Latest Kansas Headlines
All the headlines from our Kansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Parents of Girl Who Drowned at Missouri Water Park File Lawsuit
Jun 16 2023 // KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The parents of a 6-year-old girl who drowned at a popular Kansas City water park last year allege in a lawsuit that the park repeatedly hires young, inexperienced lifeguards and does not...
Kansas Insurance Commissioner: No Workers’ Comp Fund Assessment for FY 2024
Jun 2 2023 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt announced there will not be a Workers Compensation Fund assessment this year. Carriers, pools, and self-insured businesses will not be required to pay into the assessment fund...
Business Moves
May 22 2023 // National American Financial Group, Crop Risk Services American Financial Group Inc. and American International Group entered into a definitive agreement whereby AFG will purchase Crop Risk Services (CRS) from AIG. Under...
Farmers Set to Abandon Wheat Crops at Highest Rate Since 1917
May 15 2023 // America’s wheat fields have become so plagued by drought that farmers are now poised to abandon crops at the highest rate in more than a century. Producers are expected to harvest about 67% of their planted acres,...
Hobby Lobby to Settle $50K Disability Discrimination Suit at Kansas Store
May 10 2023 // Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., a national arts and crafts retailer, will pay $50,000 to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency...
Wrongfully Convicted Kansas Man to Receive $7.5M Payment
May 1 2023 // OSKALOOSA, Kan. (AP) – A Kansas man who spent 16 years in prison for a rape and murder he didn’t commit will receive $7.5 million from the county where he was arrested and convicted of the crime. Jefferson...
World Acquires Kansas’ Iron Gates
Apr 26 2023 // World Insurance Associates LLC announced that it acquired the business of Iron Gates Insurance Group LLC (“Iron Gates”) of Haven, Kansas and Anthony, Kansas on March 1, 2023. Terms of the transaction were not...
Kansas Steakhouse to Pay $55K Over Pregnancy Discrimination Suit
Apr 17 2023 // A.V.I. Sea Bar & Chophouse restaurant, a Wichita, Kansas steakhouse with an attached catering service known as Corporate Caterers of Wichita, has agreed to pay $55,000 to a former employee and furnish other relief to...
Kansas Passes Anti-ESG Bill
Apr 10 2023 // TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – A proposal designed to thwart investing that considers environmental, social and governance factors has cleared the Kansas Legislature, but divisions within its GOP majorities kept the measure...
Kansas Lawmakers Move to Help Survivors Pursue Child Sex Abuse Claims
Apr 4 2023 // TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – Abuse survivors and advocates who’ve pushed for legislation making it easier in Kansas to prosecute abusers and file lawsuits decades later have achieved a breakthrough in the Legislature,...
Wichita, Kansas Settles Fatal SWAT Shooting Suit for $5M
Apr 3 2023 // The city of Wichita, Kansas approved a $5 million settlement of a lawsuit filed by the family of a man who was shot and killed by a police officer during a hoax call in 2017. The settlement will go to the two children of...
Family of Kansas Toddler Killed by Police During Standoff Sues
Mar 29 2023 // BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. (AP) – The family of a toddler who was fatally shot by a police officer during a standoff last year between her father and law enforcement has filed a federal lawsuit over her death. Kansas...
Wichita, Kansas Settles Fatal SWAT Shooting Suit for $5M
Mar 17 2023 // The city of Wichita on Tuesday approved a $5 million settlement of a lawsuit filed by the family of a man who was shot and killed by a police officer during a hoax call in 2017. The settlement will go to the two children...
Crews Clean Up After UP Train Derails in Kansas
Mar 16 2023 // MCPHERSON, Kan. (AP) – Crews continued to clean up after a train derailment a day earlier in McPherson that spilled denatured alcohol and caused a grass fire. Officials said 13 cars of the Union Pacific train came...
Railroad: Broken Wheel Likely Caused Kansas Derailment
Mar 15 2023 // MCPHERSON, Kan. (AP) – Union Pacific officials believe that a broken wheel likely caused this weekend’s derailment that spilled denatured alcohol inside a Kansas refinery. Railroad spokeswoman Kristen South...
Gun Dealer Sued by Kansas City Reaches $150K Settlement
Mar 10 2023 // KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Kansas City has reached a settlement with one of the gun dealers it accused in a lawsuit of contributing to surging violence in the region by ignoring evidence that firearms were being sold...
Faulty Weld Led to Kansas Oil Spill; Cleanup Costs at $480M
Feb 13 2023 // TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – A faulty weld at a bend in an oil pipeline contributed to a spill that dumped nearly 13,000 bathtubs’ worth of crude oil into a northeastern Kansas creek, the pipeline’s operator said last...
Kansas High Court Reverses $3.4M Bad Faith Judgment Against Insurer
Feb 1 2023 // An insurer’s duty to act in good faith and with reasonable care does not necessarily include a requirement to begin settlement negotiations before a claim is filed, the Kansas Supreme Court ruled. The high court...
Kansas Man Arrested on Suspected Arson That Killed Woman, 2 Girls
Jan 25 2023 // TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – The only survivor of a Kansas house fire that killed a woman and two young girls has been arrested on suspicion of setting the blaze. Topeka police arrested Kyle J. Tyler, 32, of Holton, on Saturday,...
Kansas Insurance Dept. Recovers $7.6M for Policyholders
Jan 19 2023 // The Kansas Insurance Department announced it has recovered more than $7.6 million for Kansans in 2022, the largest single-year recovery in department history. Funds considered “recovered” are calculated when...
