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For the fourth consecutive year, the Community Resilience Hub (CRH) at Kansas Wesleyan will host a special training on civil discourse, in collaboration with the Salina Public Library. 

This year’s training is set for 10 am - 4:40 pm&nbsp;on Saturday, October 18 at the library.

Friday marks the final day to register for the event.

“It’s critical to the work of the CRH to engage in healthy conversations and find common ground,” said Sabrina Rosario, director of the CRH. “Educating those around us on exactly how to do that in a civil manner is an important part of our advocacy work.”

Alan Yarborough again will be the trainer.

Yarborough will train participants to have healthy engagements across differences, improve the ability to dialogue, build capacity for engagement and to work together to tackle critical issues.

He has nine years of advocacy experience with the Episcopal Church Office of Government Relations in Washington, D.C. He develops advocacy resources, conducts trainings across the U.S., and created the online civil discourse class “Make Me an Instrument of Peace.”

Alan also coaches groups on voter engagement and community advocacy, and served as a Better Arguments Ambassador in 2023 with the Aspen Institute.

Dr. Kelly Moore, DSW, LMSW, will offer two continuing education credits for social workers and other professionals through Kansas Wesleyan.

There is a registration fee of $5 for the workshop.&nbsp;

Register at&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://www.salinapubliclibrary.org/">www.salinapubliclibrary.org</a>.

Friday marks final day to register for KWU's Community Resilience Hub civil discourse training at SPL

The Salina Downtown Lions Club has announced they will be holding their 67th annual Public Barbecue this Saturday.

On October 18 from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm, the event will occur in the Saline County 4-H Building (900 E. Kenwood Drive).&nbsp;

The cost is&nbsp;$10&nbsp;per person for advance purchase tickets, or&nbsp;$12&nbsp;at the door.

All proceeds raised will be used to benefit the Central Kansas District 4-H Club.&nbsp;

The Salina Downtown Lions Club raised and then spent or donated over $16,400 during the last two years. This amount went towards Saline County 4-H Clubs, Youth Baseball, Youth Music events, Lions Sight and many other charitable and civic activities for a total of over $377,828 in the last 25 years.

Advance purchase tickets are available from any 4-H Club member, Downtown Lions Club or by&nbsp;(785) 825-1807.&nbsp;

Bulk meat will be available. Dine in or carry out meals are available as well.

Salina Downtown Lions Club holding 67th annual public BBQ on Saturday

A man was arrested after acting disruptively at a Salina liquor store.

According to the Salina Police Department (SPD) at around 8:30 pm on Wednesday, officers were dispatched to Salina Wholesale Liquor (100 block of N. Ohio) regarding a man acting disruptively.

Reportedly, the man was told to leave the store multiple times by employees. He then left, but came back and employees contacted SPD.&nbsp;

When officers arrived, the man removed his shirt inside the store and attempted to fight an employee. He was then arrested and removed from the store.

SPD arrested 42-year old, James Brown and officers determined he was 'highly intoxicated.' Officers took Brown to Salina Regional Health Center for evaluation.&nbsp;

Brown was then booked into the Saline County Jail for the requested charges of Criminal Trespass and Interference with Law Enforcement.

Man acting disruptively at Salina liquor store results in arrest

Salina Police arrest local FedEx employee, after making a threat to another coworker.

According to the Salina Police Department (SPD) on Wednesday at around 2:00 pm, officers were dispatched to FedEx (3450 Centennial Rd.) about a male employee who made a threat his coworker.

Prior to the report, the suspect identified as 19-year old, Trenton Fears made a threat on Monday, October 13 to his coworker when they were on the jobsite. Allegedly the coworker said something to Fears, which prompted him to make the threat.

That same day, Fears went to another coworker and told them to 'not show up to work the following day.'&nbsp;

The next day on Tuesday, October 14, Fears told the coworker he made the threat towards, that he would 'shoot the facility up.'

Management then called SPD on Wednesday regarding the threat. Fears was not at FedEx initially, but showed up at a later timeframe and officers immediately arrived to the scene.&nbsp;

Fears was then arrested and booked into the Saline County Jail for the requested charge of Criminal Threat.

