All the headlines from our Kansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 2 2020 // Growing corn and soybeans will become increasingly challenging for Kansas farmers as the climate warms, according to a Kansas State University study. The study found that drought and heat are the biggest reason for crop...
Oct 27 2020 // Growing corn and soybeans will become increasingly challenging for Kansas farmers as the climate warms, according to a recent Kansas State University study.The study found that drought and heat are currently the biggest...
Oct 26 2020 // A magnitude 3.2 earthquake shook an area on the Kansas-Oklahoma line on Oct. 22, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The tremor struck at 8:17 p.m. and was centered in a remote area 22 miles (35 kilometers) northwest of...
Oct 23 2020 // Democratic Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly is again calling for a statewide mask mandate as the coronavirus case count continues to climb in rural parts of the state that don’t require them.Kelly said that two-thirds of the...
Oct 13 2020 // Kansas farmers are expected to harvest slightly less corn than last year.The U.S. Department of Agriculture said this year’s crop is forecast at just under 800 million bushels, down 2% from last year, The Hays Daily...
Oct 12 2020 // A Kansas man is suing a over a crash that killed his wife, three of his children and his stepdaughter.Jeffrey Williams, of Viola, is seeking more than $75,000 in damages in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against Andrew...
Oct 2 2020 // The paternal grandparents of a 10-year-old Kansas girl killed in a crash last week are suing the truck driver involved in the collision, along with his employer.The Wichita Eagle reports that Mark and Carrie Brady are...
Oct 1 2020 // A Kansas woman who was shot and killed by a sheriff’s deputy after refusing to pull over was unarmed and posed no danger to him or the public, according to a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday.The court filing paints a...
Sep 30 2020 // A former employee of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, has won a $125,000 settlement after her boss was convicted of grabbing her by the shirt and pushing her into a wall.The Kansas City Star...
Sep 30 2020 // Kansas reported another seven-day record for new coronavirus cases, with 16% of the tests for the virus during that period coming back positive on Monday.The continued spike in confirmed and probable cases comes as...
Sep 29 2020 // The city of Lawrence, Kan., has agreed to pay $80,000 to settle an excessive force lawsuit filed by a Black man who was shot by a rookie police officer in 2018 during a traffic stop.Akira Lewis sued the city, two officers,...
Sep 21 2020 // The Kansas Supreme Court has waded into the fray over obscure medical guidelines that will determine how much money workers injured on the job can collect.Justices on Sept. 17 heard legal arguments on Zoom over which...
Sep 18 2020 // The Kansas Supreme Court seemed worried on Sept. 16 about the proper roles of the Legislature and courts as it wrestled with whether a state statute that prohibits lawsuits based on “wrongful birth” claims is...
Sep 18 2020 // Tenants who sued over “horrendous” living conditions at a Kansas City low-income housing development have been awarded $52 million in damages.Jackson County Judge Joel Fehestock found in favor of the tenants,...
Sep 11 2020 // Meatpacking plants and correctional facilities continue to be the main sites of active COVID-19 clusters in Kansas, with each reporting thousands of cases, according to data released on Sept. 9 by the state health...
Aug 27 2020 // World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) has acquired Peoples/Commercial Insurance Services LLC (d/b/a Peoples Insurance Group) in Topeka, Kansas.The transaction, the terms of which were not disclosed, was effective Aug. 1....
Aug 12 2020 // INSURICA, a privately-owned insurance agency based in Oklahoma City., has entered into an equity partnership with Kansas City-based Broker Source, to introduce its EnrollSource platform to the agency’s small business...
Aug 7 2020 // A fired Kansas City Public Schools secretary who was among several employees accused of falsifying attendance data in a bid to help the district regain accreditation is suing. The Kansas City Star reports that LaQuyn...
Aug 3 2020 // Two new lawsuits allege that the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph in Missouri covered up abuse by two priests who were known to be sexual predators.The lawsuits, one filed on July 28 and the other on July 20, were...
Jul 31 2020 // PCF Insurance Services (PCF), headquartered in Woodland Hills, Calif., has acquired Avidity Insurance, an Overland Park, Kansas-based independent insurance agency founded in 2013 by Will Wilson.Avidity offers home, auto,...