Iola Register

KINGS OF ZONES

HUMBOLDT — The Post 15 Iola Indians turned in two solid performances on Saturday in the zone championship tournament held at the Humboldt Sports Complex on their way to a zone championship and back-to-back state tournament appearances.
Hundreds turn out for outdoor concert

Stephanie Wildasin and Dylan Barnes, friends from Kansas City, Mo., thought nothing of the drive if it meant seeing Frankie Ballard headline Saturday’s Farm City Days Summer Concert Series.
Health clinic opens to great fanfare

A new clinic for the Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas opened to great fanfare Sunday. Through the course of the afternoon hundreds toured the 14,000-square-foot facility that includes 13 exam rooms, eight dental exam rooms and an in-house...
Post 15 Indians look to start postseason run

After a successful 17-5 regular season, the Post 15 Iola Indians are set to head into postseason play starting with the zone championship tournament held at the Humboldt Sports Complex
The value of things

In place of the usual hello, Mike Hook, the veteran pawnbroker and manager of DM Past and Present, has a phrase prerecorded on his mobile phone, which he plays when
Duo caters to a variety of tastes

It started as a conversation between coworkers, the kind of thing you toss around to pass the time between serving customers: “If we started our own business, what would we

Local News

Hundreds turn out for outdoor concert

Stephanie Wildasin and Dylan Barnes, friends from Kansas City, Mo., thought nothing of the drive if it meant seeing Frankie Ballard headline Saturday’s Farm City Days Summer Concert Series.

Vickie Moss

Health clinic opens to great fanfare

A new clinic for the Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas opened to great fanfare Sunday.

Susan Lynn

Police reports

Arrests reported

Allen County sheriff’s deputies arrested Brandon A. Aiello, 25, LaHarpe, Saturday for suspicion of criminal damage to property.

Sports

KINGS OF ZONES

American Legion Baseball: Post 15 Iola Indians

Timothy Everson

Ellis still dreams of going pro

College Basketball: Kansas Jayhawks

Taylor Eldridge

Royals end the worst first half in team history

MLB: Royals

Sam Mcdowell

Opinion

Goal of diplomacy is to meet goals; not idol worship

This morning, President Donald Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin one-on-one.

That our president requested that no one be witness to the discussion is troubling.

The Iola Register

Of all at stake in the Trump-Putin summit, Syria is most in peril

Those who worry that President Trump will make unwarranted concessions to Vladimir Putin at their summit meeting today have plenty to fret about, including Mr.

The Washington Post

Resolving school funding through litigation

Insight Kansas

A storm is brewing over equitable education funding in Kansas.

Sharon Ioria

Lifestyle

Prairie Rose talks ice packs, bees

Nineteen members, two guests and one Cloverbud answered roll call at the July 8 meeting of the Prairie Rose 4-H Club.

Patriotism was the theme for the evening.

Quitting smoking has a host of benefits

To Your Good Health

Dr. Keith Roach

Husband’s controlling manner a worry

Tell Me About It

Carolyn Hax

Obituaries

Kenneth Ling

Kenneth Alto Ling, age 91, passed away at the Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita. Kenny was born Aug. 29, 1926, southwest of Iola to Alto Amos Ling and Retha Butterfield Ling.

Oleata Hiser

Oleata Hope Hiser, age 88, passed away July 11, 2018, at Greystone Assisted Living, Iola. Oleata was born March 5, 1930, in Joplin, Mo., to Joshua Roberts and Ollie May Rice Roberts.

Lowana Minckley

Lowana Minckley, age 78, of Colony, died on Monday, July 9, 2018 at her home. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m., on Friday at the High Point Cowboy Church in Colony.

State and National News

Dem gov. candidates fall in line on gun control

TOPEKA, Kan.

John Hanna

McConnell likely to bring in KC-46 tanker

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The Air Force says McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita likely will receive its first KC-46 air refueling tanker by October.

Carlyle

The Carlyle Ladies Country Club met Thursday at the Carlyle fellowship hall. Myrna Wildschuetz presided. Joanne McIntyre provided refreshments.

Joanne Mcintyre

World News

Trump, Putin avoid election talk

HELSINKI (AP) — With a wink and a slouch, respectively, President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin opened their long-awaited summit today as the American leader declared that “the world wan

May’s Brexit keeps EU as a partner

LONDON (AP) — The British government released detailed plans today for what it called a “principled pragmatic and ambitious” Brexit — plans that already triggered the resignation of two top ministe

NATO: Trump makes new spending demands, blasts Germany

BRUSSELS — President Donald Trump upended the show of unity at NATO’s annual summit Wednesday as many allies had feared, claiming that Germany “is totally controlled by” and “captive to Russia” and

Eli Stokols