BURLINGTON — Down 1-0 and no hits in the game, Iola American Legion Post 15’s A Indians went to work in the fourth inning Wednesday night. The A Indians scored 12 runs on nine hits…

FORT SCOTT — Iola Swim Team went into its final SEK League swim meet not at full force Wednesday. Other commitments depleted the Seahorse ranks when they took on host Fort Scott. “We had a…

Advance voting for the Aug. 7 primary election started Wednesday. Voters may mark ballots in the Allen County Clerk Sherrie Riebel’s office from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, or they may request a ballot…

The Iola Register’s website has undergone a facelift and readers are being given a chance to access the site for free until the end of August.  “We tried to make the new design look more…

The past several years haven’t been easy for John Zahm. Zahm, 72, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1994, had the gland surgically removed and about five years later thought he was on the verge…

Iola City Council members took their first in-depth look at the city’s 2013 spending plan Wednesday. Council members heard from seven department heads during a three-hour budget session — another was planned for this afternoon…

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback inspected the Neosho River Wednesday afternoon near the Iola water treatment plant as part of his drought tour.  The governor spoke with local officials about the conditions in southeast Kansas. Toby…

Mark Christopher Ard, 39, Iola, passed away Monday, July 16, 2012, at the Ard family farm, rural Elsmore.   He was born March 17, 1973 in Iola, the son of Robert Dean Ard and Deborah…

Michael McGuire Abernathy, 66, of Orlando, Fla., died Sunday, July 15, 2012, at Orlando. Mike was born Aug. 29, 1945, at Fort Myers, Fla., and was the eldest of the three children of Arthur Briggs…

Dear editor, This is my opportunity to say a good word about Ed Bideau and why he should be elected to the 9th District Kansas House position. I have known Ed since the days he…