Salina Police arrest FedEx employee after alleged threat to coworker

REQUESTED CHARGES:&nbsp;Interfere w/ LEO; unknown circumstance; Criminal trespass; Remain in defiance of order by owner

REQUESTED CHARGE:&nbsp;Theft of prop/services:Value less than $1,500

NAME:&nbsp;Fears, Trenton Marshawn

REQUESTED CHARGES:&nbsp;Criminal threat; Cause terror, evacuation or disruption; Taxation; Cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, and tobacco unlawful acts

REQUESTED CHARGES:&nbsp;Driving while habitual violator; Reckless Driving

REQUESTED CHARGE:&nbsp;Contempt of Court; Direct

NAME:&nbsp;Osbourn, Nicholas Charles

REQUESTED CHARGE:&nbsp;Probation Violation

NAME:&nbsp;Williams, Destiny Jasmine

REQUESTED CHARGES:&nbsp;Driving under influence of alcohol or drugs Unknown severity; Unlawful acts: vehicle registration violation

Saline County Jail Bookings, October 16

The Salina Family YMCA is partnering with the Kansas Wesleyan University Women’s Flag Football team to host a girls only flag football camp.

On Sunday, October 26 from 1-3pm,&nbsp;this camp will be open to girls ages 5–18. The camp is designed to teach football fundamentals, build confidence, and encourage teamwork in a fun, supportive environment.

The camp is $25 for YMCA members and $35 for non-members, with all participants receiving guidance from experienced coaches and KWU athletes.

Register today, by going <a href="http://www.salinaymca.org/sports/sports-camps">here</a>.

YMCA partners with KWU Women's Flag Football to hold girls only flag football camp, registration open

The <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/304759803960474">Granny Brigade</a> will be hosting an informative meeting, on how to protect yourself and avoid being a victim of fraud.

On Tuesday, October 21 at the Carver Center (315 N. 2nd) at 7:00 pm, George McCurey will be speaking on what to look for in the case you come across a fraud and/or scam.&nbsp;

McCurey is from one of the divisions of the Kansas Attorney General's office.

This event is free and open to the public.

Granny Brigade hosting informative meeting on protection from fraud & scams

This edition of&nbsp;<a href="https://salinapost.com/category/salina-sees-you">Salina Sees You</a>, brought to you by&nbsp;<a href="https://local.demandforce.com/b/visionsource-drscoleandcooper">Drs. Cooper &amp; Banninger, LLC Family Vision Care</a>&nbsp;(1000 E. Cloud) presents:

Krista Wiss, who tells her story about finding her passion for mental health care, and starting one of the only clinical providers in Salina that uncovers and treats the root causes of mental health conditions.

Krista Wiss comes from Clay Center and started her own business in Salina that provides a functional approach to mental health care.&nbsp;

Wiss moved to Salina with 16 years of healthcare experience. Ten of those being a nurse and graduating nursing school, before going to Ohio where she worked as an in-patient psych nurse.

This is where she found her passion of how the brain and body functions together.

She then earned a Master's degree in nursing and became a Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. Wiss founded&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mypsynergy.com/">Psynergy Mental Wellness</a>&nbsp;in Salina this year, where she takes a functional approach to mental health care, meaning she uncovers and treats the root causes of mental health conditions.

Her clinic provides&nbsp;<a href="https://www.spravato.com/what-is-spravato/">SPRAVATO®&nbsp;(esketamine)</a>, an&nbsp;FDA approved nasal spray for ages 18 and older, who suffer from treatment resistant depression, or major depressive disorder with suicidal ideations. Spravato is provided for patients, when two or more oral antidepressants have evidently not worked.

According to Wiss, Spravato works differently than oral antidepressants by acting on person's glutamate system. She explained the glutamate system is very abundant in neurotransmitters (“chemical messengers"), playing a key role in neuroplasticity and mood regulation.

