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The computers and other items seized by police from a small town newspaper in central Kansas must be returned... a Tennessee woman faces murder charges in the death of a Kansas police officer... and the MLB commissioner weighs in on a new stadium for the Royals. Details here.

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says all items seized in a police raid of the Marion County Record newspaper offices will be returned without review... KU unveils plans for a $300 million upgrade to its football stadium and other sports facilities... and two audits slam the state's foster care system. Those headlines and more inside.

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Trust and estate litigators, and mediators, are buzzing over a recent decision from the California Court of Appeal that validates mandatory mediation of trust disputes. In Breslin v. Breslin (Case No. B301382, decided January 26, 2021), the appellate court held that a California probate judge may order the private mediation of trust disputes and then disallow the objections of any nonparticipating parties to a settlement agreement re...