Latest Kansas Headlines
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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...
Storms Damage Kansas State University Sorority House
Jun 14 2022 // Strong winds and storms forced crowds who gathered in a rural Kansas field for a symphony performance to evacuate and damaged a sorority house at Kansas State University. About half a dozen tornado warnings were issued...
Wichita, Kansas to Settle Suit Over 2012 Fatal Shooting
Jun 7 2022 // The city of Wichita plans to settle a lawsuit filed over the death of a man who was shot by a police officer in 2012. The city’s law department has asked the City Council to approve on Tuesday a $175,000 settlement...
NWS Confirms Weak Tornadoes in Kansas, Nebraska
May 19 2022 // The National Weather Service has confirmed a series of weak tornadoes across rural parts of northwestern Kansas and a county in southwestern Nebraska along the Kansas line. The tornadoes hit Tuesday afternoon as a line of...
Kansas Court: More Fact-Finding Required in Air Ambulance Case
May 17 2022 // Federal law may prohibit states from regulating prices charged to insurers by air ambulance providers, but that doesn’t absolve the Workers’ Compensation Board of its responsibility to determine whether the...
Black Female Officers Sue Kansas City Police Department
May 12 2022 // Two Black female police officers allege in separate lawsuits that they were subjected to discrimination, retaliation and a hostile work environment at the Kansas City Police Department. Officer Rashawnda Williams said in...
Kansas Tornado Generated 165 MPH Winds; Over 1,000 Buildings Damaged
May 2 2022 // The tornado that damaged more than more than 1,000 buildings in south-central Kansas generated winds up to 165 mph and carved a path of destruction nearly 13 miles long. The National Weather Service said the tornado that...
Tornado Rips Through Kansas; 3 Meteorology Students Killed in Crash
May 2 2022 // A tornado that barreled through parts of Kansas destroyed or damaged hundreds of homes and buildings, injured several people and left more than 15,000 people without power, officials said Saturday. In addition to wreckage...
Strong Storm Rolls Through Kansas, Tears Roofs Off Buildings
Apr 25 2022 // National Weather Service officials were in western Kansas Saturday to assess damage from a strong storm and a possible tornado that damaged buildings in Sharon Springs and elsewhere, authorities said. Officials say the...
Kansas City Police to Pay $325,000 to Teen After Violent Arrest
Apr 1 2022 // A Black Kansas City teenager will receive a $325,000 settlement after three white police officers hit him more than 10 times and used a stun gun on him, according to an excessive force lawsuit. It is the third settlement...
Kansas Won’t Enforce Vaccine Rule for Nursing Home Workers
Apr 1 2022 // Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s says Kansas won’t enforce a federal mandate that nursing home workers get vaccinated against COVID-19, acknowledging Wednesday that it conflicts with an anti-mandate state law she...
Wrongfully Convicted Kansas Man Sues County For $93 Million
Mar 21 2022 // A Kansas man who served 23 years in prison for a double murder he did not commit is seeking $93 million in damages from the county where he was convicted and a former detective he says framed him. Lamonte McIntyre, 45, and...
Kansas Wildfire Kills 1, Destroys Several Homes
Mar 8 2022 // One person was found dead March 6 as firefighters worked to contain a wildfire that burned 12,000 acres in south-central Kansas. Reno County Emergency Management officials said one person who had been reported missing...
Two Kansas City Workers Die in Trash Truck Fire
Mar 4 2022 // A second Kansas City worker has died from injuries after a trash truck crashed and caught fire, police said. The crash happened the morning of March 1 as the trash truck tried to exit Interstate 435 onto Front Street in...
BP Seeks to Appeal Kansas Town’s Lawsuit Over 2021 Gas Price Hike
Mar 2 2022 // Energy giant BP is seeking to appeal a decision that allowed a small Kansas town’s lawsuit over soaring natural gas prices in February 2021 to proceed. BP, formerly known as British Petroleum, filed two documents...
Kansas Court Rules Insurer had No Duty Pay Policy Limit Before Demand Was Made
Feb 28 2022 // A claims adjuster’s sub-standard investigation of a potential fatal accident claim does not warrant a multi-million award of damages against an insurer that issued a policy with a $25,000 limit, the Kansas Court of...
