Latest Kansas Headlines
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Federal Court: No Immunity from Civil Lawsuit for Kansas Sheriff
May 26 2020 // A Kansas sheriff is not entitled to immunity from a lawsuit filed by the family of an unarmed black man who was shot in the back following a police chase, a federal appeals court has ruled. A three-judge panel of the 10th...
Kansas Legislature Passes Bill Barring COVID-19 Lawsuits
May 25 2020 // Republicans pushed a sweeping coronavirus measure through the GOP-controlled Kansas Legislature on May 22, aiming to shield businesses and health care providers from coronavirus-related lawsuits and take control of the...
Workers at Kansas FedEx Facility Infected with Coronavirus
May 18 2020 // FedEx has confirmed that workers from its facility in the Kansas City suburb of Olathe have tested positive for COVID-19. A spokesperson from FedEx Ground said in a statement that it was working cooperatively with county...
Kansas Sausage Making Plant with COVID-19 Cases Shuts Down
May 15 2020 // A Kansas plant that makes sausage shut down on May 13 after employees tested positive for the coronavirus, and an outbreak that has infected hundreds at the state’s largest prison claimed the life of another...
Kansas GOP Lawmakers Want to Limit Coronavirus Lawsuits
May 14 2020 // Republican legislators in Kansas are joining a broader effort to shield doctors, hospitals and businesses from lawsuits stemming from the coronavirus, with business and medical groups pushing them to act quickly. The...
Midwest Insurance Agency Alliance Adds Gravatt as Regional VP
May 4 2020 // Midwest Insurance Agency Alliance Inc. (MIAA) has hired Clayton Gravatt as regional vice president for Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri. Gravatt will be responsible for overall business development, membership service, and...
Despite Virus Outbreak, Midwest States Work to Keep Meat Plants Open
Apr 22 2020 // Governors in the Midwest are working to keep large meatpacking plants operating despite coronavirus outbreaks that have sickened hundreds of workers and threaten to disrupt the nation’s supply of pork and beef. In...
Midwest Insurance Agency Alliance Adds Stallard as Agency Development Specialist
Apr 17 2020 // Midwest Insurance Agency Alliance Inc. (MIAA), based in Lincoln, Neb., has hired Sam Stallard as an agency development field specialist for Kansas and Missouri. Stallard will be directly responsible for agency development...
Parent Company of Kansas City Radio Station Sued for Gender Discrimination
Apr 9 2020 // The former co-host of “Afentra’s Big Fat Morning Buzz” on Kansas City radio station KRBZ-FM is suing the station’s parent company for alleged discrimination and for retaliating against her when she...
Federal Judge Permanently Bans Enforcement of Kansas ‘Ag-Gag’ Law
Apr 6 2020 // A federal judge has blocked enforcement of provisions in a Kansas law that ban the secret filming at slaughterhouses and other livestock facilities. U.S. District Judge Kathryn Vratil issued the permanent injunction after...
Corps Says Some Midwest Levees Damaged in 2019 Still Vulnerable
Apr 2 2020 // With flood concerns already high in the Midwest, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is warning that many levees on the Missouri and Kansas rivers that were damaged during devastating floods last spring remain vulnerable to...
Man Dies in Accident at Tyson Meats Plant in Kansas
Mar 26 2020 // A 30-year-old Garden City man died at a Tyson Fresh Meats plant in western Kansas, authorities said. Kendrick Gregory was doing maintenance work on an assembly line early Monday at the plant in Garden City when he was...
Lawsuit Alleges Kansas College Told Coaches to Recruit White Athletes
Mar 25 2020 // A small community college in northeast Kansas directed its coaches to recruit more white athletes and targeted black prospective students with excessive scrutiny such background checks before offering scholarships,...
Kansas Suspends ‘Deemed Approved’ Policy; Delays in Licensing, Filing Approvals Likely
Mar 20 2020 // The Kansas Insurance Department reports that the agency has implemented alternative working arrangements for its staff, and that there will potentially be delays in processing license applications and company filing...
Home, Business Evictions Banned in Kansas until May 1
Mar 19 2020 // Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has ordered financial institutions to temporarily suspend business and residential evictions to help those financially affected by the spread of the coronavirus. The executive order signed by Kelly...
Cattle Ranchers Worry Despite Having Tech to Track Diseases
Mar 17 2020 // Before June 2018, finding cattle that were potentially exposed to diseases was time-consuming and complicated, requiring a patchwork of information from auction houses, feedlots, producers and meatpacking...
U. of Kansas to Pay $144K Settle Retaliation Lawsuit in Age Discrimination Case
Mar 16 2020 // The University of Kansas will pay $144,000 and furnish other relief to settle a federal retaliation lawsuit related to the firing of an employee for reporting age discrimination. The lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal...
Websites of Many Kansas Counties May Lack Security Against Hackers: Report
Feb 25 2020 // Many Kansas counties’ websites may be at risk as they lack basic protocols that make it easier for hackers to impersonate websites in order to install malware or trick individuals into giving out their personal...
Sentenced for Crop Insurance Fraud, Kansas Farmer Must Repay $604K
Feb 12 2020 // A Kansas farmer has been sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for federal crop insurance fraud and bankruptcy fraud. Kevin Struss, 63, of Wakeeney, was also ordered to pay $604,303 in restitution. Struss pleaded guilty in...
Kansas AG: Insurance Agent Sentenced to 30 Months Probation for Fraud
Feb 7 2020 // A Smith Center, Kansas, insurance agent has been convicted of insurance fraud and related charges, and ordered to serve 36 months of probation, the Kansas Attorney General’s office reported. Trisha A. Wiehl, 40, was...
