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This was a South Broadway sting with a twist.

Eight women were arrested Monday evening on 13 different offenses, including several sex crimes.

The sting was set up after detectives took a look at postings on Craigslist.org, a classified and forum site.

"Some of the women were familiar to us" because they had been arrested in the past for prostitution, said Capt. John Speer, commander of the Patrol South Bureau.

"We contacted these women and set up a meeting," Speer said. "These women negotiated for sex during the meeting, and were then arrested and booked" into jail.

A drug bust in Mulvane resulted in 11 arrests Tuesday, including two at Mulvane High School.

Mulvane Police Chief Dave Williams said those arrested included a 21-year-old woman and 10 males ranging in age from 16 to 21.

They were charged with possession and sale of marijuana, amphetamines, cocaine, heroin, morphine, oxycontin, and depressants.

The high school students were taken into custody after they were pulled from their first-period classrooms by their principal, Williams said. A third high school student was arrested at Mulvane Academy, the district's alternative high school.

Williams said the investigation by Mulvane police and the Sumner County Sheriff's Office began in September.

Ted Burnett's capital murder trial will go on next week in Wichita as planned.

Sedgwick County District Judge Ben Burgess denied a request to move the trial to another county Monday morning.

A pool of some 500 jurors have been summoned for the trial. Lawyers are scheduled to begin questioning potential jurors May 5.

Burnett has contended he's not guilty of strangling Chelsea Brooks, a 14-year-old who was nine months pregnant when she disappeared from a Wichita skating rink in June 2006.

Prosecutors say Burnett killed Brooks, after being hired by Elgin Robinson, the purported father of the unborn child. Robinson faces trial in September.

Two men have been arrested in connection with the shooting of a coworker at a manufacturing plant in Valley Center early this morning.

The three men got into an argument outside of the National Plastics Color plant in the 100 block of West Industrial, Sedgwick County Sheriff's Capt. Mike Oliver said.

Michael Lawrukiewicz, 26, was shot in the chest at about 4:17 a.m., got into a vehicle and drove a short distance before crashing through a fence and striking a gas meter, Oliver said.

It's not clear what the argument was about, Oliver said.

Lawrukiewicz underwent surgery at Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus and is in critical condition, he said.

Undersheriff Bob Hinshaw announced Tuesday that he is entering the race for Sedgwick County sheriff.

Hinshaw, 50, becomes the fifth candidate for the seat being vacated by two-term sheriff Gary Steed and the fourth Republican to enter the race.

Hinshaw has been with the sheriff's office for 29 years and was appointed undersheriff by Steed in June 2006. He holds a bachelor's degree in administration of justice from Wichita State University and a master's degree in business law from Friends University.

During his career, Hinshaw has filled a number of positions, including the high-profile jobs of commander of the department's criminal investigations division and major in charge of the Sedgwick County Jail.

In a news release issued late Tuesday, Hinshaw said, "My experience and education makes me the most qualified for the office of sheriff, and I look forward to continuing to serve the community in which I was born and raised."

Amid accolades Tuesday from supporters and criticism from opponents in both parties, former congressman Jim Slattery launched his bid to become the next U.S. senator from Kansas.

Slattery, who has been running since last month, made his formal announcement in stops across the state, including the Wichita Hilton Airport Hotel.

The Democrat blamed incumbents of both parties for economic instability, high fuel prices, low-mileage cars and the Iraq war.

"I cannot in good conscience continue to sit on the sidelines and watch career politicians lead our country in the wrong direction," he said.

Slattery represented the 2nd District in Congress from 1982 to 1994, when he lost a race for governor.