Dear editor,  This is a letter that I hope will save the public from theft of gas. My husband and I have been the victims of not only gas theft but also the loss of…

James Holmes’ killing spree in Colorado produced an anticipated call for stricter gun control laws. Gun apologists protested, as they always do. Holmes is crazy. Even the strictest gun laws won’t keep the deeply disturbed…

A cross country camp is on tap Aug. 1-4 at Allen Community College. ACC head cross country coach Vince DeGrado announced he will conduct the Red Devil Cross Country Camp. DeGrado is in his second…

TOPEKA — Jingle, jangle. That’s the sound of 16 medals hanging around the necks of seven Iola area pickleball players. The players — all members of the local Pure Prairie League pickleball group — earned…

Common sense is the mantra during this summer’s excessive heat when caring for rodeo livestock, according to Regan Mc-Kellips of C.R. McKellips Rodeo Company. The Raymore, Mo.,-based rodeo company brings its rough stock to Iola…

Traveling to Pratt for this week’s 2012 Kansas American Legion Single A State Baseball Tournament is out of the question for many Iola A Indians fans. The best next thing is to watch via a…

OTTAWA — Beating the heat and Osawatomie in one swoop, Iola American Legion Post 15’s AA Indians took their first step toward a consecutive trip to the Kansas American Legion AA state tournament. In the…

Jack Franklin didn’t mince words at Tuesday’s Allen County Commission meeting. His beef: the 2013 budget. “I  think you’ve created a monster in 911 (dispatch services),” said Franklin. “The economy justifies cuts.” First draft of…

Barbara Chalker Anderson, former executive director of the Iola Area Chamber of Commerce now working for the Kansas Department of Commerce, will deliver the keynote address at Friday’s “See, Hear Iola” event. Anderson will be…

In Tuesday’s edition of The Iola Register it was reported that the USD 257 Board of Education was proposing a 2-mill increase for the 2012-2013 budget. That number is incorrect. The correct increase in millage…