WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy emerged with a spending cut plan to prevent a federal government shutdown by appeasing his hard-right flank, only to see it quickly collapse Thursday in a crushing defeat.…

We asked readers to channel their inner Carolyn Hax and answer this question. Some of the best responses are below. Hi, Carolyn: I’m having family troubles over a house I inherited. When I was 20,…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In an extraordinary act of political retaliation, Tennessee Republicans on Thursday expelled two Democratic lawmakers from the state Legislature for their role in a protest calling for more gun control in…

Iolan Jonelle Leslie has a lot of memories of the house at 223 N. Jefferson Ave.  She never owned it, but she lived in the upstairs apartment for 32 years. Now, as the house nears…

Students at the Regional Rural Technical Center at LaHarpe finally got a chance to swing a hammer — make that, a sledgehammer — at a house that will serve as a remodel project for the…

Falling back and springing forward may soon be a thing of the past. The Senate Tuesday voted unanimously to make Daylight Saving Time permanent for all 12 months of the year, a move that would…

Out the north windows of the Iola Register, the staff has enjoyed watching the renovation taking place the last several months at the home of Robbie and Lorna Atkins at 224 S. Walnut.  First a…

BURRILLVILLE, R.I. (AP) — Not afraid of ghosts and things that go bump in the night? The purportedly haunted Rhode Island farmhouse where the spooky happenings that inspired the 2013 horror movie “The Conjuring” occurred…

WASHINGTON (AP) — During emotional, tense and sometimes angry testimony, four police officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6 vividly recalled the violence they endured while fighting against a mob of Donald Trump’s supporters.…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt High School’s nearly finished building trades project has offered dozens of students all sorts of real-world experiences. They’ve learned the prerequisite construction-related tasks, from framing walls, roofing and siding work to wiring…