Business Casual

Customers and staff at Walmart and Sam’s Club stores in Kansas have raised $303,109 for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals at Via Christi Health.

According to a news release from Via Christi Health, all the money raised goes to help sick and injured Kansas kids.

The money was collected, mostly through donations made at check-out, in Walmart and Sam’s Club stores in Arkansas City, Augusta, Colby, Derby, Dodge City, El Dorado, Garden City, Goodland, Great Bend, Hays, Hutchinson, Liberal, McPherson, Pratt, Salina, Wellington, Wichita and Winfield.

According to the news release, the fundraising total marks a 146 percent increase over 2011.

Wichita, along with four other Kansas cities, has been listed by Allstate Insurance Company as having relatively safe drivers.

The company released its eighth annual “Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report” Tuesday. It’s based on Allstate claims data and ranks the 200 largest cities in the United States in terms of car collision frequency to identify which cities have the safest drivers.

Wichita came in at the bottom of the Kansas pack, but ranked 42^nd nationally. The other Kansas cities and their rankings are:

Olathe, 14;

Kansas City, Kan, 21;

Overland Park, 29;

Topeka, 37;

According to a news release from Allstate, Wichita’s ranking means we’re about 5 percent less likely than drivers nationally to be involved in a traffic accident.