Neuroplasticity,&nbsp;is the brain’s capacity to continue growing and evolving in response to life experiences, according to <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/neuroplasticity">Psychology Today</a>.&nbsp;

"Essentially, we can think of Spravato as like the 'Miracle Grow' for the brain," Wiss said. "It is very exciting."

This edition of Salina Sees You is brought to you by&nbsp;<a href="https://local.demandforce.com/b/visionsource-drscoleandcooper">Drs. Cooper &amp; Banninger, LLC Family Vision Care</a>&nbsp;(1000 E. Cloud). Call&nbsp;(785) 823-6391&nbsp;or visit today, to make an appointment.

Wiss added throughout the process of neuroplasticity, it protects the brain and creates new synapses, which means it helps to transform the brain.

"By adjusting glutamate activity, Spravato helps 'reset' brain connections that have become disrupted by chronic depression," she said. "This can lead to meaningful improvements in mood and mental clarity often within weeks."

According to Spravato, after 8 treatments, over 50% of people have achieved clinical remission. Wiss sees patients taking Spravato for 2 times a week over the 1st month of treatment.&nbsp;

"So in one month, people have spent a lifetime taking oral antidepressants with no to partial relief, are clinical remission within a month (taking Spravato)," she said. "It's probably the most innovative thing we have in mental health right now."

The Salina area is known to not have a mental health clinic like Wiss' that provides such treatment. She said her patients drive an hour, sometimes more to receive this kind of treatment.

"Residents of Salina and the surrounding area are driving an hour, sometimes more, for this treatment. For a treatment that includes a two hour observation period, this isn't sustainable," she said. "This treatment not only works, but does so in an expeditious&nbsp;way bringing rapid relief to those who may have had a lifetime of little to none."

Wiss shared some personal testimonies of patients she has treated.&nbsp;

"I have heard some things, that it is life changing," she said. "One person said, they have had a lifetime feeling like this and now they don't have to feel this way anymore. That alone is a reason to do it, even one time."

"By maintaining REMS certification, I can ensure patient's are treated not only with care and personalized treatment, but with the highest regard to safety," Wiss said. "I am beyond excited to bring this to Salina and I hope to help patients achieve lasting relief"

Wiss specializes in depression, anxiety, PTSD/trauma and ADHD. She also sees patients ages 6 and older.

To book an appointment or learn more about Psynergy Mental Wellness, click <a href="https://www.mypsynergy.com/">here</a>.

Salina Sees You: Krista Wiss

The decision for the ongoing Cozy Inn lawsuit has been delayed to next month, as October's status conference meeting has been rescheduled.

ORIGINAL: <a href="https://salinapost.com/posts/6d8186cb-63fa-4dc4-bcfc-db8976339e2d">UPDATE: Bench trial canceled for Cozy Inn lawsuit, in-person status conference scheduled</a>

According to PACER reports from the US District Court, District of Kansas, the status conference that was initially set for October 22, 2025&nbsp; has been rescheduled for November 19, 2025.

The status conference will be held at Frank Carlson Federal Building in Topeka&nbsp;(444 SE Quincy St.)&nbsp;in courtroom 401, before District Judge Toby Crouse.

The attorneys representing Cozy Inn during this conference was Samuel MacRoberts and Jeffrey Shaw. Attorneys representing the City of Salina was Todd Messenger, Amanda Jokerst and Aaron Martin.

On February 19, 2024, the Cozy Inn sued the City of Salina.

Click <a href="https://salinapost.com/posts/fc7ed532-a1ba-46b6-85c3-4ed867abb15a">here</a> for more information about this ongoing case

UPDATE: Status conference rescheduled to November for Cozy Inn lawsuit

The Saline County Sheriff's Office have announced the retirement of a K9 that served for 7 years.

K9 Maggie was partnered with Deputy Craig Norris and she served the citizens of Saline County from March of 2018 to June of 2025.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Maggie assisted several outside agencies during her years of service. She is credited with several drug seizures, U.S. Currency seizures, arrests and the seizure of several firearms.&nbsp;&nbsp;

423 – deployments for exterior air sniffs (vehicle sniffs)&nbsp;

Maggie was a certified dual purpose K9 through the Heart of America Police Dog Association and won a 1st place Patrol Dog trophy in 2021. 

