Tag: Allen County Sheriff’s Department

Undersheriff Roy Smith has some advice he likes to offer to new deputies. When you’re driving around and you see someone outside — perhaps working in the yard or checking the mail — stop and…

Raymond Hale, the county’s next undersheriff, is quite familiar with the area. His family moved to Allen County when he was in fourth grade, when he attended Gas Elementary School. He graduated from Iola High…

A 78-year-old LaHarpe man was arrested this afternoon on suspicion of killing his next-door neighbor. Dale Maloney was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder in the death of Richard Diehl, 68, whose body was found…

An Allen County Sheriff’s deputy took commissioners to task for what he described as trying to gloss over a decision to not pay some county employees extra for working through the worst of the COVID-19…

Sheriff Bryan J. Murphy and the Allen County Sheriff’s Office presented $1,000 to Thrive Allen County’s free bike share program. This contribution will help community members who rely on the bike share for their transportation…

Arrest reported Matthew J. Wilson, who was wanted on multiple arrest warrants stemming from burglary and theft charges, was arrested in Iola Sunday. Iola police officers and Allen County sheriff’s deputies arrested Wilson in the…

Dorcas Romary, from left, Bonnie Johnson and Juanita Hamm were among the volunteers with Allen County’s Meals on Wheels program treated to a fried chicken dinner Friday at the Allen County Courthouse. The dinner was…

Members of the Allen County Sheriff’s Department are, front row from left, Diane Rogers, Jennifer Friend, Stacy Jones and Brenda Beth; second row, Steve Womack, Nicole Gibson, Lisa Sears, Karma Knavel, Ethan Tavarez, Timothy Komma,…

Should county employees who worked through the COVID-19 shutdown receive hazard pay? That was the question up for debate during Tuesday’s county commission meeting. Sheriff Bryan Murphy spurred the conversation by asking if any decisions…