Because local dentists have closed their offices due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s important that people take their dental hygiene into their own hands. “Exemplary oral home care — with excellent brushing, daily flossing, using…

In troubled times riddled with fear and loss, everyone could use a comforting word to two. The Register therefore sat down with First Presbyterian pastor Dan Davis to see what wisdom he had to share…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Advocates are urging Kansas officials to release and safeguard inmates after the state prison system reported its first COVID-19 cases in three staff members and at least one jail worker in…

SAN DIEGO — The captain of a San Diego-based aircraft carrier battling an outbreak of COVID-19 on his ship was fired as commanding officer Thursday, days after his letter decrying conditions on his ship became…

Drivers cited Iola police officers cited Heather Morrison, 43, Iola, for suspicion of driving while suspended and no liability insurance Thursday in the 1700 block of Willow Drive. Eric Cheney, 49, Iola, was cited for…

Allen County remains one of the few counties in Southeast Kansas, and even the state, yet to report a positive case of COVID-19, according to Friday’s data provided by the Kansas Department of Health and…

WICHITA, Kansas — Day cares, at a premium in Kansas in non-pandemic times, are essential businesses that can stay open while the state is under a stay-at-home order. Overall, they’re seeing a drop in the…

GARDEN CITY, Kansas — The Finney County Emergency Medical Service department, with its staff of 23, is conserving its N95 masks and only using them when a patient is positive for COVID-19. Like large hospitals,…

DAY THREE — I was sitting near the birthplace of silent film legend Buster Keaton in Piqua when Gov. Laura Kelly’s state-wide “stay at home order” came through. The COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the nation for…

NEW YORK (AP) — With coronavirus deaths surging in New York, the governor announced Friday he will use his authority to seize ventilators and protective gear from private hospitals and companies that aren’t using them…