She was also awarded Patrol Dog Case of the Year through the Heart of America Police Dog Association in 2024.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Maggie was forced to retire in June of 2025 due to arthritis in her back legs. She retired into the care&nbsp; of her handler.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Saline County K9 retires after 7 years of service

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For the latest forecast updates, visit the National Weather Service Wichita office at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.weather.gov/ict/">https://www.weather.gov/ict/</a>. To check forecasts frequently, go to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.weather.gov/">weather.gov</a>.

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SEDGWICK COUNTY —A Kansas man is going to prison for a double murder at a mobile home park in 2021.

On October 10, Judge Sean Hatfield sentenced 35-year-old&nbsp;&nbsp;Steven Fessenden to 188 months in the Kansas Department of Corrections, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's office.

In Augus, Fessenden pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter.&nbsp;

On April 24,&nbsp; 2021 sheriff's deputies were sent to a check shots call at the Englewood mobile home park located at 3201 E MacArthur in Wichita, according to Sheriff's Lt. Benjamin Blick.

While responding, deputies received information that a man and woman were inside the residence with apparent gunshot wounds.

When deputies arrived, they had to force entry to the home. Inside the home, they located 42-year-old Nathan Brock and 41-year-old Trisha Benjamin deceased, according to Blick.

On April 26,&nbsp;Sedgwick County Sheriff’s detectives arrested and booked&nbsp; Fessenden of Wichita for the murder. He was not charged in the crime.

Sheriff’s deputies arrested Fessenden a second time in connection to the deaths.

Man going to prison for Kansas double-murder

MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) — Ace Frehley, the original lead guitarist and founding member of the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/kiss-band-history-2770bdbbf2f1f39049baf412864818c3">glam rock band Kiss</a>, who captivated audiences with his elaborate galactic makeup and smoking guitar, died Thursday. He was 74.

Frehley died peacefully surrounded by family in Morristown, New Jersey, following a recent fall, according to his agent.

Family members said in a statement that they are “completely devastated and heartbroken” but will cherish his laughter and celebrate the kindness he bestowed upon others.

Kiss, whose hits included “Rock and Roll All Nite” and “I Was Made for Lovin’ You," was known for its theatrical stage shows, with fire and fake blood spewing from the mouths of band members dressed in body armor, platform boots, wigs and signature black-and-white face paint.

Kiss' original lineup included Frehley, singer-guitarist Paul Stanley, tongue-wagging bassist Gene Simmons and drummer Peter Criss. Frehley’s is the first death among the four founding members.

Band members took on the personas of comic book-style characters — Frehley was known as “Space Ace” and “The Spaceman.” The New York-born entertainer and Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Famer often experimented with pyrotechnics, making his guitars glow, emit smoke and shoot rockets from the headstock.

“We are devastated by the passing of Ace Frehley,” Simmons and Stanley&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/ace-frehley-tributes-321626f046ed5c5e557f9c2aad28ada2">said in a joint statement.</a>&nbsp;“He was an essential and irreplaceable rock soldier during some of the most formative foundational chapters of the band and its history. He is and will always be a part of KISS’s legacy.”

Born Paul Daniel Frehley, he grew up in a musical family and began playing guitar at age 13. Before joining Kiss, he played in local bands around New York City and was a roadie for Jimi Hendrix at age 18.

Kiss was especially popular in the mid-1970s, selling tens of millions of albums and licensing its iconic look to become a marketing marvel. “Beth” was its biggest commercial hit in the U.S., peaking at No. 7 on the Billboard Top 100 in 1976.

As the Kennedy Center’s new chairman, President Donald Trump named Kiss as one of&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-kennedy-center-honorees-6c553c800ba334ad1ea47858b3dc271c">this year’s honorees</a>.

In 2024, the band sold their catalog, brand name and intellectual property to Swedish company Pophouse Entertainment Group in a deal estimated to be over $300 million.

