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Allen Community College honored several employees during its annual Service and Recognition Awards ceremony Friday. The League for Innovation Excellence Awards took center stage, recognizing faculty and staff who demonstrate exemplary service and a commitment…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States gained a decent 64,000 jobs in November but lost 105,000 in October as federal workers departed after cutbacks by the Trump administration, the government said in delayed reports. The…

The nation’s cattle inventory is at its lowest level in decades, the result of a long-term decline that has been pushed even lower in recent years by drought. Much of the country endured severe dry…

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…

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…