All the headlines from our Kansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 29 2013 // The hailstorm that pounded south-central Kansas last week left automotive dealers with big headaches, but it’s also giving prospective buyers a chance at big bargains.The Hutchinson News reports dealerships in the...
Jul 29 2013 // A Hutchinson, Kan., couple who bought a home without being told they would be responsible for maintaining a dam on the property has been awarded $202,500 in a lawsuit they filed against their real estate agent and a realty...
Jul 24 2013 // The Kansas Fire Marshal is drawing fire for his efforts to reinstate oversight of the explosive industry in the state.The fire marshal lost legal authority to issue permits to explosive industry operators in 2010, when an...
Jul 22 2013 // Firearms dealers must use the highest degree of care in preventing the sale of guns to a felon, the Kansas Supreme Court ruled.The decision comes in the appeal of a mother who filed a negligence lawsuit against the owners...
Jul 22 2013 // The Kansas House Insurance Committee’s longtime chairman is running for insurance commissioner, becoming the fourth declared candidate for next year’s Republican primary.Rep. Clark Shultz of McPherson said that...
Jul 18 2013 // A Missouri appeals panel says it agrees with a lower court ruling that said a Kansas gun store is protected from lawsuits in a 2007 fatal shooting at a Kansas City mall. The Kansas City Star reports the appeals court on...
Jul 15 2013 // A former insurance company for the Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Mo., is seeking to avoid paying for priest sexual abuse settlements.The Chicago Insurance Co. said in a federal court filing that it has no...
Jul 11 2013 // Sandy Praeger, Commissioner of Insurance in Kansas, has named Steve O’Neil as Consumer Assistance Division director and LeAnn Crow and Elizabeth Fike as supervisors in the same area.Crow will serve as the...
Jul 1 2013 // The founder of failed Kansas-based insurance franchising business Brooke Corp. has pleaded guilty to providing misleading information in a federal securities filing.Robert D. Orr, formerly of Smith Center, Kan., and now...
Jun 27 2013 // Federal prosecutors have charged a former Kansas insurance agent with stealing nearly $2 million from policyholders.The U.S. attorney’s office says a 51-count indictment unsealed June 25 alleges 41-year-old Jason...
Jun 26 2013 // Sandy Praeger was always the team player and never the black sheep.As mayor of Lawrence, state representative, state senator and now Kansas’ three-term insurance commissioner, Praeger was mainstream Republican all...
Jun 25 2013 // In a move to curb increased thefts of copper and other metals, Wichita city officials and local police are considering revising the city’s scrap metal ordinance.Expected to be brought to the city council by early...
Jun 25 2013 // Three Kansas community colleges have created an insurance consortium after their insurance provider raised rates and said it wouldn’t insure schools that allow concealed weapons on campus.The Independence Community...
Jun 20 2013 // The company that insures most of Kansas’ school districts says it won’t provide coverage for districts that allow armed employees on school premises.EMC Insurance Companies has told its agents not to offer or...
Jun 18 2013 // Northeast Kansas counties that were hit by a tornado and flooding in late May are waiting to hear if storms caused enough damage to make the region eligible for state or federal aid.An EF-2 tornado hit Marshall County on...
Jun 14 2013 // A certified public accountant from Leawood who’s also an insurance industry executive has launched a campaign for the Republican nomination for Kansas insurance commissioner.Ken Selzer announced that he’s...
Jun 6 2013 // A Kansas farmer has sued seed giant Monsanto over the recent discovery of genetically engineered experimental wheat in an 80-acre field in Oregon, claiming the company’s gross negligence hurt U.S. growers by driving...
May 29 2013 // At least four tornadoes hit different counties in northeast Kansas Monday night, causing the most damage in the town of Marysville but no fatalities or serious injuries, according to preliminary reports from emergency...
May 24 2013 // The National Weather Service says a tornado that traveled seven miles across rural western Kansas during the weekend was an EF4, with winds of 165 to 185 mph.The report from the agency’s Dodge City office follows a...
May 23 2013 // The U.S. Senate has approved a bill that includes funding aimed at improving Topeka’s levee system along the Kansas River.The bill approved in the Senate would provide about $15.7 million in federal matching funds...