Month: April 2018

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A political fight over abortion restrictions could prevent passage of a bill in the Kansas Legislature that would improve telemedicine access across the state, particularly in rural areas. The bill would…

Register editor Iolans are witnessing the end of an era with the decision Monday by local school board members to stop using the Bowlus Fine Arts Center for the instruction of drama, art and music.…

At Week’s End Extractions from manuscripts published after Thomas Wolfe’s death resulted in his novel “You Can’t Go Home Again.” I beg to pardon, wife Beverly and I have come back home, and completed the…

Dear editor, According to sources familiar with Monday night’s School Board meeting, the members have given conflicting reasons for the decision to move art and music classes out of the Bowlus. The “safety of Bowlus…

Word has been received of the death in Vietnam on March 17 of Marine Cpl. John J. Harris, 19, of Iola. Cpl. Harris was a 1966 graduate of Iola High School who enlisted in the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump issued a full pardon Friday to I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, suggesting the former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney had been “treated unfairly” by a special counsel at…

A reception is planned for 2-4 p.m. April 21 at 118 E. Jackson Ave. for Iolans Buck and Bonnie Conaway, who are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. The Conaways were married April 21, 1958, in…

Carlyle Presbyterian Church Pastor Steve Traw’s Sunday message, “With the Shepherd,” was taken from John 10:7-16. Rita Sanders played “Holy, Holy” for the special music. Don Britt celebrated his birthday Friday. Rick and Wendy Burton…

The county’s decision to chip in $100,000 to the Marmaton Market Food Cooperative is worth well more than dollars, the market’s general manager said. “This matching grant goes a long way to helping us reach…

KANSAS DEPT. OF REVENUE PHOTO TOPEKA — Allen County residents who need a new license plate will notice some changes later this year. The state will modernize its license plate process by digitally creating plates…