Frehley frequently feuded with Stanley and Simmons through the years. He left the band in 1982, missing the years when they took off the makeup and had mixed success. Stanley later said they nearly replaced Frehley with Eddie Van Halen, but Vinnie Vincent assumed the lead guitar role.

Frehley performed both as a solo artist and with his band, Frehley’s Comet.

But he rejoined Kiss in the mid-1990s for a triumphant reunion and restoration of their original style that came after bands including Nirvana, Weezer and the Melvins had expressed affection for the band and paid them musical tributes.

He would leave again in 2002. When the original four entered the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame in 2014, a dispute scrapped plans for them to perform. Simmons and Stanley objected to Criss and Frehley being inducted instead of then-guitarist Tommy Thayer and then-drummer Eric Singer.

Simmons told Rolling Stone magazine that year that Frehley and Criss “no longer deserve to wear the paint.” “The makeup is earned,” he added. “Just being there at the beginning is not enough.”

Frehley and Kiss also had a huge influence on the glammy style of 1980s so-called hair metal bands including Mötley Crüe and Poison.

“Ace, my brother, I surely cannot thank you enough for the years of great music, the many festivals we’ve done together and your lead guitar on Nothing But A Good Time,” Poison front man&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DP4zYL-EpAq/?hl=en">Bret Michaels</a>&nbsp;said on Instagram.

Harder-edged bands like Metallica and Pantera were also fans, and even country superstar Garth Brooks joined the band members for a recording of their “Hard Luck Woman” on a 1994 compilation.

Frehley would appear occasionally with Kiss for shows in later years. A 2023 concert at Madison Square Garden was&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/kiss-digital-avatars-end-of-road-finale-37a8ae9905099343c7b41654b2344d0c">billed as the band’s last.</a>&nbsp;While Stanley and Simmons said they would not tour again, they’ve been open to the possibility of more concerts, and they’ve stayed active promoting the group’s music and memorabilia.

Kiss' original lead guitarist and founding member dies at 74

GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — Former Trump administration national security adviser&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/john-bolton">John Bolton</a>&nbsp;was charged Thursday with storing top secret records at home and sharing with relatives diary-like notes about his time in government that contained classified information.

The 18-count indictment also suggests classified information was exposed when operatives believed linked to the Iranian regime hacked Bolton's email account in 2021 and gained access to sensitive material he had shared. A Bolton representative told the FBI that his emails had been hacked, prosecutors say, but did not reveal that he had shared classified information through the account or that the hackers now had possession of government secrets.

<a href="https://assets.bwbx.io/documents/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/roPlLz7HNn8w/v0">Click here to the full indictiment</a>

The investigation into Bolton, who served for more than a year in President Donald Trump's administration before being&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-ap-top-news-john-bolton-afghanistan-politics-788d664afbfd4565805dc1c0de8d4ffb">fired in 2019</a>, burst into public view in August when&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-fbi-bolton-patel-records-home-search-d02cca9e51360115262727ce45be3d65">the FBI searched</a>&nbsp;his home in Maryland and his office in Washington for classified records he may have held onto from his years in government.

The indictment sets the stage for a closely watched court case centering on a longtime fixture in Republican foreign policy circles who became known for his hawkish views on American power and later emerged as a prominent and vocal critic of Trump. Though the investigation that produced the indictment was well underway during the Biden administration, the case will play out against the backdrop of broader concerns that Trump is weaponizing his Justice Department to go after perceived enemies of the president while sparing his allies from scrutiny.

“The underlying facts in this case were investigated and resolved years ago. These charges stem from portions of Amb. Bolton’s personal diaries over his 45-year career — records that are unclassified, shared only with his immediate family, and known to the FBI as far back as 2021," Bolton lawyer Abbe Lowell said in a statement. "Like many public officials throughout history, Amb. Bolton kept diaries — that is not a crime. We look forward to proving once again that Amb. Bolton did not unlawfully share or store any information.”

