Iola Register

Senior Josh Vanatta’s smile said just about everything you needed to know after Humboldt’s 5-4 win at home over Jayhawk-Linn in the 3A regional championship game Thursday night.

Gunman opens fire in Texas high school

SANTA FE, Texas (AP) — At least one gunman opened fire at a Houston-area high school Friday, killing 10 people, most of them students, authorities said.

Staying in step with Supernova

Supernova Dance Academy presents its fourth annual recital tonight at 7 o’clock at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. Tickets sell for $15 apiece and are available at the door.

Fred Kipp: The last Yankee Dodger

When I wrote the book The Last Yankee Dodger with my father Fred Kipp, I used many articles from the Iola Register to piece the story of my father’s baseball career together.

ACRH panel discusses management, history

A task force charged with directing the future management of Allen County Regional Hospital started with a history lesson. And from that lesson, task force members learned there’s a lot

A week in the life of a college student

Allen Community College freshman Lindsey Temaat is a Riley County native majoring in communications. Temaat is the managing editor of The Allen Flame, an intern at Thrive Allen County, participates

News

Parental guilt instead of fulfilling dream

Hi, Carolyn: I am in my late 30s, and after being stuck in the wrong career for, well, my whole career, I have made the decision to apply to full-time business school.

Carolyn Hax

Trump taps VA secretary nominee

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday he has chosen Acting Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie to permanently lead the beleaguered department, a surprise announcement that appea

Associated Press

Sorosis hears about ACC

Allen Community College President John Masterson spoke Monday at Iola’s Sorosis Club meeting at Mary Ann Magnuson Patterson’s home.

‘Smelled like sulfur’: Ash falls near Hawaii volcano

VOLCANO, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaii residents covered their faces with masks after a volcano menacing the Big Island for weeks exploded, sending a mixture of pulverized rock, glass and crystal into the a

Associated Press

Sports

Without a guarantee, KU’s Udoka Azubuike says he’s ‘not in a hurry’ to go pro

CHICAGO — Kansas center Udoka Azubuike had a strong showing during the first day of scrimmages at the NBA draft combine here, but he knows that might not change the league’s perception of him as a

AARON REISS

Why we’re looking at deep 3-pointers all wrong in college basketball

I didn’t mean to stumble onto a Jay Wright secret ... but that may have been what happened this week when I started to research a potential blog topic.

JESSE NEWELL

MHK BOUND

Senior Josh Vanatta’s smile said just about everything you needed to know after Humboldt’s 5-4 win at home over Jayhawk-Linn in the 3A regional championship game Thursday night.

Timothy Everson

Yates Center ends season with loss to Cedar Vale in regionals

The Yates Center baseball team saw their season put to pasture on Tuesday with a 10-0 loss to Cedar Vale/Dexter in the 2-1A West Elk regional semifinals.

Richard Luken

Opinion

Helping the Legislature work well: An interim solution

Legislatures are unpopular. Most voters think that legislators do little more than bicker, bicker, bicker. Major problems often go ignored, and back-room deals predominate.

Burdett Loomis