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• 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...

• 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....

• Home Depot Faces Lawsuits Due to Stand 'N Seal grout sealer

  Jenny Albano | July 12, 2007 5:58 PM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS

  Stand 'N Seal Spray-On Grout Sealer has been generating complaints for months about adverse side effects that are sending consumers to the hospital. Now there are over 160 people across the country that have brought product liability suits against The Home Depot, seller of the product, and five other companies that helped manufacture and distribute the grout sealer. The plaintiffs claim the...

• Paralyzed Kansas Teen Awarded $16 Million

  Matthew Bergmann | June 06, 2007 3:36 PM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS

  A northeast kansas teenager who was left a quadriplegic after a diving accident has been awarded $16 million by a jury. In August 2005, Bradley Hudspeth, was injured while diving with friends at Lake Quivira. Lake Quivira is a private residential community that stretches the Wyandotte-Johnson county line in the Kansas City metro-area.Rather than jumping at the end of the dock, Hudspeth dove...

• 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...

• Warning Issued by Kansas AG on Faulty Tires

  Matthew Bergmann | August 03, 2007 10:31 AM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS

  Faulty tires may be driving on Kansas roads, as Attorney General Paul Morrison issued a warning to consumers this week. The potentially dangerous tires were manufactured by Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Co. Ltd. in China and distributed in the U.S.A. under the names Westlake, Compass and YKS. Foreign Tire Sales, Inc., made the inital call that the tires were experiencing high rates of tread...

• Riley County Crash Leaves Three Injured

  Matthew Bergmann | June 05, 2007 3:23 PM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS

  A three-vehicle crash in Riley County early this morning left three people injured. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol two of the three people injured were seriously hurt and required immediate medical attention. At approximately 6:30 am today, Bruce Stroud, 32, of St. Francis, was driving a 1984 Toyota truck south on K-18 highway when he tried to make a left turn onto Walnut Street at...

• 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...

• Ketek Antibiotic Linked to Liver Failure and Death

  Matthew Bergmann | July 20, 2006 9:30 AM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS

  The heavily debated antibitoic Ketek has been recently linked to liver failure and possibly death. That was the warning given last month as the Food and Drug Administration issued a statement that the drug could, in rare circumstances, cause serious liver damage. Dr. John Jenkins, director of the Food and Drug Administration's Office of New Drugs stated that there is a serious risk of liver...

• 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...