The case follows separate indictments over the last month accusing&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/james-comey-charged-lying-congress-a2c72e1a5bb73d588f3af7fdb56caa82">former FBI Director James Comey</a>&nbsp;of lying to Congress and&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/letitia-james-fraud-justice-department-donald-trump-41d8746d4674f2be42d667647089b213">New York Attorney General Letitia James</a>&nbsp;of committing bank fraud and making a false statement, charges they both deny. Both those cases were filed in federal court in Virginia by a prosecutor Trump hastily installed in the position after growing frustrated that investigations into high-profile enemies had not resulted in prosecution.

The Bolton case, by contrast, was filed in Maryland by a U.S. attorney who before being elevated to the job had been a career prosecutor in the office.

The indictmen is significantly more detailed than the Comey or James cases. It alleges, for instance, that Bolton shared more than 1,000 pages of information about day-to-day activities with two unnamed family members and stored and shared sensitive information about foreign adversaries that in some cases revealed details about sources and methods used by the government to collect intelligence.

One document related to a foreign adversary’s plans for a missile launch, while another detailed U.S. government plans for covert action and included intelligence blaming an adversary for an attack, court papers say.

“There is one tier of justice for all Americans,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement. “Anyone who abuses a position of power and jeopardizes our national security will be held accountable. No one is above the law.”

Questions about Bolton's handling of classified information date back years. He faced&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-joe-biden-lawsuits-entertainment-government-and-politics-0bc0171d2dc3392623ab18278a1a94ef">a lawsuit and a Justice Department investigation</a>&nbsp;after leaving office related to information in his 2020 book “The Room Where it Happened,” which portrayed Trump as grossly uninformed about foreign policy.

The Trump administration asserted that Bolton’s manuscript included classified information that could harm national security if exposed. Bolton’s lawyers have said he moved forward with the book after a White House National Security Council official, with whom Bolton had worked for months, said the manuscript no longer contained classified information.

A search warrant affidavit that was previously unsealed said a National Security Council official had reviewed the book manuscript and told Bolton in 2020 that it appeared to contain “significant amounts” of classified information, some at a top-secret level.

Lowell has said that many of the documents seized in August had been approved as part of a pre-publication review for Bolton’s book. He said many were decades old, from Bolton’s long career in the State Department, as an assistant attorney general and as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

Bolton also served in the Justice Department during President Ronald Reagan's administration and was the State Department's point man on arms control during George W. Bush's presidency. Bolton was nominated by Bush to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, but the strong supporter of the Iraq war was unable to win Senate confirmation and resigned after serving 17 months as a Bush recess appointment. That allowed him to hold the job on a temporary basis without Senate confirmation.

In 2018, Bolton was appointed to serve as Trump's third national security adviser. But his brief tenure was characterized by disputes with the president over North Korea, Iran and Ukraine.

Those rifts ultimately led to Bolton’s departure, with Trump announcing on social media in September 2019 that he had accepted Bolton’s resignation. Bolton subsequently criticized Trump’s approach to foreign policy and government in his 2020 book, including by alleging that Trump directly tied providing military aid to Ukraine to that country’s willingness to conduct investigations into Joe Biden, who was soon to be Trump’s Democratic 2020 election rival, and members of his family.

Trump responded by slamming Bolton as a “washed-up guy” and a “crazy” warmonger who would have led the country into “World War Six.” Trump also said at the time that the book contained “highly classified information” and that Bolton “did not have approval” for publishing it.

Read the indictment: Ex-Trump adviser accused of sharing gov't documents

By&nbsp;<a href="https://kansasreflector.com/author/tim-carpenter/">TIM CARPENTER</a> <a href="https://kansasreflector.com/2025/02/24/gov-laura-kelly-skeptical-kansas-houses-anti-tenure-legislation-will-reach-her-desk/">Kansas Reflector</a>

TOPEKA — Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Marla Luckert likely suffered a stroke, doctors determined after she was involved in a minor traffic accident.

Luckert, 70, was elevated to chief justice in 2019 and has been on the state’s highest court since appointed by Republican Gov. Bill Graves and sworn into office in 2003.

In a statement, Luckert said the accident occurred Oct. 9 while driving home from work.

“Fortunately, I did not hit any other vehicle or hurt anyone,” she said. “Doctors believe I had a stroke, which caused the accident.”

