Kathryn “Katie” Gant, 31, Burlington, and director of radiology at Allen County Hospital, died in a traffic accident shortly before 8 a.m. Friday on K-58 five miles west of Le Roy.Gant’s car, a GMC Acadia,…

U.S. flags were burned here Sunday evening, though not as a means of protest.Boy and Girl Scouts laid one after another of the flags on a bonfire just feet from Elks Lake, confined by the…

Vincent Thummel of Iola, whose death on Thursday, Rosary and funeral services were published in Friday’s Register, was born Sept. 11, 1922, in Tipton, to Joe and Anna Marie (Simeon) Thummel.  On Oct. 28, 1946,…

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Toddlers and pre-schoolers have journeyed through Africa in search of elephants and lions and searched mythical lands for dragons, knights and princesses at the One World, Many Stories summer reading program at the Iola Public…

Area athletes from the ANW Co-op Special Olympics and Allen County Special Olympics groups competed in the 2011 Kansas State Special Olympics Track and Field meet, June 3-5.The state track meet is held at Wichita…

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Iola Indians, 11-and-under traveling boys’ baseball team, won the Big League Chew Longball Classic, June 4-5, in Kansas City. The Iola Sonic, 12-and-under traveling boys’ team, claimed the championship of their…

LEE’S SUMMITT, Mo. — Two area traveling girls’ softball teams from the area are racking up victories and trophies.The Sonic Stealers, sponsored by Dan Oswalt of Iola, won the 12-and-Under Blue Division of the VIP…

One senior was all that was out for softball or baseball in 2011 for Iola High School. She earned first-team honors for the second year in a row from Southeast Kansas League softball coaches.Leah Weir…

Vincent Thummel, 88, of lola died Thursday, June 9, 2011, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. Mass of Christian burial will be at 9 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Humboldt. Burial will…