Month: January 2019

NEODESHA — Yates Center High’s Wildcats ran into a Girard buzzsaw Friday evening. The undefeated and top-ranked Class 3A Trojan squad took an early lead and was never threatened, defeating Yates Center 57-33 in the…

If an overnight winter storm develops as expected, delivery of Saturday’s Iola Register edition likely will not be made until Monday. The Register’s printing company, based in Independence, Mo., has announced it will not send…

When listing jobs that take a toll on their respective laborers, mail carrier rarely gets a mention. It should. Consider Jamie Hunt, whose career as a carrier for the Iola post office came to an…

Consider this the next time you’re feeling a little weary. Allen County Regional Auxiliary members Ruby Davis and Alice Hood were among those honored during the Auxiliary’s annual dinner earlier this month. Davis was recognized…

Kansas lawmakers are expected to give a legislative update at 6 p.m. Monday at the Iola Senior Center. Those scheduled to attend include Sen. Caryn Tyson, Rep. Kent Thompson and Rep. Kenneth Collins. The Allen…

At the moment this wild journey began, the boy lying behind his mother on the tan couch in apartment A1-1 in a small Mississippi town may have been the least likely future NFL cornerback in…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly outlined a proposed budget Thursday that would commit Kansas to higher spending on public schools, expand its Medicaid health insurance program — and cut the state’s annual…

YATES CENTER — Chari Bauman, a third-grade teacher at Yates Center Elementary School, has been named a recipient of the 2019 Kansas Horizon Award. The award was announced earlier this month by the Kansas State…

He’ll cringe when he reads this but, Republican U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran is part of “the resistance.” Not always in obvious ways. Moreover, not in ways that come close to comforting those who view President…

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday canceled her plans to travel by commercial plane to visit U.S. troops in Afghanistan, saying President Donald Trump had caused a security risk by talking about…