Steven Thomas Franklin, age 74, of Iola, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020, at Moran Manor in Moran. Steve was born May 6, 1946, in Junction City to Charles Franklin and Lillian (Stanford) Franklin. …

Donna Lee Klauman, age 71, of Columbus, Ga., passed away on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. Donna was born on Jan. 13, 1949, in Xenia; the daughter of Ernest Ridge and Ruth Elizabeth Sutterby Ridge. She…

Jerry Louis Sherman, age 93, of Lawrence, passed away peacefully at home from natural causes on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020. Jerry was born in Iola on April 20, 1927, and was the eldest of two…

BEIJING — China has launched a Long March 5 rocket on an unmanned moon mission to retrieve a lunar sample, the first such endeavor by a country in more than four decades. The rocket carrying…

The city of Wichita said it will work with Sedgwick County to enforce the county’s new public health order. The order passed last week tightens restrictions on certain businesses and mass gatherings, and it requires…

An hour or so after the last time the Chiefs played the Raiders, tight end Travis Kelce presented this cryptic-but-tortured post on Twitter: “I HAVE TO BE BETTER!! For my teammates and coaches … .…

And you thought NBA free agency was expensive? A Chinese bidder using the pseudonym Super Duper put up $1.9 million to land … a Belgian-bred racing pigeon named New Kim. ___ Headlines — At Fark.com:…

Five Allen County 4-H Club members will receive the state’s coveted Who’s Who Key Award, at Saturday night’s annual 4-H Achievement party, Tom Maxwell, county agricultural agent, announced today. In recognition of excellent all around…

Derek Carr and the Las Vegas Raiders went toe to toe in splitting two games with Patrick Mahomes and the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs. If the Raiders want to get another chance…

Dear editor, Having family in Iola and Moran, I read The Iola Register. Saturday’s paper ran the Associated Press story, “Biden celebrates 78th.” Obviously, I wish President-elect Biden a “Happy Birthday” and to be fair,…