Month: February 2010

CHANUTE — Ken Hutchins hopes customers will frequent Save-A-Lot in Chanute for any of three reasons.“Our philosophy is to ensure that we have great food, that we have great prices, and that we have great…

Iola may not have a Golden Gate Bridge in its future, but there’s no reason the community cannot replicate the forward thinking that many in San Francisco had nearly a century ago.“When you think about…

Funeral services for Ruth Elizabeth Smith of Iola, whose death Tuesday was reported in Wednesday’s Register, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapels in Iola. Chaplain Lloyd W. Houk will…

An estimated 5.1 million U.S. homeowners are expected to owe more on their mortgages than their houses and apartments are worth by this June, according to a recent study by First American CoreLogic. Many of…

With the state budget still wildly out of balance, the public schools facing drastic new cuts, disabled and sick Kan-sans wondering whether they will get care, and the Medicaid program beggared by still deeper cuts,…

Five area high school senior football players signed national letters of intent to play football at junior college and small college programs next year.They are  Ethan Ericson and Skyler Houk of Marmaton Valley to Fort…

Playing for Pittsburg State University has been on his agenda all of his life but don’t think Kyler Thompson will be “playing in the shadow” of his father and uncle.Thompson signed a na-tional letter of…

By JOCELYN SHEETSRegister Sports EditorAllen County Community College women’s basketball head coach Andy Hamilton is at a loss for words. He cannot figure out what happens to his team after halftimes.“For the third straight game,…

Confidence was down when a buzzer-beating jump shot by Cowley County Community College’s Canon Fields settled into the netting, tying the score at 71-71.“Our guys were down when they came over the bench. I just…

A batch of third-graders at Jefferson Elementary School are hoping to help the environment and earn money for a class field trip, all at the same time.Since September, students of Daryl Sigg and Audrey Gardner…