Luckert was hospitalized for several days and is recuperating at home while on medical leave from the Supreme Court.

“It does not appear that I will need speech or physical therapy, but I have been ordered to rest for at least the next few weeks,” her statement said. “I’m resting comfortably at home.”

Luckert expressed gratitude for prayers, expressions of concern and warm thoughts about her situation. She said she would release public updates in the future.

Luckert was born in Goodland and earned a law degree at Washburn University in Topeka. She worked in private practice for more than a decade. Democratic Gov. Joan Finney appointed her to the Shawnee County District Court in 1992. She was made chief judge of that district court in 2000.

Physicians link Kansas Supreme Court chief justice’s vehicle accident to likely stroke

WYANDOTTE COUNTY —Buc-ee's broke ground on the first Kansas location on Thursday. The location in western Wyandotte County is at The Legends near the Kansas Speedway at Interstate 70 and Village West Parkway, according to a statement from the company.

&nbsp;The 74,000-square-foot travel center will feature 120 gas pumps and 12 EV charging stations and creat at least 225 full-time jobs.

The center is expected to open in the summer of 2027 or possibly sooner.

Buc-ee's breaks ground on first location in Kansas

By&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/author/aamer-madhani">AAMER MADHANI</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/author/seung-min-kim">SEUNG MIN KIM</a>&nbsp;

WASHINGTON (AP) — President&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a>&nbsp;said Thursday he will meet again with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in an effort to end&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine">the war in Ukraine</a>. A date has not been set, but Trump wrote on social media that the meeting would take place in Budapest, Hungary.

“I believe great progress was made with today’s telephone conversation,” Trump wrote after talking to Putin. They previously met in Alaska in August, which did not produce a diplomatic breakthrough.

Before Trump and Putin meet, U.S. officials led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio will sit down with Russian representatives next week. It’s unclear where that meeting will take place.

The call came ahead of Trump’s meeting on Friday at the White House with Ukrainian President&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/volodymyr-zelenskyy">Volodymyr Zelenskyy</a>, who has been pressing Trump to sell Kyiv Tomahawk missiles that would allow Ukrainian forces to strike deeper into Russian territory. Zelenskyy has argued such strikes would help compel Putin to take Trump’s calls for direct negotiations between Russia and Ukraine to end the war more seriously.

Trump had told reporters traveling with him to Israel on Sunday that he had&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-tomahawk-missiles-russia-ukraine-war-522fb8bb8fe8ce87107e1eb320abae0e">planned to discuss the Tomahawks</a>&nbsp;with Putin as a way to pressure him to end&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine">Russia’s war in Ukraine</a>. “Do they want to have Tomahawks going in that direction? I don’t think so,” Trump said on Sunday. “I think I might speak to Russia about that.”

With a fragile&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-ceasefire-latest-10-15-2025-6ce9818c8d0474a2986ac6544a49a2b0">Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage deal</a>&nbsp;holding, Trump has said he’s now turning his attention to bringing the war in Ukraine to an end and is&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-tomahawk-missiles-russia-ukraine-war-522fb8bb8fe8ce87107e1eb320abae0e">weighing providing Kyiv long-range weaponry</a>&nbsp;as he looks to prod Moscow to the negotiating table.

Ending the wars in Ukraine and Gaza was central to Trump’s 2024 reelection pitch, in which he persistently pilloried President&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/joe-biden">Joe Biden</a>&nbsp;for his handling of the conflicts. Yet, like his predecessor, Trump also has been stymied by&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/vladimir-putin">Putin</a>&nbsp;as he’s unsuccessfully pressed the Russian leader to hold direct talks with&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/volodymyr-zelenskyy">Zelenskyy</a>&nbsp;to end the war, which is nearing its fourth year.

But fresh off the Gaza ceasefire, Trump is showing new confidence that he can finally make headway on ending the Russian invasion. He’s also signaling that he’s ready to step up pressure on Putin if he doesn’t come to the table soon.

“Interestingly we made progress today, because of what’s happened in the Middle East,” Trump said of the Russia-Ukraine war on Wednesday evening as he welcomed supporters of his White House ballroom project to a glitzy dinner.

