Release from the Kansas Insurance Department. Topeka, Kan. – Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt, today, put out a warning to Kansas consumers and investors about potential scams in the insurance and securities industry related to COVID-19. “Scammers don’t take breaks,” Commissioner Vicki Schmidt said. “While Kansans are adjusting to their new everyday lives, scammers are out there looking to take advantage of the situation.” The Department’s warning can be found on the home page of the Kansas Insurance Department’s website insurance.kansas.gov. It advises Kansans of nearly a dozen fake insurance scams and potential securities schemes including fake coronavirus insurance, bogus travel…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas expects an influx of coronavirus tests in the compig weeks that should help with efforts to bring the pandemic under control, the state’s top health official says. Dr. Lee Norman, Kansas secretary of health and environment, said Wednesday that he expects to have up to 64,000 test kits that can produce results in 45 minutes, the Lawrence Journal-World reports. “Very clearly we need to do population studies, meaning testing people who are well,” Norman said. “It’s very fundamental work and will push the analysis (of the virus) upstream. But until that time, social distancing is…
Officials with the the Central Baptist Theological Seminary in Shawnee say the school’s longtime president resigned last month because of an “ethical lapse.” The school issued a statement this week but did not provide further details on the resignation of the Rev. Molly Marshall. She resigned March 1 after being school president since 2004. The seminary’s headquarters are in Shawnee and it has nine other locations across the country serving 500 students. The Rev. Pamela Durso, president of the Baptist Women in Ministry, will become the seminary’s new president on June 1.
Dr. Mark Duff with Ascension Via Christi provided Thursday morning’s update on News Radio KMAN with Dave Lewis.
The economic toll of the COVID-19 pandemic is being felt in every part of the United States, locally leading dozens of Aggieville businesses to suspend operations and lay off hundreds of employees. Manhattan Mayor Usha Reddi Tuesday via Zoom read comments written by Aggieville Business Association Executive Director Dennis Cook, who had expressed support for a city business expense relief loan program under consideration. Cook wrote an estimated 880 employees of the district’s 96 businesses have lost their jobs, and about three quarters of those workers are not even in Manhattan to work elsewhere or contribute to the local economy.…
Manhattan is making temporary changes to the powers of the city manager and how it conducts business in an effort to streamline its operations amid the COVID-19 pandemic. City Commissioners Tuesday via Zoom resolved 4 to 1 to grant City Manager Ron Fehr the power to cancel city commission and advisory board meetings only when deemed necessary for the health, safety and welfare of the public. Additionally, Fehr’s spending authority — typically limited to expenditures and change orders of up to $20,000 without approval on the consent agenda — was increased to $75,000, which staff says is in line with…
Three Kansas prison workers have contracted the coronavirus in the first cases reported in the state’s prison system. The Department of Corrections announced Tuesday night in a news release that the three employees at the Lansing Correctional Facility are recovering at home. Residents who had close contact with the workers have been moved to medical isolation where they will be monitored for symptoms. Meanwhile, health care providers in Kansas are facing financial strains. Topeka-based Stormont Vail Health CEO Robert Kenagy said in a statement Tuesday that cuts in wages are necessary so all staff can continue getting paid.
Authorities say a driver has struck and killed a 61-year-old woman as she was walking a dog in suburban Kansas City. Police in Olathe, Kansas, say the crash happened just before noon Tuesday. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Her name has not been released. Police say the dog also was injured and was taken to an animal hospital for treatment. The driver wasn’t injured and remained on scene. The crash remains under investigation.
While many local businesses have either slowed down operations or closed altogether due to COVID-19, construction-inspection services are continuing operations. Manhattan Assistant Chief of Risk Reduction Ryan Courtright says because of this, they have had to change how they work to meet certain guidelines. According to Courtright, online services are still ongoing as well. He says guidelines have also been put in place for those working at construction sites. Those with questions for the Risk Reduction office can call 785-587-4506.