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Jonathan Carr photo KDOC By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTHWICHITA (AP) —A Kansa

Sedgwick County Chief Judge Jeffrey Goering ruled from the bench on Monday.

A judge has denied a new sentencing hearing for the Carr brothers, who were condemned to death for a quadruple killing known as the “Wichita massacre”... a drug bust on I-70 nets 11 pounds of cocaine... Kansas Governor Laura Kelly vetoes extra tax money for pregnancy counseling centers... three people die in a weekend fire in Butler County and... researchers examine why wildfires may be getting worse across the High Plains. Those headlines and more, inside.

Attorneys for two brothers who were sentenced to die in a quadruple killing known as the "Wichita massacre” will argue Monday for a formal resentencing hearing, the latest in a long series of appeals. How the sentencing was handled has long been a point of contention because the two brothers — Jonathan and Reginald Carr — had a joint hearing when jurors considered their punishments. The prosecution has long argued that the brothers broke into a home in December 2000 and forced the three men and two women there to have sex with one another and later to withdraw money...

A Kansas judge has denied a request for a resentencing hearing for two brothers awaiting execution for a quadruple killing known as the “Wichita massacre,” ruling that he lacks jurisdiction to approve a reexamination of the sentences.