TOPEKA — A Kansas House Republican will no longer hold a judiciary committee leadership position following his arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence with a gun.  Carl Maughan, R-Colwich, and state representative, was…

Arrests reported Iola police officers arrested Aaron Powers, 25, Colony, Saturday evening for suspicion of driving under the influence at the intersection of Madison Avenue and State Street. Officers arrested Iolan Steven Richardson Friday afternoon…

Convicted as follows with fines assessed: Dalton J. Anderson, Iola, dog running at large, animal nuisance, $675 Stacy M. Andres, Iola, theft, $315, probation Matthew E. Clark, Piqua, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana,…

COLONY — Crest High School senior Haylee Beckmon and her classmates watched a gruesome scene unfold on Tuesday afternoon.  The bloodied body of senior Sydney Stephens lay across the hood of a truck, apparently having…

Iolan arrested for reported rape Iola police officers were called to Allen County Regional Hospital Thursday for a reported sexual assault victim. Following an investigation, officers arrested Steve Holtz, 39, Iola, in the 400 block…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas lawmaker who was forced out of one of the state Senate’s most powerful jobs following an arrest for drunken driving and speeding the wrong way on two interstate highways…

Gene Suellentrop handed his Kansas Senate leadership colleagues a crowbar, and they still can’t seem to see the need to pry him from office. Late Friday, the Senate majority leader was formally charged with multiple…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A special prosecutor will decide whether to pursue a DUI charge against a Kansas legislator who was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after his vehicle was found in…

Iolan Clarence A. Garber was arrested for suspicion of drunken driving following a one-vehicle accident south of LaHarpe Sunday afternoon. According to Master Deputy Daren Kellerman of the Allen County Sheriff’s Department, Garber was driving…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas legislator has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after his vehicle was found in a ditch in east Topeka. Police said officers found Democratic state Sen.…