Latest Kansas Headlines
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Workers’ Comp Rates to Decline in Kansas Next Year
Oct 11 2018 // For the fifth consecutive year, many Kansas business owners will pay less for workers’ compensation insurance again in 2019, the Kansas Insurance Department reported. “With another rate decrease, Kansas...
Kansas Foster Agency Sued in Killing of Girl By Dogs
Oct 9 2018 // The mother of a 2-year-old girl who was fatally mauled by dogs at her father’s home is suing Kansas welfare workers. The Kansas City Star reported that the lawsuit filed last month says the Kansas Department for...
Manhattan, Kansas, Labor Day Flood Caused $17.2M in Damage
Sep 21 2018 // Manhattan City Manager Ron Fehr says a flood over the Labor Day holiday weekend caused $17.2 million in structural damages in the city. Fehr told the Manhattan City Commission on Sept. 18 that four commercial and eight...
Kansas City Star: Changes Urged After Spike in Deadly Big Truck Crashes
Sep 17 2018 // Tractor-trailers and other large trucks aren’t required to have crash-avoidance technology, despite thousands of crashes annually and repeated calls for it to be mandated. Federal data shows that more than 4,300...
$6.95M Settlement Proposed in Lawsuit Against Oklahoma’s Chesapeake Energy
Sep 12 2018 // A proposed $6.95 million settlement has been filed to end a class-action lawsuit alleging Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy co-founders Aubrey McClendon and Tom Ward conspired to rig bids on leases for land to explore...
Over 300 People Evacuated Due to Flooding in Manhattan, Kansas
Sep 5 2018 // Heavy rain caused a creek to burst its banks and flood the Kansas college town of Manhattan, forcing more than 300 people to evacuate their homes, including some who were ferried to dry land in boats. Nearly 9 inches (23...
Kansas Insurance Agent Accused of $108K Fraud Scheme
Sep 4 2018 // The Kansas Insurance Department (KID) has issued an emergency license suspension for a Smith Center, Kansas, insurance agent following an investigation of a complaint from an insurance company. Trisha A. Wiehl’s...
In Suit, Kansas Woman Blames Crash on ‘Pokemon Go’
Aug 27 2018 // A Kansas woman alleges in a lawsuit that she was struck and injured by a driver playing “Pokemon Go” not long after the game’s release. The Wichita Eagle reports that Angeligue Farris is seeking more than...
Spokesman: City’s Insurer, not Kansas Family’s, Paid for Broken Sculpture
Aug 20 2018 // An Overland Park, Kansas, official admits he was mistaken about who paid for a $132,000 sculpture at the city’s community center that was damaged by a young boy. City spokesman Sean Reilly said in July that the...
Kansas Commissioner: Enrollment Rises in College Insurance Programs
Aug 20 2018 // Enrollment in courses eligible for the Kansas Insurance Certificate Program at several Kansas higher learning institutions is rising, according to the state insurance department. The department says around 500 students...
Church Van Crashes in Missouri; 3 Dead, 10 Injured
Aug 13 2018 // Three teenagers from Kansas were killed and 10 other people were injured Friday after a church van heading for an outing crashed in southwestern Missouri. The wreck happened around 10:40 a.m. on Missouri Route 13, five...
Kansas School District Sued by Feds Over Unequal Pay
Aug 8 2018 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued a Kansas school district alleging it paid a female principal less than it paid the man she had replaced and less than the man who succeeded her. A complaint filed...
Kansas Commissioner Sues Over Governor’s $8M Fund Grab
Aug 6 2018 // The Kansas insurance commissioner seeking the Republican gubernatorial nomination is trying to prevent Gov. Jeff Colyer from taking $8 million this year from a state insurance fund. Commissioner Ken Selzer filed a lawsuit...
Federal Judge in Kansas Rules UPS’ Policy of Paying Disabled Drivers Less Is Unlawful
Aug 2 2018 // A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for District of Kansas ruled on July 27 that UPS Freight violated federal law by having a policy, contained in its current union contract with the International Brotherhood of...
Kansas Grain Bin Operator Contests Citations, $507K in Penalties for Worker Deaths
Jul 31 2018 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Gavilon Grain LLC – operator of a grain bin based in Wichita, Kansas – after two workers were fatally engulfed in a...
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sues Governor Over $8M Fund Transfer
Jul 25 2018 // The Kansas insurance commissioner seeking the Republican gubernatorial nomination is trying to prevent Gov. Jeff Colyer from taking $8 million this year from a state insurance fund. Ken Selzer has filed a lawsuit seeking a...
Inspector Last Year Reported Sunken Missouri Duck Boat Had Design Flaws
Jul 23 2018 // A private inspector said Saturday that he warned the company operating duck boats on a Missouri lake about design flaws putting the watercraft at greater risk of sinking, less than a year before the accident that killed 17...
Insurance Company Pays $107K After Kansas Boy Topples Sculpture
Jul 11 2018 // A city in Kansas has received $107,000 from a family’s insurance company after a 5-year-old boy accidentally knocked over a sculpture at a community center. Overland Park spokesman Sean Reilly says the city plans to...
Kansas Insurance Department Distributing $13.3M to Firefighters
Jul 11 2018 // The Kansas Insurance Department announced it is making the annual funds distribution to state and local firefighter relief organizations. More than $13.3 million will be distributed among 564 local Firefighters Relief...
Injury on Missouri Waterslide Highlights Lax Regulation
Jul 10 2018 // No Missouri government officials conducted a safety inspection of a new waterslide at Six Flags St. Louis before a woman said she suffered whiplash in June from the force of the “Typhoon Twister” that featured...
