Month: November 2018

LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. — After traveling 300 million miles through the solar system, NASA’s InSight spacecraft descended through the Martian sky Monday and touched down safely on the smooth surface of Elysium Planitia shortly…

Members who have studied Iola schools for the past year are hoping good things come in threes. Because that’s what they proposed to USD 257 board of education members Monday night. At the top of…

McKinley Elementary School staff want to see parents in the school, Principal Angie Linn told USD 257 Board of Education members at Monday night’s meeting. To that end, they’ve introduced a series of “Parent Nights,”…

Residents in Iola’s Ward 3 — anywhere south of Breckenridge and west of Cottonwood streets — have until Dec. 4 to express their desire to be the next member of the Iola City Council. So…

Iola Public Library has several programs for adults during December — some of them celebrating the season. The Intrepid Readers book discussion group meets at 2 p.m. Dec. 6. The book selection is “Stiff: The…

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi voters are deciding the last U.S. Senate race of the midterms, choosing between a white Republican Senate appointee backed by President Donald Trump and a black Democrat who was agriculture…

The 65th annual Kellerman family reunion was held recently at Kelley Park in Burlington, hosted by the children of the late Thelma and Vince Hoefler. The late Ed and Belle Kellerman were parents of 14…

A Nov. 18 traffic incident involving Jeffery J. Jones and  Ron Conaway was not reported correctly in the Nov. 20 Register. Conaway told the Register that as he was westbound in the 1100 block of…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Topeka Zoo and Conservation Center says an African painted dog has died after another dog attacked her. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the dog, named Annie, had been brought to…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The special counsel in the Russia investigation is accusing former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort of violating his plea agreement by repeatedly lying to federal investigators, an extraordinary allegation that could expose…