Month: March 2021

Quick and painless. That’s how the process went when I attended the COVID-19 vaccination clinic Thursday along with other Register staff who have a high degree of contact with the public. The clinic, organized by…

ARKANSAS CITY — Allen Community College’s Red Devils started out on the right foot Wednesday in their road tilt at Cowley College. The Red Devils led 13-12 over 15th-ranked Cowley eight minutes into the game…

Carri Sailor, owner of Rookies Sports Bar and Grill, has a vision for St. Patrick’s Day in Iola. She dreams of a downtown square filled with festivities. Businesses and organizations working together. Maybe a parade.…

Zach Louk of Green Cover Seed welcomes the crowd to this year’s Soil Health Conference. More than 150 people were in attendance early Friday morning. Events were scheduled for all day Friday and Saturday.

HUMBOLDT — Allen Community College’s softball team had a rough go of it Friday. Visiting Des Moines Area Community College swept a doubleheader, winning the first game, 6-0, and the second, 7-1. Allen (3-5) is…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican lawmakers moved forward Thursday with legislation to overhaul Kansas’ troubled unemployment system after Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly announced plans to more than double the number of staff who help the…

Kansas football coach Les Miles, during his tenure at LSU, was accused of kissing a female student and texting her and another from his personal phone, leading the school to bar him from being alone…

KANSAS CITY — Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium has a new name effective for the 2021 NFL season. Lee’s Summit-based Government Employees Health Association (GEHA) will have its name highlighted at 1 Arrowhead Drive as the…

Washington is releasing AP Comeback Player of the Year Alex Smith, a move that was expected but still provides a cold ending to the veteran quarterback’s storybook tenure with the organization. The team informed Smith…

As water was pouring from the second-story ceiling down to the first-floor newsroom of the Register a couple weekends ago, I felt totally useless. But thankful that even on a Saturday morning plumbers Kenny Anderson…