Sebelius to pick new justice
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius has scheduled a news conference for 11 a.m. to announce her selection to the Kansas Supreme Court.Douglas County Judge Robert Fairchild is one of three nominees forwarded to Sebelius for the vacancy that will be created by the retirement Monday of Chief Justice Kay McFarland.The other two are attorney Dan Biles and Kansas Court of Appeals Judge Thomas Malone.Fairchild has been a finalist twice before for the state Supreme Court. In 2005, Sebelius selected Eric Rosen, then a Topeka judge, over Fairchild, and in 2007 she selected Lee Johnson.

