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Jul 11, 2023 | 
iolaregister.com | Grace Garner
Coin, stamp and sports memorabilia collectors can feast to their hearts’ content Saturday at the 38th annual summer coin, stamp, postcard, sports memorabilia and collectibles show at the Carthage, Mo., Memorial Hall, 407 S. Garrison. The Barton-Jasper County Collectors Association is sponsoring the daylong event, beginning at 9 a.m. Doors close at 5 p.m.Dealers from Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas and Oklahoma will staff 48 tables. Already a subscriber? Username or Email AddressPassword Remember Me
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Jul 6, 2023 | 
iolaregister.com | Seth Borenstein |Melina Walling - |Melina Walling |Grace Garner
Earth’s average temperature on Wednesday remained at an unofficial record high set the day before, the latest grim milestone in a week that has seen a series of climate-change-driven extremes. The average global temperature was 62.9 degrees, according to the University of Maine’s Climate Reanalyzer, a tool that uses satellite data and computer simulations to measure the world’s condition. That matched a record set Tuesday, and came after a previous record of 62.6 degrees was set Monday.
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Jun 30, 2023 | 
iolaregister.com | Grace Garner
INDEPENDENCE — A panel discussion is set for July 14 in Independence to look at the notorious 150-year-old Bender murder mystery in Labette County. The panel discussion, “Unearthing the Bloody Bender Mystery,” is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Friday, July 14, at the Independence Civic Center, the Parsons Sun reported. The event is free and open to the public.
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Jun 30, 2023 | 
iolaregister.com | Grace Garner
CHANUTE — Neosho County Attorney Linus Thuston will not prosecute a couple accused of killing a Parsons man. The Kansas Attorney General’s Office will instead prosecute Clint W. Nibarger and his wife, Kimberly J. Thomas Nibarger, accused of killing Dakota A. Patton. District Judge Kurt Loy, assigned to review the case, removed Thuston because of a conflict of interest, the Chanute Tribune and Parsons Sun reported. Already a subscriber? Username or Email AddressPassword Remember Me
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Jun 28, 2023 | 
iolaregister.com | Rochelle P. Walensky |Grace Garner
Exactly one year after the first laboratory-confirmed case of Covid-19 was identified in the United States, I began my tenure as the 19th director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At the time, vaccines were available, but new variants continued to emerge. I viewed my primary charge as bringing this country from the dark and tragic pandemic days into a more restored place.
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Jun 23, 2023 | 
iolaregister.com | Tim Carpenter |Grace Garner
TOPEKA — One year after federal abortion protections were removed, the reproductive rights debate in Kansas remains contentious. On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court released its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning the federal right to terminate pregnancy. Abortion-rights advocates called the ruling dangerous rollback of reproductive rights. For Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach, on the other hand, the ruling is a cause for celebration.
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Jun 23, 2023 | 
iolaregister.com | Grace Garner
JOPLIN — Trials are in the works for a pair of defendants charged with separate incidents of trafficking stolen identities. Both waived preliminary hearings Thursday, the Joplin Globe reported. Frederick E. Phillips, 36, will stand trial on counts of trafficking in stolen identities and unlawful possession of a firearm. The charges pertain to an arrest made April 16 by a Joplin police officer who was looking for a suspect in another crime when he spotted Phillips and mistook him for the suspect.
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Jun 23, 2023 | 
iolaregister.com | Grace Garner
EMPORIA — Longtime Newman Regional Health CEO Bob Wright will retire this fall, after 10 years with the hospital. Wright submitted a letter of resignation to the Newman Regional Health Board of Trustees citing Oct. 1, as his effective retirement date, the Emporia Gazette reported. His last day in the office will be Sept. 29.
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Jun 23, 2023 | 
iolaregister.com | Grace Garner
HUTCHINSON — Hutchinson residents can bring more chickens home to roost. The Hutchinson City Council voted Tuesday to increase the number of chickens a resident can own, changing it from three to eight chickens on most city properties, the Hutchinson News reported. Jim Sietnater, interim planning director, told the newspaper that keeping chickens is a growing trend. Already a subscriber? Username or Email AddressPassword Remember Me
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Jun 23, 2023 | 
iolaregister.com | Grace Garner
LAWRENCE — Key details are beginning to emerge on the $4 billion Panasonic battery plant set to open in De Soto in 2025, in particular, how communities such as Lawrence will be affected. The Lawrence Journal World reported that a group of Lawrence real estate professionals was told Thursday that roughly as many as 1,800 of the 4,000 employees needed at the plant will come from outside the area, which means housing construction will soon be a key factor for the region.
