All the headlines from our Kansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 19 2021 // Health officials have identified another person infected with the bacteria that may have caused an outbreak of illness at a splash park near Wichita.State and Sedgwick County health investigators said in a news release...
Jun 25 2021 // A woman who said she and her three children became violently ill after using a splash park at the Tanganyika Wildlife Park is suing the attraction, alleging unsanitary conditions led to an illness outbreak.The Kansas...
Jun 24 2021 // The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas has substantiated a sexual abuse claim against a priest nearly two decades after clearing him.The archdiocese announced in a statement published in Friday’s...
Jun 10 2021 // A now-defunct Wichita, Kansas, moving company has been ordered to pay more than $119,000 in restitution, civil fines, penalties and court costs after the company president ignored a consumer protection lawsuit filed by the...
Jun 4 2021 // Homeowners of America Insurance Co. (HOAIC), an Irving, Texas-based property/casualty insurance provider, has added Paul Domek as a territory sales manager in Illinois.Domek brings over 20 years of insurance industry...
May 26 2021 // A tornado caused lots of property damage, but no serious injuries, in the northwestern Kansas town of Selden as strong storms raked the area, the National Weather Service said.Sheridan County officials reported the tornado...
May 3 2021 // Kansas’ highest court on April 30 upheld a law barring so-called wrongful birth lawsuits against doctors, in a case in which a couple sued because they weren’t told of serious fetal defects until after an...
Apr 26 2021 // Several small earthquakes have rattled north-central Kansas. The largest had a magnitude of 3.5 and was reported Friday in Jewell County. Two other quakes measuring 2.3 and 2.5 on the Richter scale were recorded Saturday...
Apr 23 2021 // A Black Kansas City firefighter was subjected to racial discrimination then fired in retaliation for his complaints, a federal jury found in a trial that highlighted systemic racism in the department.The Unified Government...
Apr 13 2021 // A former Kansas utility worker has been charged with remotely tampering with a public water system’s cleaning procedures, highlighting the difficulty smaller utilities face in protecting against hackers.Wyatt...
Mar 31 2021 // Kansas medical marijuana supporters have found support from some conservative Republican legislators, allowing a proposal to advance on March 29 after weeks of deliberations.Some Republicans say they have been motivated by...
Mar 26 2021 // A Salina roofer has been ordered to pay more than $8,300 in restitution and fined $110,000 for violating the Kansas Consumer Protection Act, including the Kansas Roofing Registration Act, Kansas Attorney General Derek...
Mar 21 2021 // A former Johnson County, Kansas, insurance agent has been sentenced to 24 months of probation on insurance fraud charges and ordered to repay nearly $86,000 in restitution, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said.Armond...
Mar 16 2021 // A cluster of earthquakes with epicenters in east Wichita have rattled south-central Kansas over two days, the strongest one about a magnitude 3.9.The Kansas Geological Survey reported on its website five quakes Sunday and...
Mar 16 2021 // Severe thunderstorms rolled through the Kansas City area on March 15, spawning at least one brief tornado touchdown that damaged homes and downed fences and tree limbs. The National Weather Service said on Twitter that law...
Mar 16 2021 // The city of Topeka, Kansas, has settled a lawsuit over a 2016 crash involving a police cruiser that left two people injured, according to a city official. The city has agreed to pay $335,000 to settle the case, Topeka City...
Mar 15 2021 // Businesses that were ordered to shut down or limit capacity because of the pandemic could receive financial relief under two bills in the state Legislature that would address pending litigation but have riled up county...
Mar 9 2021 // Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has issued an emergency disaster declaration as weather conditions bring a high risk of fires this week.Kelly said in a news release that elevated to critical fire weather is expected for the next...
Mar 4 2021 // Kansas lawmakers moved on March 2 to extend protections for businesses from lawsuits over COVID-19.The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill that would give businesses an extra year of protection, until March 31,...
Feb 18 2021 // A House committee has passed a bill that would end a governor’s authority to fill the offices of state treasurer and insurance commissioner if those posts become vacant in the middle of a term.The legislation...