Iowa Amusement Park Settles Lawsuit Over 11-Year-Old’s Drowning in 2021 June 4, 2025 By John Hanna An Iowa amusement park’s former operator has agreed to pay an undisclosed amount to settle a lawsuit filed by the...
Severe Storm Batters St. Louis, Leaving At Least 4 Dead May 16, 2025 By Michael Phillis, Corey Williams and John Hanna At least four people died and authorities were searching from building to building for people who were trapped or hurt...
Teenage Basketball Players Among 8 Killed in Kansas Highway Crash May 8, 2025 By John Hanna and Heather Hollingsworth Two teenage basketball players, a coach and a trainer from the Tulsa, Oklahoma, area who were on their way back...
Highway Pileup in Kansas Shows How Dust Storms Can Turn Deadly March 21, 2025 By John Hanna A gust of wind sweeps over bare soil, kicking up enough dirt and dust to cut visibility to nearly zero,...
Close Calls at National Airport Raised Questions. Why Were No Changes Made? March 18, 2025 By John Hanna and John Seewer When Congress pushed ahead last year with adding 10 new daily flights to Washington D.C.’s Reagan National Airport, the Federal...
As State Attorneys General Grab Headlines With Lawsuits, Missouri’s Bailey Stands Out March 14, 2025 By Summer Ballentine and John Hanna When Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey says he’ll seize assets to force China to pay a $24.5 billion award won...
Missouri Threatens to Seize Chinese Assets Across US in $24 Billion Lawsuit March 12, 2025 By John Hanna and Summer Ballentine Missouri’s attorney general is threatening to seize Chinese assets across the U.S. to collect $24.5 billion awarded in a lawsuit...
Nebraska Certifies Ballot Measures to Legalize Medical Marijuana September 17, 2024 By John Hanna and Margery A. Beck Nebraska certified two ballot measures Friday to legalize medical marijuana even though the state’s Republican attorney general said their supporters...
Kansas to Pay $50K Settlement Over a Transgender Highway Patrol Employee’s Firing August 20, 2024 By John Hanna TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will pay $50,000 to settle a federal anti-discrimination lawsuit filed by a former state Highway...
Rapper Nelly Arrested in Missouri for Lack of Insurance, Possession of Ecstasy August 9, 2024 By Summer Ballentine and John Hanna Rapper Nelly was arrested early Wednesday at a St. Louis-area casino, and the Missouri Highway Patrol said an officer found...