IOLA MUNICIPAL COURT Judge Patti Boyd Convicted as follows with fines assessed: Gregory B. Ard, Iola, expired tag, $195 Austin E. Bradley, LaHarpe, no insurance, no seat belt, $455 Frank R. Hannum, Iola, possession of…

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A longtime Alabama sheriff removed from office after being convicted of theft and ethics violations is giving five-star reviews to the jail where he spent more than two weeks in custody.…

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A stolen panel from a Native American art installation at the University of Kansas has been recovered, just weeks after other panels in the exhibit were vandalized, police said Thursday. The…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Homicides in the U.S. in 2020 increased nearly 30% over the previous year, the largest one-year jump since the FBI began keeping records, according to figures released Monday by the agency. Homicides…

Four Wichita suspects face assorted burglary, theft and drug possession charges after they were caught with stolen catalytic converters. Sgt. Bob Droessler of the Iola Police Department explained the sequence of events that led to…

Criminal damage to property charges are pending against a suspect who drove onto the football field at Iola’s Riverside Park sometime late Friday or early Saturday. The damage occurred sometime after the Iola High Mustangs…

TOPEKA — Members of the Legislature’s task force developing protocol for use of newly discovered DNA evidence in criminal cases endorsed better training of law enforcement officers, prosecutors and defense lawyers to keep valuable information…

A suspect in an Ashland, Mo., homicide was taken into custody after law enforcement raided a house in Iola Wednesday evening. Iola Police Chief Jared Warner, in a joint press release with the Ashland Police…

BERLIN (AP) — A German court on Tuesday convicted an 84-year-old man of illegal weapons possession for having a personal arsenal that included a Panther tank, a flak cannon and multiple other items of World…

Phil Chalmers lives in “condition yellow.”  He stays alert and aware of his surroundings, ready to react if something should go wrong.  Most people, he warns, stay in “condition white.” They’re not paying attention. They’re…