Students create Goldberg machines COLONY — It took a couple of minutes and plenty of science for Emily Frank and Erin Steedley to put the cherry on top — literally — of their science project.The…

The most striking aspect of the photographs Diana Farmer showed of Afghanistan Thursday night as a culmination to the spring Iola Reads program was the lack of soil in the region. “It’s high plains desert,”…

Allen County Community College trustees said Thursday they need more information before deciding what type of roof they want installed on three buildings in the Iola campus — and who they want to install it.Commissioners…

The 82 participants who recorded final weights in Meltdown II Thursday night at the Recreation Community Building lost a total of 586 pounds, an average of just over seven pounds each. They represented nearly 30…

John Quincy Adams Jr., 92 of Mannford, Okla., and formerly of Kincaid, whose death Monday was published in Tuesday’s Register and funeral services were published in Wednesday’s Regsiter, was born Feb. 15, 1918, to John…

Louie E. Riebe, 94, of Wichita died Tuesday, March 9, 2010. He retired from the Robert J. Dole Veterans Administration Medical Center after 30 years of service.He is survived by his daughters, Donna and her…

In reference to the Prairie Spirit Trail article — just why do we need more trail?The one we have now ends or starts in a lovely little park with shade trees, a nice place to…

Seems Iola, Kansas, is a real estate Mecca.And Iola commissioners were the last to know. We’re talking about the two-block-long strip of land that borders the old railroad bed west of town. You know the…

HUMBOLDT — The USMTS Modified Special is this weekend at Humboldt Speedway. Rain has pushed the two-day event back a day.Racing will be Saturday at 6 p.m. and Sunday at 3:30 p.m. instead of Friday…

Uniontown High’s DuShaun Robinson found what he was looking for in a college football program. And Highland Community College head coach Mike Beagle is happy too.“DuShaun should make the transition from high school football to…