FORT SCOTT — Iola High’s junior varsity boys basketball team picked up a hard-fought win Thursday.The Mustangs, playing in a tournament hosted by Fort Scott, defeated Chanute 41-35.The JV girls weren’t as fortunate, dropping a…

(Editor’s note: An incomplete version of this article ran in Thursday’s Register. We regret the error.) Three local high schools — Humboldt, Marmaton Valley and Crest — advanced to the second round of the Kansas…

This season’s front page visits with Iola retail merchants are the 2012 version of “be local, buy local— a smart way to live. Each one of the stories gives Register readers shopping tips for Christmas…

Allen County Sheriff Tom Williams reported that a bow, quiver and arrow rest had been stolen from West Side Bait Shop on Saturday afternoon during business hours.Williams said the items, valued at approximately $1,300, were…

Wednesday night Southeast Kansas (SEK) Regional Planning Commission board members discussed “what has happened and the future challenges we face,” interim director Dennis Arnold said. The meeting, held at Neosho County Community College, was focused…

Garrett Cleaver, 27, Colony, whose confrontation with a police officer led to a manhunt and his subsequent arrest more than a year ago, will be sentenced for his crimes Dec. 17.Cleaver pleaded guilty Nov. 28…

What started as an informative presentation turned into an emotional sore spot for Iola High juniors and seniors.Thursday three seniors, Kayla Knavel, Paiton True and Chloe Friederich, gave a presentation on the awareness of bullying…

Iola-Humboldt rail trail takes form Dave Fontaine’s tractor backs up against the brush, pulling railroad ties from the soil and dragging them onto a nicely grated gravel pathway — the beginnings of a recreational trail…

Laura and Bret Henderson, Chandler, Ariz., are the proud parents of a baby girl Audrey Anne Henderson.She was born on Oct. 30, 2012 in Gilbert, Ariz. She weighed 8 pounds 1 ounce and 21 ½…

Aubrey Folk and Shawn Sparks, Lawrence, were married April 21, 2012 at 5 p.m. at First Southern Baptist Church in Lawrence.  Rev. Randy Johnson officiated the wedding. Aubrey is the daughter of Mike and Cherie…