Latest Kansas Headlines
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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...
Lawsuit Claims Guggenheim Defrauded Insurance Buyers to Buy Baseball Team
Jul 6 2018 // Guggenheim Partners, overseen by billionaire Mark Walter, is facing a lawsuit claiming it defrauded annuity investors by saddling an insurance affiliate with risky assets, and siphoning cash for purposes including...
Survey: As Trade Fears Mount, Economic Growth Slows in Midwest
Jul 3 2018 // Business remains strong in nine Midwest and Plains states, but a new monthly survey suggests growth is slowing as concerns about trade and tariffs increase. The region’s overall economic index decreased to 61.8 in...
Kansas Wildfire Efforts Inadequate, Audit Finds
Jul 2 2018 // An audit has found that Kansas doesn’t have money to devote to wildfires and its fire-fighting efforts are inadequate. In Kansas, local government has first responsibility for fighting fires and often have to cover...
8 Injured When Tornado Hits Eastern Kansas Town
Jun 28 2018 // Residents in a small Kansas town were surveying damage Wednesday after the community took a “direct hit” from a tornado for the second time in two years. Eight people were hurt, two critically, when the latest...
Legislative Audit: Kansas Wildfire Response Underfunded, Understaffed
Jun 21 2018 // A legislative audit says Kansas’ wildfire suppression system is underfunded and understaffed and operates with a fragmented leadership. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the audit was ordered after wildfires in 2016...
Buffett’s Geico to Open Service Center in Lenexa, Kansas, Create 500 Jobs
Jun 20 2018 // Business icon Warren Buffett plans to open a new Geico Insurance service center that will bring 500 jobs to Lenexa, Kansas. The Kansas City Area Development Council said in a news release that the center will open in...
Kansas Woman Says City Wants $132K After Son Topples Sculpture
Jun 19 2018 // A Kansas mother says an insurance company wants her family to pay $132,000 after her 5-year-old son accidentally knocked over a sculpture at a city community center. Sarah Goodman tells the Kansas City Star the incident...
Kansas Commissioner Unhappy with Intended Sweep of Department Funds
Jun 18 2018 // Kansas Commissioner of Insurance Ken Selzer issued a bulletin in late May informing “all persons and entities that have paid money to the Kansas Insurance Department (KID) Service Regulation Fund in the past 24...
Investor Group Acquires Kansas City Insurance Compliance Services Firm
Jun 13 2018 // A group of investors that own Affinity Worldwide and National Real Estate Insurance Group (NREIG) and led by Tim Norris, has purchased First Consulting and Administration Inc., a Kansas City-based insurance compliance...
Part of Northern Oklahoma Shaken by Magnitude 4.4 Quake
Jun 11 2018 // The U.S. Geological Survey says a 4.4 magnitude earthquake shook parts of northern Oklahoma and neighboring Kansas. Geologists say the earthquake was recorded at 8:59 a.m. Saturday about 16 miles (26 kilometers) east of...
