Around 60 area residents ran, walked and biked in support of mental health Saturday morning, participating in a fun run to benefit Zero Reasons Why Allen County. Organized by Deputy Patrick Cash of the Allen…

The Allen County Sheriff’s Department is teaming up with Zero Reasons Why and the Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center to host a fun run May 30 in Iola. Proceeds will go to support Zero Reasons…

A Mound City man was hospitalized after crashing his car north of LaHarpe just before 8 o’clock Monday morning. The Allen County Sheriff’s Department reported Weston Cochran, 20, Mound City, was eastbound on West Virginia…

HUMBOLDT — A suspect is in custody after a fatal shooting in Humboldt Sunday afternoon. Malachi Davis, 25, Humboldt, was arrested for suspicion of second-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of John P.…

The Willis J. Ross Veterans of Foreign Wars Post in No. 6324 in LaHarpe recognized Allen County Undersheriff Nate Jackson as its Law Enforcement Officer of the Year and Iola High School social studies instructor…

To the editor, A group of public safety professionals from the Iola Police Department, the Allen County Sheriff’s Office, the Iola Fire Department, Allen County 911, and the Humboldt Police Department recently spent a week…

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is looking into allegations of misconduct against an Allen County Sheriff’s Department employee. Sheriff Anthony Maness announced Tuesday he contacted KBI officials on Dec. 17 about the allegations, which were…

Cow missing Benta Moore told Allen County sheriff’s deputies Dec. 12 that a red, black and white Jersey cow, named Brooke, was missing from her property southeast of Iola, and may have been rustled. The…

A Chanute woman was killed Monday in a two-vehicle accident south of Humboldt. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported Jerri L. Francis, 58, Chanute, died when the pickup she was driving crossed over the center line…

The numbers are staggering. Over the past three years, Allen County sheriff’s deputies responded to more than 200 calls related to “significant” mental health concerns. More than half of those calls were for subjects who…