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A Wichita man was found dead in his Planeview home Tuesday, and police were investigating the case as the city's 14th homicide this year.

Deputy Chief Robert Lee said the body was found at about 3:40 p.m. in a duplex in the 3400 block of East Roseberry.

The duplex is about a block from where Deshonda Walker was fatally shot last week, but Lee said the cases did not appear to be connected.

Detectives on Tuesday were interviewing witnesses as crime scene investigators looked through the home for evidence. Lee said the case was being worked as a homicide, but he said a motive and cause of death were not immediately available.

He would not say who found the body. He could not provide the victim's name and age.

After a Tuesday court hearing for the man facing a possible death penalty in their daughter's killing, Brian and Cindy Sanderholm voiced relief.

They could smile because a judge denied a defense motion to move Justin Thurber's capital murder trial from Cowley County.

And 17 months after Jodi Sanderholm's brutal death, they finally have a trial date. Opening statements have been tentatively set for Oct. 14.

Standing on the courthouse steps, Brian Sanderholm said that the court actions signal "that the end is in sight."

Cowley County District Judge Jim Pringle ruled that that for now there is no indication that Thurber cannot receive a fair trial in Cowley County.

A 51-year-old man was taken to the hospital with a severely injured right leg after a fight with his girlfriend on Monday, police said.

Wichita police officers responded to a domestic violence call around 9:30 a.m. Monday in the 1400 block of N. Hillside.

Officers found the man in front of a residence. The man told police that his girlfriend had gotten angry at him and hit him with her car, pushing him into the apartments, police said.

The man was taken to Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis campus by Emergency Medical Services.

Police later arrested a 32-year-old Wichita woman as a suspect in the case.

A one-term state senator with a long record of community involvement faces a political newcomer with a colorful way with words in the Republican primary for Senate District 31.

Sen. Carolyn McGinn said she's running for re-election because "after spending four years (in the Legislature), you gain a lot of experience and knowledge. I think that's only helpful to the process."

Her challenger, Rex Farley, says if he's elected, he will focus as much on the "internal and spiritual" as the "external and material."

"I have been a philosopher since I was a teenager," he said.

Both live in Sedgwick. District 31, with about 60,000 residents, covers northeast Sedgwick County and all of Harvey County. The winner of the primary will face Democrat Gene Marsh, 61, an emergency room doctor from Halstead, in the general election.

A Democratic candidate for the State Board of Education seat that represents Wichita lost his battle Tuesday to remain on the ballot, meaning there will be no Aug. 5 primary for the position.

A three-member board of state officials decided 2-1 to uphold Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh's decision to drop Charles Wiggins from the District 8 race because he also filed for re-election as Minneha Township trustee.

With Wiggins out of the race, Democrat Walt Chappell will face Republican Dennis Hedke in the Nov. 4 general election.

Thornburgh and Attorney General Steve Six voted to keep Wiggins off the ballot. Lt. Gov. Mark Parkinson cast the dissenting vote after almost two hours of testimony and discussion.

"I'm obviously disappointed in the outcome," Wiggins said Tuesday. "As reflected by the split decision, it was not an easy decision."