NEW: Lawmaker arrested in Topeka early Monday morning
Topeka Police arrested Republican state Rep. Carl Maughan and booked him at the Shawnee County jail early Monday morning on various driving-related charges.
Maughan was...
Federal appeals court delays Highway Patrol injunction
A federal appeals court has agreed to delay an injunction that would bring the Kansas Highway Patrol under court oversight and ban troopers from...
UPDATED: House approves bill toughening penalties for harming police dogs
The Kansas House on Wednesday approved a bill toughening the penalties for injuring or killing a police dog, responding to the case of a...
Kobach seeks new form of execution in Kansas
Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach is asking lawmakers to broaden the method for execution to include a suffocating gas, which was just used for...
Lawmakers consider tougher penalties for injuring, killing police dogs
As a police K-9, Bane was more than just a work partner for Sedgwick County Sheriff's Deputy Tyler Brooks.
Spending eight to 10 hours a...
KBI to seek 15% increase in agent salaries
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is planning to ask lawmakers for a 15% increase in salaries for agents in order to better recruit and...
Highway Patrol seeks injunction delay as it appeals two-step case
The Kansas Highway Patrol is asking a federal judge to delay an injunction that would bring the agency under court oversight and ban troopers...
Federal judge issues injunction against Highway Patrol
A federal judge has issued an injunction bringing the Kansas Highway Patrol under court oversight after finding that a technique used by troopers to...
KHP superintendent reports an upswing in recruiting classes
The Kansas Highway Patrol is seeing an upturn in recruiting with new classes of trooper candidates this year that will at least double the...
KHP names new second-in-command
Kansas Highway Patrol Superintendent Erik Smith is putting together his leadership team, appointing Capt. John Lehnherr as the agency's new second in command.
Lehnherr, a...
