SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tall trees are venerated across California, but one towering Monterey Pine at the center of a heated dispute in San Francisco’s wealthiest neighborhood has to go, according to an appeals court…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iran’s new foreign minister said Friday the country will return to nuclear negotiations “very soon,” but accused the Biden administration of sending contradictory messages — saying it wants to rejoin the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed legislation Friday that would guarantee a woman’s right to an abortion, an effort by Democrats to circumvent a new Texas law that has placed that access under threat. The…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Restaurant and hotel owners struggling to fill jobs. Supply-chain delays forcing up prices for small businesses. Unemployed Americans unable to find work even with job openings at a record high. Those and…

PITTSBURG — Iola’s High’s tennis team continues to excel as the 2021 season reaches the home stretch. Iola’s Miah Shelby and Keira Fawson both brought home second-place finishes in their respective singles competitions.  Shelby played…

The Iola Register’s Fall Sports 2021 magazine is included inside today’s issue. Information on football, volleyball, cross country and tennis teams for Iola, Humboldt, Marmaton Valley, Crest, Yates Center and Southern Coffey County high schools…

Never underestimate the importance of ball control. Iola Middle School’s seventh- and eighth-grade teams hosted Santa Fe Trail in a football doubleheader. And in both games, the team that controlled the ground game also controlled…

BURLINGTON — Iola Middle School’s volleyball teams dropped a pair of matches Thursday to Burlington. In eighth-grade A team action, Burlington won all three sets, 25-7, 25-6 and 25-12. “We lost to a very good…

MORAN — As much as head coach Daniel Uhlrich enjoys seeing aggressiveness from his Marmaton Valley Junior High, he’s equally as enamored when his players are smart. Take, for instance, Thursday’s home tilt against Pleasanton.…

MORAN — Marmaton Valley Junior High’s A team rolled to a straight-set victory over visiting Pleasanton Thursday, 25-8 and 25-6. “We’ve been on the other ends of games like that,” Wildcat volleyball coach Brenda Mills…