YATES CENTER — Sean Hurst poured in 30 points to carry the offensive load, while the entire Yates Center High defense did its job, particularly in the second half. The Wildcats pulled ahead of Cherryvale…

YATES CENTER — We can assume Sisyphus of Greek mythology fame could empathize with Yates Center High’s girls. The Wildcats, after struggling mightily to catch up with visiting Cherryvale Friday, finally did so early in…

RICHMOND — Iola High School’s girls’ basketball team got their first win of the season on Friday, defeating Prairie Village’s Kansas City Christian, 37-20. The girls stormed out of the gates, fueled by sharp shooting…

Going off our custom of sharing readers’ Thanksgiving Day plans, the Register invites readers to share their Christmas Day plans and traditions. I’ll start. For Christmas, my mom always laid the table with a cherry…

Last week brought a rocky two-day meeting of the Legislature’s Special Committee on Education. The purpose was to examine the decline in student achievement as shown on state assessment scores.  Nevertheless, almost an entire day…

In 1936, human rights advocates pushed for a boycott of the “Nazi Olympics,” two years after Adolf Hitler seized power and began persecuting Jews. Some critics claimed the move was hypocritical given the ongoing discrimination…

U.S. consumer prices rose last month at the fastest annual pace in nearly 40 years, magnifying how rapid and persistent inflation is eroding paychecks and increasing pressure on the Federal Reserve to tighten monetary policy.…

TOPEKA — Kansas health care entities hope a series of programs and funding opportunities will help home and community-based services rebound from a serious workforce shortage exacerbated by the pandemic. A survey conducted monthly by…

TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico (AP) — Rescue workers arriving at a road accident in southern Mexico found a horrific scene: A tractor-trailer jammed with as many as 200 migrants crashed into the base of a steel…

Kansas has a lot of affordable houses. Problem is, people are living in them. And they probably need a little work. When someone finds a nice house at a reasonable rate, they don’t want to…