Earlier this week in Jerusalem,&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-israel-hamas-war-ceasefire-hostages-egypt-6347e7da64f6c97b95109558096c0b6c">in a speech to the Knesset</a>, Trump predicted the truce in Gaza would lay the groundwork for the U.S. to help Israel and many of its Middle East neighbors normalize relations. But Trump also made clear his top foreign policy priority now is ending the largest armed conflict in Europe since World War II.

“First we have to get Russia done,” Trump said, turning to his special envoy&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/steve-witkoff-special-envoy-russia-ukraine-mideast-d26c80c87a57fd3a811e4b0aa0eda58e">Steve Witkoff</a>, who has also served as his administration’s chief interlocutor with Putin. “We gotta get that one done. If you don’t mind, Steve, let’s focus on Russia first. All right?”

Trump is set to host Zelenskyy for talks Friday, their fourth face-to-face meeting this year.

Ahead of the meeting, Trump has said he’s weighing selling Kyiv long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles. Putin has made clear that providing Ukraine with Tomahawks would cross a red line and further damage relations between Moscow and Washington.

“He’d like to have Tomahawks,” Trump said of Zelenskyy on Tuesday. “We have a lot of Tomahawks.”

Agreeing to sell Ukraine Tomahawks would be a splashy move, said Mark Montgomery, an analyst at the conservative Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington. But it could take years to supply and train Kyiv on the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-trump-zelenskyy-weapons-31e8d494c92300524a0f50cebff28f7d">Tomahawk system</a>.

Montgomery said Ukraine could be better served in the near term with a surge of Extended Range Attack Munition, or ERAM, missiles and&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-war-biden-what-are-atacms-missiles-8d8621321af8c673bd42a5693c2ad1f4">Army Tactical Missile System, known as ATACMS</a>. The U.S. already approved the sale of up to 3,350 ERAMs to Kyiv earlier this year.

The Tomahawk, with a range of about 995 miles (1,600 kilometers), would allow Ukraine to strike far deeper in Russian territory than either the ERAM (about 285 miles, or 460 km) or ATACMS (about 186 miles, or 300 kilometers).

“To provide Tomahawks is as much a political decision as it is a military decision,” Montgomery said. “The ERAM is shorter range, but this can help them put pressure on Russia operationally, on their logistics, the command and control, and its force disbursement within several hundred kilometers of the front line. It can be very effective.”

Signs of White House interest in new Russia sanctions

Zelenskyy is expected to reiterate his plea to Trump to hit Russia’s economy with further sanctions, something the Republican, to date, has appeared reluctant to do.

Congress has weighed legislation that would lead to tougher sanctions on Moscow, but Trump has largely focused his attention on pressuring NATO members and other allies to cut off their purchases of Russian oil, the engine fueling Moscow’s war machine. To that end, Trump said Wednesday that India, which became one of Russia’s biggest crude buyers after the Ukraine invasion, had agreed to&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-india-russian-oil-ukraine-1b2b993847d5d03f9a23f47bd035270a">stop buying oil from Moscow.</a>

Waiting for Trump’s blessing is legislation in the Senate that would impose steep tariffs on countries that purchase Russia’s oil, gas, uranium and other exports in an attempt to cripple Moscow economically.

Though the president hasn’t formally endorsed it — and Republican leaders do not plan to move forward without his support — the White House has shown, behind the scenes, more interest in the bill in recent weeks.

Administration officials have gone through the legislation in depth, offering line edits and requesting technical changes, according to two officials with knowledge of the discussions between the White House and the Senate. That has been interpreted on Capitol Hill as a sign that Trump is getting more serious about the legislation, sponsored by close ally Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., along with Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.

A White House official said the administration is working with lawmakers to make sure that “introduced bills advance the president’s foreign policy objectives and authorities.” The official, who was granted anonymity to discuss private deliberations, said any sanctions package needs to give the president “complete flexibility.”

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday the administration is waiting for greater buy-in from Europe, which he noted faces a bigger threat from Russian aggression than the U.S. does.

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