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Keeley retires from bench
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Twentieth District Chief Judge Steve Johnson (left) presents a certificate from the Kansas Supreme Court to Chief Judge Mike Keeley marking his retirement after 28 years. The High Court named Johnson as the district’s new chief judge. - photo by DALE HOGG Great Bend Tribune
Twentieth Judicial District Chief Judge Mike Keeley took the gavel and rapt it on the bench in the main Barton County Courthouse courtroom Monday morning. “These proceedings are now closed,” he said with a flourish.