They can’t all be masterpieces. Iola High entered the Christmas break Friday with a 62-31 win over Prairie View, taking advantage of a squad playing without some of its leading performers because of COVID-19. Even…

Tisha Coleman fully expected her mother to live.  She was healthy, active and strong — emotionally and physically. And as a retired nurse, Nina Lou knew how to take care of herself. “But we’re just…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence became the highest ranking U.S. official to receive the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Friday in a live-television event aimed at reassuring Americans the shot is…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — COVID-19 deaths have surged in Kansas in the past week and nearly every part of the state has lost people to the disease caused by the coronavirus, health statistics show. Kansas…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose again last week to 885,000, the highest weekly total since September, as a resurgence of coronavirus cases threatens the economy’s recovery from its…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional negotiators are closing in on a $900 billion COVID-19 economic relief package that would deliver additional help to businesses, $300-per-week jobless checks and $600 stimulus payments to most Americans. But there…

The Iola Register’s front office is closed as of Wednesday due to a staff member contracting COVID-19. If you need assistance, please call 365-2111 or email us at news@iolaregister.com or circulation@iolaregister.com. The office will remain…

Tisha Coleman has lived in close-knit Linn County, Kansas, for 42 years and never felt so alone. As the public health administrator, she’s struggled every day of the coronavirus pandemic to keep her rural county…

Some Republican lawmakers in Topeka are apparently willing to risk not just their own lives, but those of their colleagues and of all those who work in the statehouse by continuing to refuse to wear…

We’ve known for some time that COVID-19 poses a great risk to those in long-term care facilities. Put simply, residents are likely to be older and diagnosed with significant health conditions, both of which can…