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Brownback OKs former aide for top court By Peter Hancock Twitter: @LJWpqhancock
Topeka — Gov. Sam Brownback on Friday named his former chief counsel to a seat on the Kansas Supreme Court. Caleb Stegall, of Lawrence, has served on the Kansas Court of Appeals since January. Before joining Brownback’s office in
Calls Lawrence’s Stegall ‘one of the most qualified’ appointees ever 2011, he had been the prosecutor in Jefferson County for two years. Stegall replaces former Justice Nancy Moritz, who has taken a seat on the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. “I believe Caleb Stegall to be one of the most qualified people ever to go on
the Kansas Supreme Court,” Brownback said during an announcement ceremony where reporters were not allowed to ask questions. In his own remarks, Stegall paid homage to Moritz by paraphrasing one of her last opinions on the Kansas bench. “I will strive every day to
labor under no compulsion other than that ever-present compulsion to follow the law rather than my personal opinions,” Stegall said. That was a reference to Moritz’s dissent earlier this year in the death penalty appeal of convicted killers Jonathan and Reginald Carr.
Moritz was the lone justice on the court to say their convictions and death sentences should have been upheld. As a private attorney before joining Brownback’s office, Stegall was involved in several high-profile cases Please see COURT, page 7A Stegall
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Checkers swings for downtown grocery
50 years later, Lawrence High’s class of ’64 looks pretty good By Giles Bruce Twitter: @GilesBruce
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famous mystery writer. A billionaire investor. A noted Native American sculptor. An engineer who worked on the International Space Station. What do all these people have in common? They were all members of the Lawrence High School class of 1964, which is cel-
ebrating its 50th class reunion in Lawrence this weekend. “Our motto was, ‘After ‘64, there should be no more,’” said ‘64 LHS grad Hank Booth, a longtime Lawrence media personality. “We have some very outstanding people in that class who did some outstanding things. You could fill a features column for three months with the people who are going to be
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here’s potentially big news brewing on the downtown Lawrence grocery store front. A deal is not done, but the owner of the Lawrence-based Checkers grocery store has confirmed he’s in serious negotiations to open a grocery in the former Borders bookstore at Seventh and New Hampshire streets. “We’re very interested in the location, but all I can tell you at this point is we’re in negotiations with the principals of the property,” said Jim Lewis, owner of the longtime Checkers store at 23rd and Louisiana. Lewis said he couldn’t comment on a potential timeline for a deal to be struck. My understanding, however, is that negotiations are well past the early stages. Discussions have been held with various city officials to discuss incentives that could be offered by the city to improve the feasibility of the project. Michigan-based Agree, LP, which owned several Borders bookstore sites and other retail properties, owns the property. It has become available again now that the Lawrence Public Library has moved Please see GROCERY, page 2A
OTTAWA QUADRUPLE HOMICIDE
KYLE FLACK, RIGHT, ACCUSED IN A QUADRUPLE HOMICIDE in Franklin County, listens to defense attorney Tim Frieden during a hearing Friday.
Judge: Flack statements are admissible By Caitlin Doornbos Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos
Ottawa — Statements made to police by the man accused in a quadruple homicide here last year are admissible in court, even though he mentioned hir-
ing an attorney during the interrogation, Franklin County District Court Judge Eric Godderz ruled Friday. Kyle Flack, 29, is accused of killing Kaylie Bailey, 21, of Olathe; her 18-month-old daughter, Lana-Leigh; Andrew
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Adam Stout, 30, of Ottawa; and Steven Eugene White, 31, of Ottawa. In a March hearing, Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Detective Jeremi Thompson testified
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Another tax shortfall Kansas collected $4 million less in taxes than expected in August, but Gov. Sam Brownback’s camp said the “flat” revenues were accompanied by indications of growth. Page 3A
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