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WATCH: Floodgates at John Redmond Reservoir control raging waters pouring into the Neosho River.   BURLINGTON — It’s been a few rain-free days, and Iolans aren’t quite as apt to cringe at the first clap…

A crowd of nearly 20 people gathered around Steve Strickler in the middle of Endurance Lift Solutions, 2702 N. State St., on a rainy Monday evening in Iola. The crowd featured several members of the…

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly says she felt “incredibly overwhelmed” after seeing the devastation left by an EF-4 tornado from a flight tour of the Tuesday storm’s path in eastern Kansas. The…

A teenager wakes up, gets ready for school. Slips a smartphone into her pocket on the way out the door. Her day may well include some biology or chemistry, history, algebra, English and Spanish. It…

The surprise announcement by President Donald Trump of an escalating tariff regime against Mexico sent ripples through almost every economic sector in the U.S., hammering American companies that sell automobiles or run railroads, grow vegetables…

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A new television series focusing on how the U.S. Army dealt with the first outbreak of one of the most contagious and deadliest viruses on its soil features several University of…

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Police are investigating the shooting of a 12-year-old boy who was riding four-wheelers with an adult relative Thursday evening. The Kansas City Star reports that the boy was taken to…

Iolan Chelsea Shrum, age 36, wanted to be a teacher, a task made challenging because she was born deaf and with cerebral palsy.  After she graduated from the Kansas School for the Deaf, she wasn?t…

For Trent and Shana Forsyth, Faith and Farm is not only the name of their new store, but also tells its story. The store is at 101 E. Madison in the old McGinty-Whitworth building, a…

(Editor’s note: A design error in Thursday’s Register omitted the end of an article about Monday’s filing deadline for local city and school board elections in Allen County. Additionally, the article incorrectly reported Gas Mayor…