Latest Kansas Headlines
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Kansas Commissioner Schmidt Sworn In For Second Term
Jan 10 2023 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt today took the oath of office to begin her second term Monday. Re-elected in November to her second four-year term, Commissioner Schmidt received the most votes of any statewide...
Company Starting to Recover Oil From Kansas Pipeline Spill
Dec 15 2022 // TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – The company operating a pipeline that spilled about 14,000 bathtubs’ worth of oil into a Kansas creek during a test for potential problems is recovering at least a small portion of the...
Career Certified Acquires Kansas-Based Licensing School A.D. Banker
Dec 13 2022 // Career Certified acquired A.D. Banker, a 43-year veteran provider of online education for Insurance (Pre-Licensing and Continuing Education) and Securities (Pre-Licensing). A.D. Banker provides a comprehensive offering for...
Kansas Oil Spill Biggest in Keystone History
Dec 12 2022 // TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ A ruptured pipe dumped enough oil this week into a northeastern Kansas creek to nearly fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool, becoming the largest onshore crude pipeline spill in nine years and surpassing...
EPA Fines Kansas, Missouri Home Renovators for Lead-Based Paint Violations
Nov 17 2022 // Five home renovation companies in Kansas and Missouri have agreed to pay nearly $132,000 collectively in penalties to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to resolve alleged violations of the federal Toxic...
Kansas Utility to Pay $120K Settlement
Nov 9 2022 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement under the Agency’s Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) program with Evergy Kansas Central Inc. at the company’s retired Tecumseh Energy Center...
Kansas City to Pay $5M After Police Killing of Black Man
Nov 9 2022 // KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Kansas City will pay $5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of an unarmed Black man who was fatally shot by a police officer in 2019. The Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners...
Vicki Schmidt Reelected as Kansas Insurance Commissioner
Nov 9 2022 // Republican Vicki Schmidt was reelected Kansas Insurance Commissioner Tuesday, defeating challenger Kiel Corkran, a Democrat, by a near 2-1 margin. Schmidt led with 63.4% of the votes and more than 95% of precincts...
Kansas City Officer Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Black Teenager
Nov 1 2022 // KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) _ A Kansas City, Missouri, police officer who kneed a Black 15-year-old in the neck and pushed his face into the ground pleaded guilty Thursday to third-degree assault and lost his law enforcement...
Kansas Undersheriff Faces Trial in Fatal Beanbag Shooting
Oct 27 2022 // An undersheriff in rural Kansas faces a manslaughter trial Monday for fatally shooting an unarmed man with a homemade beanbag round out of his personal shotgun, a case that comes amid a national reckoning on police...
Kansas Asphalt Company to Pay $82K over Alleged Clean Water Act Violations
Oct 13 2022 // The Asphalt Sales Company in Olathe, Kansas, will pay $82,798 in civil penalties and improve pollution controls to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection...
DOJ Investigating Racism Allegations in Kansas City Police Force
Sep 21 2022 // The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation into allegations of discrimination against Black officers by the Kansas City Police Department that reportedly begins during hiring and extends to promotions and...
Kansas Insurance Department Recovers $4.1 Million
Sep 16 2022 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt announced the Kansas Insurance Department recovered $4.12 million in insurance funds for Kansans in the first eight months of 2022. “When Kansans call the Insurance...
People Moves: Turek Joins Kansas Insurance Department; Insurance Office of America Announces New Chicago Team
Sep 6 2022 // Commissioner Vicki Schmidt names new Director of Government and Public Affairs Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt has named Eric Turek as the new Director of Government and Public Affairs for the Kansas Insurance...
World Insurance Associates Acquires Kansas’ Woody Insurance Group
Aug 30 2022 // World Insurance Associates LLC announced that it acquired The Woody Insurance Group of Prairie Village, Kansas on August 1, 2022. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The Woody Insurance Group has been providing...
Study: Dozens Got Sick Visting Kansas Splash Park
Aug 9 2022 // A new federal study said dozens of people got sick after visiting a splash park near Wichita, Kansas, last summer. The study by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that 21 people contracted Shigella...
Wood-Dulohery to Merge with Kansas’ ICI Insurance to Become Wood Insurance Center
Jul 19 2022 // Wood-Dulohery Insurance, Inc., with operating locations in Parsons and Pittsburg, Kansas has merged effective July 1, 2022, with Insurance Center Inc. (ICI), headquartered in El Dorado, Kansas. Making the announcement, Bob...
Kansas Hobby Lobby Store Sued For Disability Discrimination
Jul 6 2022 // Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., a national arts-and-crafts retailer, violated federal law when it refused to reasonably accommodate a cashier at its Olathe, Kansas store by allowing her to use a service dog and then fired her...
Volunteer Firefighter Dies from Injuries Suffered in Kansas Fire
Jun 24 2022 // A volunteer firefighter who was injured while fighting a blaze in Pleasanton, Kansas, earlier this week has died, officials said. Joshua Haynes, 35, was injured Monday during a fire at the Carpenter Chiropractor Clinic. He...
Lawsuit: Death of Kansas Black Teen at Juvenile Center Foreshadowed
Jun 15 2022 // The death of a Black teenager at a Kansas juvenile detention center was foreshadowed five years earlier by a state inspection of the facility that noted systemic deficiencies in its handling of children with mental health...
