Ward Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church has stood in Iola since 1873, and “We’ll be here until there aren’t but four or five of us left,” stated 55-year member Helen Ambler.That day may be coming.Ward…

Roy Rogers Jr. took a near-capacity crowd at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center Sunday afternoon on a nostalgic and guitar-twanged journey.Many who attended are contemporaries of Rogers, 64, and were happy to travel on the…

BURLINGTON — Iola High’s junior varsity wrestlers concluded their season at the Burlington High Junior Varsity Tournament Saturday.“These guys had a really good day. They finished the season strong,” said Ron Schomaker, IHS head wrestling…

OVERLAND PARK — Johnson County Community College’s Lady Cavaliers ran away from visiting Allen County Community College’s Red Devils Saturday afternoon. The Lady Cavaliers, ranked No. 2 in NJCAA Division II, posted a 79-38 Jayhawk…

OVERLAND PARK — Fatigue setting in is all Anwar Perry, Allen County Community College head coach, could attribute to the Red Devils’ lack of energy at the end of Saturday’s game.The Red Devil men upset…

PITTSBURG — With a slap of a referee’s hand Saturday afternoon, Iola High wrestling history was made.Iola High sophomore Stephen McDonald pinned Columbus High senior Brandon Alberty with 1:20 left in their six-minute match. McDonald…

Rusty Wellman of Humboldt, whose death Monday and Saturday funeral services were published in Thursday’s Register, was born in Charleston, S.C., on Sept. 8, 1966, to Kenneth Sr. and Nadine (Allen) Pergeson.On May 25, 1995,…

Visitation for John W. “Johnny” Womack Jr. of Iola, whose death Thursday was reported in Friday’s Register, will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel in Iola.Rosary will…

Hazel Marie Fundis, 95, of Iola died Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011, at Iola Nursing Center.She was born Aug. 7, 1915, in Le Roy, to Omer and Laura May (Sims) Gwinn. She graduated from Le Roy…

Delpha R. Dietrich of Humboldt, whose death Thursday and Monday funeral services were published in Friday’s Register, was born in Humboldt on Jan. 2, 1928, to Byrl and Blanche (Palmer) Carl. She graduated from Humboldt…