Month: January 2020

SHAHEDSHAHR, Iran (AP) — A Ukrainian passenger jet carrying 176 people crashed today, just minutes after taking off from the Iranian capital’s main airport, turning farmland on the outskirts of Tehran into fields of flaming…

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge has approved a $165,000 settlement between a large suburban Kansas City school district and a student who was sexually assaulted by a middle school classmate. The Shawnee…

50 Years Ago January 1970 A new era in junior college education in Allen County began yesterday when students started classes on the new campus. Moving from the Iola High School to the new complex…

Better pay and working conditions for mental health workers must be a priority issue for Kansas lawmakers in the 2020 session, which begins next week. There are two primary mental health hospitals in Kansas, one…

Australia is on fire. Not all of it — but so far, flames have engulfed some 12 million acres, more than the land mass of Vermont and New Hampshire combined. Inhabitants of the hot, dry…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran struck back at the United States for the killing of a top Iranian general early Wednesday, firing a series of ballistic missiles at two Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops in…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A mind-meld between Chiefs coach Andy Reid and quarterback Patrick Mahomes was engaged from their first meeting, before the NFL draft in 2017. And what the offensive mastermind and his revolutionary…

60 Years Ago January 1960 Dennis Guenther, an IHS junior, took first place in the national Junior Olympics annual track meet for the 100-yard dash. In June of last year the Olympic state tournament was…

Dear editor, I hope you are all aware the Allen Community College men’s basketball team is undefeated in their conference games. They have a 10-game winning streak. Malik Hardmon, who was the Register’s November Athlete…

For all of the recent reporting about challenges in the Kansas foster care system — and make no mistake, there are gigantic ones — we should take a moment as this year begins to acknowledge…