HUMBOLDT — The quality of a child’s education “shouldn’t depend on his zip code,” USD 258 Superintendent K.B. Criss told board members Monday night.Legislation backed by gubernatorial hopeful Sen. Sam Brownback would change the current…

Students at Jefferson Elementary School will have notebook computers to enhance their educational journeys, thanks to fundraising efforts of the school’s Parent-Teacher Organization.Principal Brad Crusinbery recommended Monday night purchase of 40 small hand-held computers and…

USD 257 will add a director of operations to its administrative staff, to be responsible for planning, organizing and supervising the transportation and maintenance departments.“Our maintenance department is currently operating with a short staff,” Dr.…

By the time Alberta McCrate became a resident of Moran Manor, the move to the nursing home was no different from living at home. It was as unfamiliar. McCrate suffered from the advanced stages of…

Drew and Jessica Hoag, Gridley, announce the birth of a daughter, Elliot Lynne Hoag, on Sept. 15, 2010, in Burlington. She weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces and was 19 inches long. She joins a sibling,…

Visitation for Edwin J. “Ed” Nord of Iola, whose death on Friday was reported in Friday’s Register, will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel in Iola.Funeral services will…

Voters will decide Nov. 2 whether to increase a countywide sales tax by 1⁄4 of a cent to go toward a new Allen County Hospital.Members of the Allen County Healthcare Committee address questions about the…

ARMA — Northeast Middle School rolled over Marmaton Valley Junior High’s football team Thursday, 50-0.Trent Johnson had 47 yards on 14 carries for the Wildcats. Seth Swaggerty made three catches for 24 yards.Johnson led the…

GALESBURG — Humboldt Middle School’s girls evened up their A-team volleyball record Thursday.The Lady Cubs defeated host Galesburg 25-15, 25-10, 25-22, 26-24. That put their record at 6-6.“The girls really played hard start to finish,”…

MOUND CITY — Only Crest High’s Italy Loving and Erica Holman competed in Thursday’s Jayhawk-Linn High Invitational cross county meet.Loving captured the ninth-place medal in the varsity race. She ran the 4K distance in 17…