TOPEKA—The 30th Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene at 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 6, to interview a nominee to fill a district magistrate judge vacancy in Kingman County. The vacancy was created when District Magistrate Judge Ronald Sylvester retired May 1. ...

TOPEKA—The 28th Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 7, to discuss the nomination process to fill two judicial vacancies. District Judge Rene Young will retire August 1 from her position in Saline County. District Magistrate Ju...

TOPEKA—Chief Justice Marla Luckert has signed orders appointing new members to three committees and liaisons to a board.   Specialty Court Funding Advisory Committee   The 2022 Kansas Legislature created the 12-member Specialty Court Funding Advisory Committee to obta...

TOPEKA—District Magistrate Judge Ron Sylvester will retire April 30 after serving five years in the 30th Judicial District.   The 30th Judicial District is composed of Barber, Harper, Kingman, Pratt, and Sumner counties. Sylvester was appointed in 2019.   Before beco...

TOPEKA—Applicants who successfully passed the Kansas bar examination will be sworn in as Kansas attorneys at 9:30 a.m. Friday, April 25, at the Kansas Judicial Center. New attorneys can choose to be sworn in during the ceremony Friday or at another time by a state or feder...

TOPEKA—The 30th Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene at 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 6, to interview nominees to fill a district magistrate judge vacancy in Kingman County. The vacancy will be created when District Magistrate Judge Ronald Sylvester retires April 3...

TOPEKA—Debra Grammon says she won’t be nervous serving as honorary bailiff for the Kansas Supreme Court when it visits Logan in April. Grammon served 24 years as court clerk for the Phillips County District Court before she retired in September 2024. She said it was good ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court appointed District Judge Kurtis Loy to serve as chief judge of the 11th Judicial District from April 7 through December 31.   Loy fills the unexpired term of Judge Lori Bolton Fleming, who was appointed to the Kansas Court of Appeals.   ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas court system has launched a new webpage that gives visitors access to new civil case filings before they are reviewed and accepted by the district court clerk, eliminating the wait time for attorneys, the public, and media who track new civil cases.  “Cou...

TOPEKA—The Supreme Court Nominating Commission is accepting applications to fill a vacancy on the Kansas Supreme Court created when Justice Evelyn Wilson resigns July 4 . Wilson’s resignation triggers a merit-based nomination process that involves the Supreme Court Nomi...