• Residents press for answers on sales tax vote

    Allen County residents raised questions about property tax savings, ambulance funding and the county’s plans for emergency medical services…

    by Sarah Haney / October 23, 2026

  • A steeple that stands tall; a history that runs deep

    SAVONBURG — Rhett Allee remembers the first time he paid a visit to Savonburg’s iconic Friends Home Lutheran Church….

    by Richard Luken / October 23, 2026

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  2. County decries how sales tax proposal was reported

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  4. Lee: EMS sales tax may lower property tax burden

  5. LaHarpe hires officer, looks to add part-time superintendent

Yesterday’s top stories

  1. Residents press for answers on sales tax vote

  2. A steeple that stands tall; a history that runs deep

  3. Allen ready for next step

  4. Adam Hamilton best-suited to serve Kansas in U.S. Senate

  5. Mustangs makes strong first impression

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  • Mildred: Cleanup key to new growth

    MILDRED — A small but hearty group of Mildred residents is eager to see new homes built in town….

    by Richard Luken / October 22, 2026

  • Lee: EMS sales tax may lower property tax burden
    by Richard Luken / October 21, 2026

  • County decries how sales tax proposal was reported
    by Sarah Haney / October 21, 2026

  • LaHarpe hires officer, looks to add part-time superintendent
    by Richard Luken / October 20, 2026

  • Farm-City Days festival filled with fun
    by Tim Stauffer, Register managing editor / October 19, 2026

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  • Iola hosts Girard for regular season finale
    by Jimmy Potts / October 23, 2026

  • Future looks bright for Iola football
    by Jimmy Potts / October 22, 2026

  • Sometimes it’s best to bring the marching band

    Earlier this week, I responded to a post on the Kansas Pregame Facebook page defending high school football in…

    by Jimmy Potts / October 23, 2026

  • Plenty to look forward to despite bowl loss
    by Jimmy Potts / October 22, 2026

  • Red Devils fall in four sets to Labette
    by Jimmy Potts / October 22, 2026

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  • Election fraud is hard. Convincing voters it exists is easy

    You’ve likely heard the ominous what-if scenarios about election disruptions in November: immigration agents or federal troops roaming polling…

    by Mary Ellen Klas, Bloomberg Opinion/TNS / October 23, 2026

  • Trump’s alliance with Putin betrays the US
    by Trudy Rubin – The Philadelphia Inquirer / October 22, 2026

  • In Ilhan Omar case, follow the evidence, not the politics
    by The Baltimore Sun / October 22, 2026

  • President Trump’s speech an insult to Kansas
    by Rudy Taylor – Taylor Newspapers / October 21, 2026

  • Cindy Holscher will take Kansas forward
    by Laura Kelly, Governor of Kansas / October 21, 2026

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