance Industry Meetings & Events Directory
Jan 8 2018 // CIWA Industry Days Jan 8-10 Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines La Jolla, Calif. California Insurance Wholesalers Association (CIWA) Contact: Thomas Shovlin, thomas@ciwa.net The 19th Annual Windstorm Insurance Conference Jan...
La Nina Adds to Wildfire Threat in South Central, Plains States
Dec 4 2017 // Conditions are ripe for winter wildfires from the mid-South through the Great Plains thanks to a combination of weather factors, including the climate phenomenon known as La Nina, that have left a lot of dry growth. In...
Kansas Assistant Insurance Commissioner Forms Campaign to Run for Top Job
Nov 14 2017 // The Kansas insurance commissioner’s chief deputy is interested in running for the top job himself next year. Assistant Insurance Commissioner Clark Shultz appointed a treasurer last month for a campaign for the...
Judge Sanctions Kansas Pizza Restaurant for Gender Discrimination in Job Offerings
Nov 14 2017 // Two teenagers whose firing from a Kansas pizza restaurant prompted a national discussion on pay inequality should receive back pay and the corporation that owned the restaurant must implement policies to ensure it follows...
Reinsurer Swiss Re Moving Kansas Office to Kansas City, Missouri
Oct 27 2017 // Swiss Re, a reinsurance company, says it plans to move its headquarters and 400 jobs from Overland Park, Kansas, to downtown Kansas City. The move is expected in late 2018. President and CEO Eric Smith says the move will...
Records Show Unprecedented Increase in Firearm Thefts in Kansas City
Oct 18 2017 // Police records show there has been an unprecedented spike in gun thefts in Kansas City, Missouri. The number of annual firearms thefts sharply increased between 2015 and 2016, according to police data obtained by the...
