Month: February 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals panel ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump can face trial on charges that he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election, sharply rejecting the former president’s claims that…

Qatar’s prime minister said Thursday that Hamas gave a “generally positive” answer to the latest plan for a cease-fire in Gaza, but the Palestinian militant group said it still seeks “a comprehensive and complete” cease-fire…

Allen County residents can expect to see a potential 10-25 percent increase in property valuations this year, according to Allen County Appraiser Jami Clark.  “That doesn’t mean every single property,” Clark clarified to county commissioners…

Local residents can learn about the history of the Osage during the Civil War during a program Saturday in Humboldt.  The Allen County Historical Society is bringing “Last Stand at Rebel Creek: The Osage as…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday urged Congress to “show some spine” and stand up to Donald Trump even as a Senate deal on border enforcement measures and Ukraine aid was rapidly collapsing.…

Everybody loves a tax cut. But timing matters.  Democrats and Republicans in the Kansas Legislature both brought big tax-slashing plans to Topeka this year. GOP leaders have been pushing a proposal centered around a so-called…

(To cast your vote for the Iola Register’s athletes of the month, click here.) As the winter sports season hits the home stretch, several standout performers on the athletic stage are up for consideration of the…

A bill in the Kansas Legislature is aimed at stopping people from using artificial intelligence to create false political attack ads. The bipartisan bill would prohibit political campaigns from using AI-generated media to create “false…

Rhoda Mae Gilliland, age 71, died Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, at KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan. She was born on June 17, 1952, in Oxford, Maine, to Donald Cushman and Robin (Hall) Caswell.…

TOPEKA — Andover school superintendent Brett White said a Kansas House bill laying the groundwork for damaging assaults on accreditation of Kansas public schools was based on the false assumption districts intentionally operated in violation…