Month: June 2020

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Six people were killed and one was seriously injured in a fiery head-on crash on a northeast Kansas highway, authorities said. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said the crash happened around…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Tuition will remain flat at the University of Kansas and Kansas State but will increase slightly this fall at the state’s other four public universities. The Kansas Board of Regents approved…

Donald Trump’s decision to pack thousands of people into an arena for his first campaign rally in three months, intended to reinvigorate both his re-election effort and the candidate himself, has instead kept the president…

June 1, 1952, my room is dark, and I’ve been awake half an hour when Dad comes in and needlessly asks “Ready?”   It was our first time he and I went squirrel hunting together. …

Resolutions providing for a rural fire district in the Iola Township area and for its first board of trustees have been approved by the Allen County commissioners. The new district encloses all of the area…

It’s been around 100 days since the COVID-19 pandemic officially arrived in Kansas, bringing fears both physical and economic to every corner of the state. What have we learned? On the positive side, we know…

Allen Countians got a preview of the Aug. 4 primary election ballot in Thursday’s edition of The Register.  Of the dozens of names, two things stand out: The number of either uncontested races or those…

Dear Dr. Roach: I am an 82-year-old female. I started to have mild low-back pain a year ago, and it escalated to sciatica in my left leg and finally culminated in a pain crisis requiring…

Hi, Carolyn: I was in a relationship from age 24 to 36. I’m now over 60. The relationship was abusive, but subtly so — or so it seemed to me. Lots of gaslighting, lots of…

This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. around the Iola square and downtown area, businesses and service providers will gather for a celebration of the “620” area code. Hosted by the Iola Area Chamber…