Month: January 2021

Crews were moving a two-story house about four blocks today, a process that began at about 9 a.m. and took about an hour. The Bowlus Fine Arts Center sold the house to USD 257, which…

Humanity House is looking extra snazzy these days. The nonprofit recently implemented $25,000 in federal CARES Act/SPARK funds to give its facilities a significant makeover. Though Humanity House received the grant money given its designation…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Stuck in the grip of a viral pandemic, the U.S. economy grew at a 4% annual rate in the final three months of 2020 and shrank last year by the largest amount…

It was ugly. It was painful. It was a win. Allen Community College’s men came back from a seven-point deficit in the second half, hitting several key free throws down the stretch to secure a…

Allen Community College’s women ran into a Seward County-sized buzzsaw Wednesday. The visiting Saints basketball team forced a whopping 51 Red Devil turnovers — 34 in the first half alone — in a 95-39 victory.…

Iola High’s Becca Sprague, a two-time all-conference performer on the volleyball court, will take her talents to Leavenworth to play for the University of St. Mary. Sprague signed her letter of intent to play for…

Allen Community College’s volleyball team started 2021 on a high note. With the volleyball season pushed back from August and shortened considerably because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Red Devils had little trouble dispatching…

Twin sisters, Shelley and Sheri Moore, and former Iola High School Fillies basketball team members in 1988, are starters on the Emporia State University Hornet’s women’s basketball team this year. ***** The Rev. and Mrs.…

I have vaccine envy. There. I’ve confessed it. The thought of getting a COVID-19 vaccine makes me impatient, greedy, needy. I yearn for a vaccine the way some people want a mansion or a Tesla…

Dear editor, In a letter to the editor published in the Register on July 27, 2019, I made a case for removing the traffic control light at the corner of Madison and Buckeye as  no…