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Southwest Kansas natural gas billing dispute percolates from KCC to district court, Court and Appeals to reach Kansas Supreme Court.

The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday unanimously denied a request for a new trial sought by Christopher Harris after he was convicted of crimes linked to the 2016 shooting of Topeka Police Detective Brian C. Hill, who is now Shawnee County sheriff. Justice Dan Biles wrote an opinion in which the high court rejected Harris' legal counsel's contention that Shawnee County District Judge Cheryl Rios erred by allowing an "atmosphere of intimidation," which included the presence of 15 to 20 police officers in the courtroom during closing arguments and jury instructions at his trial. The opinion ...

Pasco ponders purchase of homes cut off by Hudson sinkhole activity Purchasing and demolishing the homes could run the county between $1.4-2.6 million   Updated May 7 DADE CITY — Nearly 21 months after the first traces of holes appeared along Willow Brook Court in the Lakeside Woodlands neighborhood of Hudson, the nightmare continues for residents. For those who live in the six houses along the roadway closed permanently after the depressions formed, there is no access to their homes for vehicles. They are forced to use carts and wheel barrows to bring home groceries and to drag the...

Pasco commission to bring citizens back into the board room Social distancing will still take place and masks will be requested but not required   Updated May 4 DADE CITY — Several times in recent meetings, Pasco residents were adamant about wanting to address their elected county commissioners face to face to discuss everything from requiring masks to rezoning property. Soon they will get their wish. County administrator Dan Biles presented a plan to commissioners Tuesday to bring citizens back into the boardroom for meetings beginning on May 18. Without discussion, commissioners acc...

Kansas Supreme Court Upholds Law Barring ‘Wrongful Birth’ Suits Kansas’ highest court on April 30 upheld a law barring so-called wrongful birth lawsuits against doctors, in a case in which a couple sued because they weren’t told of serious fetal defects until after an abortion could have been obtained. The state Supreme Court ruled against the parents of a girl born with a severe brain abnormality who said they would have opted for an abortion had they known of their daughter’s medical problems months before her May 2014 birth. The Republican-controlled Legislature and then-GOP Gov...