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Kansas Supreme CourtKansas currently has a merit-based system that doesn’t let voters have more say in the process. -
Carla Eckels/KMUWJacqueline Kelly, a former county prosecutor and city attorney, and Eric Yost, a former state legislator and attorney, were sworn in to become judges for the 18th Judicial District on Monday, January 13. This is Yost's second time on the bench as a district judge.
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Special prosecutors charged former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody with one count of interference with the judicial process, a low-level felony, for asking a restauranteur to delete text messages after his controversial raid of the Marion County Record. -
This marks the second time in the past year that suspicious packages were mailed to elections officials in multiple state offices. The latest scare comes as early voting has begun in several states less than two months ahead of November's high-stakes elections. -
Missouri Supreme Court judges overturned Cole County Judge Christopher Limbaugh’s decision to remove the proposed constitutional amendment from the Nov. 5 ballot. -
Three decades after the state passed its current death penalty law, its new execution chamber remains unused. So much has changed since 1994, in fact, that the state might soon be forced to choose yet again how justice should be refashioned. -
Former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody is accused of persuading a potential witness for an investigation into his conduct of withholding information from authorities. -
Two special prosecutors said that they plan to file a criminal obstruction of justice charge against a former Marion police chief over his conduct following a raid last year on his town's newspaper and that the newspaper's staff committed no crimes.
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Kansas is no longer enforcing a 3-year-old law making it a felony to impersonate election officials in as it faces a legal challenge from critics who argue that the law has hindered efforts to register new voters. -
Neosho County Attorney Linus Thuston is accused of pressuring 50 women to sending him nude photos — about a third of whom he also prosecuted. Thuston admitted in court to soliciting nude photos from a confidential informant. -
A lawsuit from former council member Ruth Herbel alleges that the August 2023 raids on her home and the Marion County Record were acts of retaliation by the mayor, police chief and sheriff — and accused officials of "judge-shopping" for warrants. -
Ralph Yarl, 17, filed a civil suit in Clay County Court seeking monetary damages from Andrew “Dan” Lester, along with Lester’s homeowners’ association. The HOA failed to take precautions about a “potentially dangerous individual,” the lawsuit says.
