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• Kansas Governor Brought Into Ethics Controversy

  James B. Biggs | May 06, 2006 10:13 AM | 1 CommentTopeka, KS

  A conversation between two Kansas State Senators and a Kansas Supreme Court Justice over the continued school finance debate has taken a twist. Now Gov. Kathleen Sebelius has been brought into the ethics controversy and conservative Republicans have formally requested a report on any "outside" communications made by justices or the Governor on the issue. This inquiry started when Justice...

• Kansas Governor Vetoes Workers Compensation Bill

  James B. Biggs | March 24, 2006 10:35 AM | 1 CommentTopeka, KS

  Legislation that would change the amount of benefits due to injured workers has been vetoed by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. Over the past month benefits for injured workers has become a hot topic in Kansas with businesses and trial lawyer associations fighting on both sides of the battle. This specific measure would have limited an employers' responsibility for workers' compensation when an...

• Pedestrian Injured In Hit And Run

  Chrissie Cole | August 23, 2009 2:56 PM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS

  A pedestrian was struck and injured in a hit and run accident in Junction City Sunday early morning. William Head, 24, of Manhattan, was walking along the 1000 block of East 6th Street, just...

• Topeka Man Dies In Car Accident

  Chrissie Cole | February 11, 2009 1:00 PM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS

  Wet weather is likely the cause of car crash that claimed the life of a 72-year-old Topeka man on Wednesday morning near Junction City, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol. While driving on...

• Remaining Heparin Sodium Vial Products Recalled by Baxter

  Jenny Albano | March 02, 2008 3:26 PM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS

  Baxter International Inc., in conjunction with the FDA, is recalling all remaining lots and doses of heparin sodium vial products, including all multi-dose, single-dose vials and HEP-LOCK heparin flush products. The company recently recalled nine lots of the heparin sodium injection multi-dose vials as a precaution due to more than normal reports of adverse reactions from the product....

• Lawsuit Over Lead in Thomas Toys Settled for $30 Million

  Jenny Albano | January 23, 2008 9:14 PM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS

  RC2 Corp., the maker of Thomas & Friends Wooden Railways toys, has settled a class-action suit about last year's recalls because of lead paint for $30 million. The settlement, which received preliminary approval in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Ill., calls for reimbursements for all its consumers and improved safety. Consumers can be reimbursed in cash for the recalled toys or they can...

• Worker Dies At Kansas Steel Plant

  Matthew Bergmann | November 08, 2007 1:45 PM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS

  A man from Osage City, Kansas, died Wednesday afternoon after a work accident at a steel plant. Today, investigators began looking into the details of the accident and how the fatality occured. The man killed has been identifed as Johnnie Dorsey, 50. Dorsey served as a production assistant at Schuff Steel in Ottawa, Kansas, and had been on the job approximately one month. Little is known,...

• Many Halloween Toy Recalls Question CPSC's Ability

  Jenny Albano | October 31, 2007 5:48 PM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS

  In the past month the CPSC has recalled numerous Halloween toy products saying they are unsafe for children. Now the government is saying the the recalls aren't enough to secure consumer safety, they want new measures to protect people from foreign imported products. The recalls include 142,000 purple witch buckets because of excess lead in the surface paint, 55,000 candy-filled skull pails...

• Two Workers Killed On Kansas Highways

  Matthew Bergmann | September 13, 2007 8:42 AM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS

  A hit-and-run crash south of Lawrence, Kansas killed two road workers and injured another early Tuesday morning. The incident occured as road crews worked approximatley five miles south of Lawrence on US-59. Shortly after the crash, authorities were able to apprehend two suspects after a 12 mile chase along US-56 in Osage County. Two women from Washington State are currently being held in...

• Worker Killed After Fall From Scaffolding

  Matthew Bergmann | August 23, 2007 3:39 PM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS

  A Topeka man was killed at a work site Wednesday morning when the scaffolding he was on tipped over. Authorities have identified the man as Anthony Anguiano, 46, of Topeka. Anguiano's death occured as his crew worked at Topeka Trailer Repair, 7215 S.W. Topeka Blvd. A co-worker was also injured in the accident has been identified as Lawrence McCall, 28, of Topeka. McCall was take to a Topeka...