Kidnapping Trial Opens in Fatal Bank Employee Slaying
In Bourbon County District Court, 18-year-old Timothy Newfield faces first degree murder and related charges for the July 29 shooting death of Grant Avery, a Peabody bank employee. The case hinges on alleged kidnapping by someone Avery knew, with testimony from the victim’s mother and multiple witnesses.
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Legislative Highlights From The Kansas Sessions
The House Federal and State Affairs Committee formed a subcommittee to study several proposed amendments to a new Kansas Open Records Law including extra time for officials to produce non readily available documents. Senator Elwaine Pomeroy introduced a bill to raise the mandatory retirement age for Kansas judges from 70 to 72 with provisions for those already that age to finish current terms. Shawnee County delegates pushed a Senate bill to lift Washburn University aid from 21 to 24 dollars per credit hour, extending eligibility to graduate students. A House bill would suspend the 11 percent usury ceiling on home mortgages until July 1 next year. Nancy Parrish was sworn in as the Senate’s new member, welcomed by the lone fellow female and 38 men. Utilities pressed for a uniform corporate income tax for regulated utilities by the House Assessment and Taxation Committee.
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