Saturday’s monsoon most likely canceled many a picnic. The torrential rains and high winds pounded our area, leaving in their wake cooler temperatures and steady rains that accumulated to more than 3 inches in area…

As I lay bruised and bleeding just 45 minutes before my son Tim’s wedding last Saturday, I couldn’t help but take it as a sign.God has never talked to me — and wouldn’t you know…

Sixteen years ago my father died at 79 of a combination of things that had robbed him of vitality for several years prior.The last night we talked, he spoke in halting terms about a boy…

Dear editor,In 1991, a group called Friends of the Bowlus was formed as a not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to solicit donations and contribute to the capital needs of the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. Today,…

Randy Lee Kennard, 55, Garnett, passed away Wednesday, June 12, 2013, at Anderson County Long Term Care in Garnett.Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at First Christian Church in Garnett. Family will greet…

Vernon Leo Morrison, Jr., 56, Belle Plaine, formerly of Iola, died Thursday, June 13, 2013, at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita. Survivors include his mother, Shirley (Wilson) Marr, and her husband, Phillip, Blanchard, Okla.Graveside services…

Joan Sallee, 82, Iola, passed away Tuesday, June 11, 2013, at Allen County Hospital.Joan was born Dec. 13, 1930, on a farm west of Humboldt, the daughter of Fred L. and Mary Inez (Wamsley) Dice…

Thursday’s resultsPigtail LeagueIola Register 10, Emprise Bank 2. Hits for Iola Register: Mia Aronson, 2 s, d; Logan Ulrich, d; Regan Godderz, s; Kelsey Morrison, t; Justice Wilson, 2 s; Jada Stogsdill, s. Hits for…

A four-run first inning propelled the Humboldt Heat to an 8-2 win Friday over the NLB 17’s in the opening round of the Allen Community College Red Devil Classic.The Heat are an 18-and-under Babe Ruth…

ZAVALLA, Texas — Yates Center’s Remington Wagner, 14, is a Bassmasters junior champion.Wagner won the 11- to 14-year-old age division of the Junior Bassmasters Central Divisional champ-ionship at Lake Sam Raburn on June 7.Wagner landed…