KANSAS CITY, Kan. --Halfway up the 264 stairs leading to the top of the world's tallest waterslide, it was clear this was the most breathtaking ride I'd ever encountered. And that was before I ever ...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. --The family of a 10-year-old boy who died on a giant waterslide at a Kansas water park will receive nearly $20 million in settlement payments, according to court documents. The ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A giant construction crane is on site at Schlitterbahn in anticipation of the demolition of Verruckt. The waterslide was the site of a deadly incident in August 2016 that killed ...

The Verruckt water slide, a 17-story reminder of the horrific death of a 10-year-old boy in 2016, is expected to come down shortly after Labor Day. “It’s about time,” said David Alvey, Unified ...

, the once popular attracting at Kansas City's Schiltterbahn Water Park will be torn down. On its Facebook page, the water park says a judge has granted approval for Verruckt's deconstruction and the ...

Schlitterbahn announced Tuesday that the Verruckt water slide at the Kansas City, Kansas, theme park will be permanently closed and taken down after a death of a young boy last summer. Caleb Schwab, ...

Schlitterbahn Water Park reopened Wednesday afternoon after a boy died earlier in the week on the Verruckt water slide.Verruckt, a 168-foot tall water slide, dubbed the world's tallest by the Guinness ...

In the wake of a horrific water slide fatality in Kansas safety advocates have questioned whether state and federal oversight were sufficient. Alabama, meanwhile, remains among the few states with no ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DALLAS — U.S. Marshals have arrested John ...

Riders started reporting injuries soon after the world's tallest water slide opened in July 2014. Those reports and visits to the first aid station and outside doctors continued in the 182 days — over ...