Judge, 2 lawyers finalists for Kan. appeals court

A statewide nominating commission has named a western Kansas judge, a Kansas City-area prosecutor and a Topeka attorney as finalists for a vacant seat on the state's second highest court.

Joseph J. Burkhart

Joseph J. Burkhart, 48, a long-distance truck driver died Monday, Nov. 12, 2012 at the Southeast Volusia Hospice Care Center in Edgewater.