Dear editor, Returning to Chanute in 1967 we’ve considered it a privilege to know Ed Bideau as a personal friend, fellow committee member, as our county attorney and state representative. We admire his trust worthiness,…

Earlier this week a now-former subscriber came to the Register asking that I read a newspaper he had in hand.  “You’ll not get my renewal until you read this,” he said. I gave him my…

Follow the money is wise advice. The Kansas Chamber of Commerce, for example, spent more than $231,000 in July alone trying to defeat a dozen Republican state senators seeking re-election. The biggest donor to the…

SABETHA — Yet, again, Iola AA Indians came from behind to win. Facing the two-time defending state champions, Iola American Legion Post 15’s Indians used the final three innings of Thursday’s second-round contest to edge…

Returning USD 257 students, faculty and staff are in for a more colorful — and healthier —menu this year.  In an attempt to fight what Cheryl Johnson, Kansas Department of Education nutrition and wellness director,…

The Iola Veterans Day Parade Committee is in need of some extra help — in more ways than one.  The committee has been given the green light from the Allen County Commission to extend its…

Project 17, the regional economic development initiative, has been awarded $715,000 in grants this week. The money will be used primarily to bring jobs to southeast Kansas, said David Toland, executive director of Thrive Allen…

A crossbred steer owned by Jacob Reeves and offered at Thursday night’s annual Allen County Fair livestock auction may have had an inkling of what fate had in store. Weighing a bit over half a…

Polls open at 7 a.m. Tuesday for the primary election. By Friday afternoon more than 350 people had voted in the county clerk’s office or had acquired advance ballots. “We’ve had 193 vote in the…

Bauer talks ambulance The ambulance situation in Allen County is voters’ biggest concern, said Don Bauer, Republican candidate for county commission District 3. He is opposed by Jim Talkington for the seat being vacated by…