Month: February 2019
GARNETT A challenging game after a challenging week awaited the Iola girls on Saturday. After having two straight games postponed due to weather, the Fillies hit the court for a rare weekend game on…
Silvio De Sousa is suspended two years for a rules violation that investigators agree he did not know about or benefit from. That is patently unfair and at different points in NCAA history would not…
PHILADELPHIA (AP) Joel Embiid had 37 points and 14 rebounds, Tobias Harris scored 22 points in his second game with Philadelphia and the new-look 76ers beat LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers 143-120…
Charyl Ann Link, mathematics teacher at Iola Junior High School, is among four teachers who shared the Outstanding Young Educator award presented by Kansas Jaycees. ***** Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Sutton, who have been in…
Last week, a majority of Republicans in the Kansas Senate ignored the will of their constituents by giving $190 million in tax relief for wealthy individuals and multinational corporations. The tax break comes from Republicans…
MORAN Its a freezing drizzly day, where nearly a dozen high school students have installed a 650-gallon aquaponics system inside their greenhouse. The idea stemmed from an FFA speech given by Katelynn Morgan a…
TOPEKA — Bob Johnson, longtime reporter for the Iola Register, was awarded the Gaston Outstanding Mentor Award at Friday night’s awards banquet for the Kansas Press Association. Johnson was noted for his unflagging enthusiasm for…
WASHINGTON (AP) Budget negotiators will meet today to revive talks over border security issues that are central to legislation to prevent key parts of the government from shutting down on Saturday, but an air…
Republican leaders in the Kansas Senate are forging ahead with plans to plow millions into tax relief that would largely benefit big business. Some Democrats and more moderate Republicans suspect its also a strategy to…
I was born and raised in Topeka by my single mother, a descendant of Irish immigrants; my father is African-American and Native American. I often joke that at birth I won the Minority Bingo. My…
