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(KMZA)---A new Nemaha County attorney has been selected.

Members of the Nemaha County Republican Central Committee, meeting in convention June 24 at the Nemaha County Courthouse, chose Coleman Younger to fill the unexpired term of County Attorney Brad Lippert.

Lippert is retiring August 1 after serving as county attorney since 1997.

Younger was the only candidate for the position. His name has been forwarded to Governor Laura Kelly, who will make the official appointment.

A Frankfort native, Younger began his legal career in 2015 after graduating from Washburn University School of Law in Topeka. He currently works as a trial attorney in Wichita and previously operated his own law firm in Garden City. He also practiced with a law firm in Marysville.