Month: November 2019

CHICAGO — Evanston aldermen on Monday approved directing all sales tax revenue collected from recreational marijuana purchases to a fund that will establish a local reparations program. Officials say the program will help the city’s black…

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A man’s quest to find his wedding ring on a 4,000-foot snow-covered mountain in New Hampshire has been completed by a couple of hikers — and a metal detector. WMUR-TV reports…

Despite being a little more than a year old, it seems the rock crusher the county purchased for just over $1 million in 2018 has been broken down more than it has been crushing rock.…

Here in the Register newsroom, we’re pretty much split between holding on to the Fillies as the Iola High School girls mascot or lumping them in with the Mustangs. Sports editor Erick Mitchell heavily favors…

There are two things you soon realize upon meeting Calvin Coday. One, his faith and desire to help others was instilled in him at a young age, to the point he has traveled with wife…

Laughter just makes things better. Hope Unlimited addresses serious issues like domestic and sexual violence. On Friday, they’ll use laughter to help support their efforts. Comedian Spencer James, grandson of Moran resident Grayce Spencer, will…

President Donald Trump provided a clear path Friday for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to come back to Kansas and run for the Senate. “He loves the people of Kansas,” the president said of Pompeo…

It’s official: Americans are dying earlier. Preliminary signals of declining health were neither a false alarm nor a statistical fluke. A reversal of American life expectancy, a downward trend that has now been sustained for…

Over the centuries, repressive regimes the world over have learned the same lesson: Once accustomed to freedom and participatory democracy, people will cling to it with a grip that cannot be broken. A heartening reminder…

FORT MYERS, Fla.  — When Xavier Sneed emerged from Kansas State’s locker room following the opening game of the Fort Myers Tip-Off on Monday, eight of his biggest fans were waiting for him in matching…