Month: October 2020

Iola High fought valiantly on defense, struggled on offense and weathered a blustery fall night in a 38-0 loss to Burlington Friday. The loss, Iola’s third in a row, means the Mustangs will see their…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas set new records Friday for its largest seven-day increases in new coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths with what its top public health official called “a generalized spread” of the COVID-19…

Sidney Shelby and Logan Brown were crowned queen and king at Friday night’s Iola High School fall homecoming ceremonies. Find results of the game at iolaregister.com and in Monday’s edition.

PONCA CITY, Okla. (AP) — A magnitude 3.2 earthquake shook an area on the Kansas-Oklahoma line Thursday night, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The tremor struck at 8:17 p.m. and was centered in a remote…

LGBTQ Catholics and their allies in the U.S. welcomed Pope Francis’ endorsement of same-sex civil unions, the first time he’s done so as pontiff, while some prominent members including a bishop said Wednesday that he…

If Americans would stop complaining about face masks and wear them when they leave their homes, they could save well over 100,000 lives — and perhaps more than half a million — through the end…

Iola Reads, a collaboration between Iola Public Library, USD 257 and the Bowlus Fine Arts Center, has announced its Young Adult Selection 2020, “Defiance” by Valerie Hobbs. In the 14 years of the program, this…

From agricultural education to preserving family history, the Lampe Heritage Farm and Pumpkin Patch is a labor of love. Its proprietors are Don and Shelia Lampe, who delight in recreating a rural experience for people…

Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court ruled unanimously Friday on a key concern surrounding an avalanche of mail-in ballots in the presidential battleground state, prohibiting counties from rejecting ballots because the voter’s signature on it may not resemble…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Their final debate behind them, President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden are packaging their divergent personal styles and policy prescriptions into closing messages for the final sprint to Election Day. The…