Month: February 2026

MORAN — The Marmaton Valley Wildcats’ season came to an end after they could not close the gap in time while facing the Peabody-Burns Warriors in the opening round of the substate tournament. After resurrecting…

Basketball season came to an end in LeRoy Tuesday as the Southern Coffey County boys and girls basketball teams fell in the opening round of the substate tournament. The SCC girls fell to Three Rivers…

Area wrestlers begin their journey to glory Friday while competing in state tournaments in Salina and Hays. Kevon Loving, 144 lbs., Iola High School sophomore, will be the first male wrestler to take the mat…

As part of National FFA Week, the Register reached out to some of the luminaries from our local FFA chapters. This year’s lineup features Iola’s Tayten Salzwedel, Humboldt’s Mason Sterling, Marmaton Valley’s Sophia Heim and…

TOPEKA — U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids said ahead of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday she was concerned about his promises of lower costs, stability and support for American families. “Instead we…

Every morning over buckwheat pancakes and sausage, my father and grandfather would decide which fields to work that day and share an update about their cattle. Then, inevitably, the talk would move on to the…

TOPEKA — Members of a three-judge Kansas Court of Appeals panel on Tuesday pushed a United Kansas Party attorney to explain why they didn’t take their fight to the Legislature to change a state law…

NASA’s Mike Fincke identified himself Wednesday as the astronaut whose medical condition prompted the space agency’s first medical evacuation. In a written statement, the 58-year-old spaceflight veteran revealed he was the ailing crew member last…

Tayten Salzwedel entered Iola High School nearly four years ago, uncertain where his path would lead. “I wanted to be involved somehow, but none of the sports really seemed like my kind of thing,” he…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt senior Mason Sterling is preparing to graduate after four years in FFA that helped shape his leadership, confidence and career path. Sterling joined FFA as a freshman, inspired by both family and…