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#1 Hydrogen Wildcatters Are Betting Big on Kansas to Strike It Rich
Nov 19 2024 // A new Gold Rush is taking shape on a quiet stretch of Kansas prairie. There, a clutch of startups backed by the likes of Bill Gates are searching below the surface for naturally occurring hydrogen, a fuel that can generate...
#2 Teenage Basketball Players Among 8 Killed in Kansas Highway Crash
May 8 2025 // Two teenage basketball players, a coach and a trainer from the Tulsa, Oklahoma, area who were on their way back from a tournament were among eight people killed in a fiery head-on highway crash in eastern...
#3 Lawsuit: Student with Down Syndrome Subjected to Abuse in Kansas School
Aug 19 2024 // An employee of a rural Kansas school district repeatedly shoved a teenager with Down syndrome into a utility closet, hit the boy and once photographed him locked in a cage used to store athletic equipment, a lawsuit...
#4 Former Kansas Newspaper Reporter Settles Lawsuit Over Police Raid for $235K
Jul 8 2024 // TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A former reporter for a weekly Kansas newspaper has agreed to accept $235,000 to settle part of her federal lawsuit over a police raid on the paper that made a small community the focus of a national...
#5 Measles Count Grows as Outbreak Spreads to Kansas
Mar 27 2025 // The measles outbreaks in West Texas and New Mexico have surpassed a combined 370 cases, and two unvaccinated people have died from measles-related causes. Measles is caused by a highly contagious virus that’s...
#6 Kansas School District Was Discriminatory in Discipline: DOJ
Jul 5 2024 // TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Educators in Kansas’ largest public school district discriminated against Black and disabled students when disciplining them, according to the U.S. Department of Justice, which announced an...
#7 Kansas to Pay $50K Settlement Over a Transgender Highway Patrol Employee’s Firing
Aug 20 2024 // TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will pay $50,000 to settle a federal anti-discrimination lawsuit filed by a former state Highway Patrol employee who claimed to have been fired for coming out as transgender. Democratic Gov....
#8 Highway Pileup in Kansas Shows How Dust Storms Can Turn Deadly
Mar 21 2025 // A gust of wind sweeps over bare soil, kicking up enough dirt and dust to cut visibility to nearly zero, and for drivers, the dust storm seems to come out of nowhere. Such conditions resulted in a pileup on Interstate 70...
#9 Kansas Man Sentenced for Securities Fraud
Aug 27 2024 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt announced that a Wichita man has been sentenced to prison for securities fraud. Jesse Wayne Harris, age 36, was sentenced in Sedgwick County District Court on August 20 to 30...
#10 Kansas’ Key Insurance Placed Into Liquidation
Apr 4 2025 // Key Insurance, a Kansas-based insurer specializing in non-standard auto, was placed into liquidation this week after a court ruled the company insolvent. The Shawnee County District Court ordered the liquidation of Key on...
#11 Chipotle to Settle Kansas Religious Harassment Lawsuit
Apr 2 2025 // National restaurant chain Chipotle Services, Inc. will pay $20,000 and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) religious harassment, retaliation, and constructive discharge...
#12 AM Best Revises Outlook to Positive for Kansas’ Upland Mutual
Oct 15 2024 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to positive from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bbb+” (Good) of Upland Mutual Insurance, Inc....
#13 Insurers Paid $612M on Kansas Storm Damage Claims in 2024
May 5 2025 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt released data last month on the amount paid by insurance companies for Kansas storm damage claims in 2024. In 2024, reported storm claims totaled 56,778 and the amount paid out...
#14 Kansas Cattle Farms Fined for Clean Water Act Violations
Jan 27 2025 // Cattle feedlot operators Wickstrum Farms Inc. and Wickstrum Cattle LLC of Pottawatomie County, Kansas, will pay a combined $70,000 in civil penalties to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act. According...
#15 Kansas Department of Insurance Distributes Over $18M to Firefighters
Jun 27 2024 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt announced, that the Kansas Department of Insurance has made its annual distribution to local Firefighter Relief Associations (FRAs). Pursuant to the Kansas Firefighters Relief...
#16 Kansas Department of Insurance Recovers $11.8M in 2024
Jan 24 2025 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt announced the Kansas Department of Insurance recovered more than $11.8 million for Kansans in 2024. The Department’s Consumer Assistance Division has recovered over $47.7...
#17 Kansas Commissioner: Add Insurance to Back-to-School Checklist
Aug 12 2024 // As students across Kansas prepare to return to the classroom, Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt reminds students and parents to add insurance to their back-to-school checklist. “Many insurance companies...
#18 JetBlue Flight Makes Emergency Landing In Kansas After False Alarm
Sep 24 2024 // SALINA, Kansas (AP) — A JetBlue flight from New York to San Diego landed safely in Kansas after the crew received an alert about smoke in the cargo area, authorities said. The airline said it turned out to be a false...
#19 Bird Flu Hits Texas, Kansas Milk in First Sign of Impact
Jun 21 2024 // US milk production is starting to get hit by the bird flu virus, which first made the jump to cows earlier this year. Output in Texas and Kansas — the first states where highly pathogenic avian influenza was detected in...
#20 Kansas County Says Ransomware Attack Exposed Personal Information
Sep 24 2024 // A Kansas county said it found unauthorized access and acquisition of personal information maintained by the county, including protected health information related to individuals who received services. Franklin County,...
