Ruth Whitcomb, 94, of Kincaid died Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011, at Anderson County Hospital Long Term Care Facility, Garnett.She was born on March 31, 1917, in Kincaid, to James and Lena (McCabe) Main. Ruth graduated…

Brandon Matthew Griswold, 37, of Kennesaw, Ga., grandson of Doris Hill of Iola, died Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011, at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Ga.Brandon was born Feb. 19, 1974, in Kansas City, Mo., to…

Gary L. Nordt of Humboldt, whose death on Wednesday, visitation and funeral services were published in Thursday’s Register, was born Feb. 21, 1936, on a farm east of Humboldt, to Henry Carl and Edna Charlotta…

Neighbors, friends and relatives are invited to join us in celebrating the 60th wedding anniversary of Frank and Christine Hawkinson, Savonburg, from 2 to 4 p.m. on Nov. 12 at Stark Friends Church.Frank P. Hawkinson…

Floyd and Bonnie Bradford Ladd will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Friday.They were married at the Methodist Church in Chanute on Veteran’s Day on Nov. 11, 1951.Floyd and Bonnie are the parents of Alan…

Bob and Pat Shields celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary on Sept. 16.The couple were married on Sept. 16, 1946, at the Cathedral in St. Joseph, Mo.They have eight children, 19 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, eight stepgrandchildren…

Slowly, slowly, ever so slowly, President Raul Castro is reforming bits and pieces of Cuba’s dysfunctional economy. Thursday he took a larger than usual step. As of Nov. 10, he announced, Cubans will be allowed…

A careful study of 280 companies in the Fortune 500 list of the largest corporations in the U.S. showed that while all were profitable, 30 of them paid no corporate tax and the average of…

Caleb Wittmer, a 2000 graduate of Crest High School in Colony, was inducted into the MidAmerica Nazarene University Athletic Hall of Fame on Oct. 21. Wittmer attended MNU in Olathe from 2000-2004.“This was a wonderful…

COLUMBUS — Another close one got away from Iola Middle School’s eighth-grade girls Thursday.The Pony A-team lost 32-30 to host Columbus Middle School. The Iola eighth-graders rallied for a 20-15 halftime lead.Columbus wiped out Iola’s…