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The confrontation that led to Ottaway K. Wright's death was likely loud and violent.

Police hope someone who was near the Planeview duplex where Wright was killed has information that can lead them to the person responsible.

"It was in the afternoon," Capt. Brent Allred said. "There were several people outside," and someone must have seen or heard the fight between Wright and his killer.

Police suspect the confrontation was loud and violent because there were obvious signs of a struggle inside the duplex, Allred said.

Wright, 60, was found by a 21-year-old woman who entered the duplex at 3471 E. Roseberry at about 3:40 p.m. Tuesday. Police aren't sure when he was killed, Allred said.

A federal judge will hold an emergency hearing next week to deal with defense claims that prosecutors in the case of Haysville doctor Stephen Schneider have been withholding information.

U.S. District Judge Monti Belot set a hearing for 9 a.m. July 17 on the pretrial exchange of information in the case of Schneider and his wife, nurse Linda Schneider. Belot's decision on Wednesday comes after the couple's lawyers filed a motion claiming that the government is not providing sufficient details about the opinions of experts that prosecutors plan to call on to testify.

The 34-count federal indictment against the Schneiders alleges they caused four deaths and contributed to the deaths of 11 other patients. In all, it links their clinic to 56 overdose deaths. Prosecutors charged the couple with conspiracy, unlawful distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death, health care fraud, illegal money transactions and money laundering.

The Schneiders have proclaimed their innocence.

Defense attorneys said the case revolves around medical disputes over the doctor's treatment decisions and that they can't adequately prepare to cross-examine the government's experts without knowing what those opinions are and what they are based on.

A surveillance video recorded a fight between two women. One of them died.

Jurors haven't seen the complete recording yet, but Wednesday they caught a glimpse of what brought Cherish McCullough to trial this week in Sedgwick County District Court, charged with first-degree murder.

McCullough's lawyer said what the jury won't see in the video is a history between the women. He said their tumultuous relationship led McCullough, who was 19 at the time, to fatally stab LaShanda Callaway on a June evening last summer.

"This act, I will submit to you, was not premeditated or an intentional murder," Richard Ney said in his opening remarks to the jury. "It was an act of self-defense."

Ney said Callaway, 27, suffered from a mental disorder that had hospitalized her earlier in the year. Callaway had dated a friend of McCullough's, Ney said, and was angry about the breakup. Callaway had threatened the man in McCullough's presence, he added.

Republican candidates in the Kansas Senate District 32 primary claim areas of expertise ranging from schools to roads.

Steve E. Abrams, 58, and George D. Leach, 60, agree on most of the issues, but they are miles apart when it comes to priorities.

Abrams' political experience centers on education. He has served on state or local school boards for 18 years.

As a state school board member and former chairman, Abrams is known for supporting science standards critical of evolution from 2005 to 2007 during the board's debates over curriculum in Kansas schools.

As a safety director for Dondlinger and Sons Construction Co., Leach knows first-hand the impact of state funding on Kansas roads.

The Kansas Republican Party's former executive director says it owes him nearly $27,000 in back pay and other compensation and is suing the current state chairman.

Ron Freeman's lawsuit against chairman Kris Kobach went to trial Wednesday in Shawnee County District Court. Freeman accuses Kobach of breaching the employment contract between Freeman and the party.

"This is a pretty straightforward matter, a breach of contract and an unpaid wage contract," Freeman's attorney, John Miller, said during opening arguments.

Freeman also wants the GOP to pay interest and a penalty for what he contends was a violation of state employment laws. That would increase total damages to about $36,000.

Kobach and the party argue that Freeman isn't owed back pay and is overstating the commissions he was supposed to receive on contributions made to the Kansas GOP.