Wayne Lee Johnston, 70, Garnett, passed away Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at Kindred Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. He was born on Sept. 25, 1942, at Los Angeles, Calif., the son of Robert and Janet…

Fresh off its second consecutive state playoff trip, Humboldt High’s baseball team raked in some postseason honors Tuesday.Humboldt’s Nathan Whitcomb, Jacob Carpenter and Grayson Pearish all were named to the Tri-Valley League’s first team, while…

As could be expected, Iola High’s baseball team’s on-field success brought in an armload of postseason honors for its players, and a noteworthy one for its coach.Four Mustangs were named to the Kansas Association of…

Velma Louise Hartman, 84, Columbus, died Friday, May 24, 2013, at Mercy Maude Norton Hospital in Columbus, following an illness. Velma was born July 30, 1928 in Iola, the daughter of Arthur and Alma (Fine)…

Lyle Leo Miller, 94, Richmond, passed away on Thursday, May 23, 2013, at Golden Heights in Garnett.Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday at St. Boniface Catholic Church, Scipio, burial to follow…

Dear editor,There is a show on TV called Ridiculousness. You didn’t have to tune in to the channel to get some of this all over yourself. You just had to drive up and down State…

Iola has been placed on the Environmental Protection Agency’s National Priority List, which opens up Superfund monies for cleanup of ground contamination in the area. The lead contamination is left from the former United Zinc…

Rep. Ed Bideau collapsed in the chair proffered late Friday afternoon, weariness evident on his brow.“It’s been a long, frustrating week,” he said. Bideau stopped by the Register on his way home to Chanute as…

The REACH Healthcare Foundation does more than provide grants for health care initiatives in Allen and the Kansas City area counties it serves, Brenda Sharpe, its president and chief executive officer, told Rotarians Thursday.REACH also…

HUMBOLDT — From out of the north country — Mayetta, to be exact — Darron Fuqua rode into Humboldt Speedway Sunday night, with power to spare and ready for action in the annual Whitworth Memorial Race.As…