Texas Grocery Chain, H-E-B, Others Pull Blue Bell Products
Texas grocery chain H-E-B is pulling all Blue Bell Ice Cream from store shelves as a precaution after a recall of some of the ice cream maker’s products that were connected to three deaths in Kansas....
View ArticleMidwest Hammered by Severe Storms; More Expected Today
States in the Midwest were slammed on Wednesday by violent storms that produced high winds, hail and tornadoes. The severe weather is expected to continue today. Large and destructive hail have caused...
View ArticleUber Pulls Out of Kansas After Senate Imposes Stricter Regulations
Ride-hailing service Uber said it ceased operations in Kansas after the state legislature decided to override Gov. Sam Brownback’s veto of a bill that will impose stricter regulations on ride-hailing...
View ArticleState of Emergency Declared in Oklahoma Following Severe Storms, Tornados
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has declared a state of emergency after an outbreak of severe storms that swept across the state on May 6 bringing tornados, high winds, hail and flooding. At least 39...
View ArticleDamage Reported in 6 Kansas Counties Following Storms
Storms that packed at least nine confirmed tornadoes, hail and heavy rain left behind damage in Kansas counties but no fatalities or major injuries. The Kansas Division of Emergency Management said in...
View ArticleBage Named COO at Kansas-Based MutualAid eXchange
Overland Park, Kan.-based MutualAid eXchange (MAX) named Lisa Bage as its new chief operating officer. She will direct the enterprise’s sales, marketing and underwriting operations. Bage comes to MAX...
View ArticleFarmers Expects $80 Million in Claims from May Storms
Storms moving through multiple states at the end of May including Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Arkansas, have resulted in more than 9,000 claims already filed across multiple states for Farmers...
View ArticleKansas Gun Dealer Settles for $132K in Weapon Sell to Felon
Owners of a southeast Kansas gun shop sued for selling a weapon that a man used to kill himself and his 8-year-old son have reached a $132,000 settlement with the child’s mother, according to lawyers...
View ArticleSettlement Reached Over Kansas Discrimination Claim
Saline County in Kansas and a former interim director of the Saline County Health Department have reached a $75,000 settlement over a sexual discrimination claim. The Salina Journal reported the county...
View ArticleConsortium and Kansas County Announce Drone Emergency Response Deal
The Property Drone Consortium and emergency managers for Marion County, Kan. announced a public-private partnership under which the consortium will provide the county with an unmanned aerial system,...
View ArticleWestern Kansas Saw 3 Brief Tornadoes Seen On Christmas Day
Three tornadoes were reported in Kansas on Christmas Day, causing some damage but no injuries, the National Weather Service confirmed. The Dodge City office of the weather service said the first...
View ArticleFalling Grain Prices, Record Cattle Prices Mark 2014 For Kansas
Farmers and ranchers across Kansas are wrapping up the 2014 growing season, marked by rapidly changing fortunes that were buffeted by weather and markets. It began with a meager winter wheat harvest...
View ArticleKansas Storm Damage Totals Dropped in 2014
The amount of storm damage reported in Kansas in 2014 was the lowest amount in 16 years, according to state insurance regulators. The Kansas Insurance Department says insurance companies received...
View ArticleKansas Woman Sues Wal-Mart over Injuries from Black Friday Sale
A southeast Kansas woman who says she was trampled at a Wal-Mart store on Black Friday in 2013 is suing the retail giant, claiming it did not do enough to protect her or make it clear to customers that...
View ArticleKansas Judge Tosses Boeing, Spirit AeroSystems Discrimination Lawsuit
The remaining age-discrimination claims against Boeing Co. and Spirit AeroSystems were tossed out by a federal judge in Kansas on Jan. 7, a major blow to a lawsuit that’s spanned nine years. When...
View ArticleKansas State Official Links Quakes to Waste Water Disposal
A state group says a steep increase in earthquakes in south-central Kansas likely is caused by the disposal of waste water from an oil and gas extraction process often called fracking. The state...
View ArticleKansas Businesses Support State Takeover of OSHA Enforcement
A proposal that the state take over enforcement of workplace safety rules from the federal government seems unlikely to pass this year but still has some support in the Kansas House. Republicans on the...
View ArticleKansas Geologists Seek More Funding for Earthquake Monitoring
Kansas geologists say they need more funding to investigate an unprecedented spike in earthquakes in the state. Kansas Geological Survey Director Rex Buchanan told the House Energy and Environment...
View Article4 CAA Agencies Expand Through M&As
Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) announced that member agencies have expanded their books of business and locations through mergers and acquisitions (M&A) over the last nine...
View ArticleGeologists Look for Earthquake, Fracking Connection in Kansas
For at the last 15 months, Kansas geologist Rex Buchanan estimates, he’s spent 90 percent of his time studying something once relatively rare in the state — earthquakes. He has learned a lot, said the...
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