A suspect remained at large Monday after officers discovered what they described as a possible chemical reaction bomb near the intersection of Cottonwood and Buchanan Streets Sunday afternoon. Iola Police Chief Jared Warner said in…

A lifelong Republican, Don Coover became a Democrat on Jan. 6, 2021. The day mobs attacked the U.S. Capitol in an effort to overturn the 2020 election results.   “I didn’t leave the Republican Party.…

The Register’s digital E-edition page has a new look. Over the past months, many readers have written to us about poor experiences with the page. For years, the Register has depended on Issuu, a digital…

Cold weather did little to chill the holiday fun as folks young and old took part in Christmas-related activities in the area. Santa Claus paid a visit early in the day to the LaHarpe Senior…

President Donald Trump signaled Sunday the U.S. will do “big damage” to the militants behind a deadly attack on American forces in Syria that he blamed on the Islamic State. Trump’s comment amplified his vow…

Wilma Corrine Morrison, 87, of Iola, died Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, at her home.  Wilma was born Nov. 15, 1938, in Iola, to John A. Boeken and Zelma E. (Beaman) Boeken. She married Victor Lee…

Werner Lyle Fischer, 73, passed away peacefully on Dec. 11, 2025, surrounded by his family at Coffey County Hospital in Burlington. He was born on April 10, 1952, in Iola, to Werner Louis and LuElla…

SYDNEY (AP) — A father and son are suspected by officials to have killed 15 people on a popular Australian beach, shocking a country where gun violence is rare. The government on Monday, a day…

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Police renewed their search Monday for the gunman who killed two Brown University students and wounded nine others, a day after they released a person of interest after determining the evidence pointed in…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rob Reiner’s younger son, Nick Reiner, was in custody Monday after being booked for what investigators believe was the fatal stabbing of the director-actor and his wife at their Los Angeles…