More and more, it looks like the ramp-up to what officials hope is a full college football season will begin in mid-July. Yahoo Sports reported last week that the NCAA Division I football oversight committee…

The Kansas Department of Transportation will close a section of K-31 in Linn County to replace two crossroad pipes on Monday, weather permitting. K-31 will be closed approximately three miles east of Blue Mound, between…

Norman Lavon Thouvenell, 88, passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 24, 2020, at Villa St. Francis Catholic Care Center in Olathe. He was born May 10, 1932 to Roy and Viola Thouvenell. Norman married Darlene…

Dale A. McDown died Wednesday, May 27, 2020, at his home in Iola. He was born Jan. 20, 1948, to Wallis and Mary Ellen McDown in Kansas City, Mo. He graduated from Iola High School…

Funeral services for former Iolan Shirley Siefkin Apt, whose death on Jan. 24, 2020, was reported previously in the Register, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service, Iola.  Memorials are suggested…

Few people know the name Michael Donald. I know that name: he was lynched in my hometown, Mobile, Alabama, in 1981. In 1981, I was naive enough to want to believe that crimes against black…

Rebuilding after a natural disaster is straightforward. You roll up your sleeves, clear the debris and start over. You look to your community and hold one another close. Rebuilding amid a pandemic of historic proportions…

WASHINGTON — As dozens of American cities have recoiled with violence, anger and property damage, President Donald Trump has been silent, save for his angry Twitter finger. “A national Oval Office address is not going…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Wide receiver Tyreek Hill admits he didn’t know much about running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire when the Chiefs used a first-round draft pick on the LSU star last month. So, what was…

Sunday night action at Humboldt Speedway saw the 2020 debut of the USRA “A” Mods at Humboldt Speedway.  This class appears on special occasions, and in this particular event,  being extra special because it served…