June 2015 News Releases

06/26/2015
Kansas District Magistrate Judges Association elects new officers
TOPEKA — The Kansas District Magistrate Judges Association, an organization open to all state district magistrate court judges, last week elected officers to serve the organization in the fiscal year that begins July 1.District Magistrate Judge Guy R. Steier was elected president of the association. He has been a district magistrate judge in ...
06/19/2015
Kansas District Judges Association elects new officers
TOPEKA — The Kansas District Judges Association, an organization open to all state district court judges, this week elected officers to serve the organization in the fiscal year that begins July 1.Judge Michael F. Powers was elected president of the association. He is chief judge in the 8th judicial district composed of Dickinson, Geary ...
06/16/2015
Nominating commission seeks candidates for judge vacancy in 9th judicial district
TOPEKA—The 9th Judicial District Nominating Commission is seeking candidates to fill a judge vacancy created by the upcoming retirement of Chief Judge Richard B. Walker.The 9th judicial district is made up of Harvey and McPherson counties.Justice Carol A. Beier, the Supreme Court departmental justice responsible for the 9th judicial district, ...
06/05/2015
Chief justice wants Kansans to know state courts fully operating next week
TOPEKA — Chief Justice Lawton Nuss wants to get the message to all Kansans that even if state offices close or operate with reduced staff beginning Monday, all state courts will nevertheless be open — staffed and conducting business as usual."With all the news stories about the state government budget and the possibility of ...