Portis News

Kenneth Eugene Wilson , 45, was convicted last month of first-degree murder, aggravated burglary, burglary of a residence and criminal possession of a firearm in the March 2008 slaying of 55-year-old Jeffrey Scott Noel at his home near Portis.

In March 2008, the small, northwest Kansas town of Portis sustained a devastating loss with the death of Jeffery Scott Noel.

Finding a dry eye or a voice capable of producing speech Tuesday inside the Osborne County Courthouse after Kenneth Eugene Wilson was found guilty of the March 2008 murder of Portis resident Jeffery Scott Noel was a tough task.

A Salina man has been found guilty in the 2008 slaying of a farmer in north-central Kansas.

Attorney General Steve Six announced Tuesday that a jury in Osborne County found Kenneth Eugene Wilson guilty of murdering a farmer with his own gun.

By RYAN CHRISTNER rchristner@dailynews.net OSBORNE a ' Attorney General Steve Six called the prosecutiona TMs final witnesses today, resting the statea TMs case against 46-year-old Salina resident Kenneth Eugene Wilson.

Those who last saw Jeffery Scott Noel alive or were near his home around what is believed to have been the time of his murder were some of the witnesses who spoke Friday in Osborne County District Court during the trial of 45-year-old Salina resident Kenneth Eugene Wilson, who is charged in the March 2008 killing.

" Emotions ran high Wednesday at the trial of Salina resident Kenneth Eugene Wilson, as the wife of slain Portis resident Jeffery Scott Noel took the stand and testified about the events of March 25, 2008, the day her home was burglarized and her husband was found murdered inside her home.

Jury selection begins Monday in north-central Kansas in what is considered one of the most violent crimes in Osborne County in recent memory.

The countdown to the Kenneth Wilson murder trial in Osborne County District Court has reached its final 24 hours as official proceedings are scheduled to begin Monday.

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