Dear Editor, Recently, The Iola Register reported a member or members of the Iola City Council were “upset” and embarrassed by Iola receiving a BBB bond rating. Additionally, another article reported we were the only…

Friday the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said it could not accept President Barack Obama’s compromise solution to the flap over contraceptives provided for women employees of Catholic hospitals, universities and other non-church organizations administered…

Romney wins Maine, the headline read. But there shouldn’t have been a story. Fewer than 6,000 votes were cast — about 2 percent of the registered Republicans took the trouble to mark a ballot in…

Now it’s Rick Santorum with the brass ring in his hand as the Republican nomination merry-go-round whirls and jerks around and around. Former Pennsylvania Sen. Santorum won in Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado Tuesday, which gives…

If people are sufficiently like mice, scientists have discovered another good reason to exercise. Elaborate studies with laboratory mice seem to prove that exercise cleans junk out of cells and therefore has a renewing effect.…

While Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum  toil  in  the  side arena of election politics, President Barak Obama must focus much of his attention on the rest of the world. Sunday, in…

In what seems an increasingly rare commodity, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation admitted it had made a mistake and reversed its decision to withhold funding for breast cancer screenings at Planned Parenthood…

Unemployment dropped to 8.3 percent, the lowest in three years, as the number of new jobs surged by 243,000 and the stock market marched higher in its best annual climb in 15 years.The increase in…

Blame the Arctic oscillation. Or give it credit. Depends on whether you want to play in the snow or hit the golf links, now that it’s winter. It also depends on where you live. Here…

Were I a member of Congress, my hackles would rise when a candidate for president looks straight into the camera and says, “I will repeal Obamacare!” Since when can a president repeal any law? That’s…