The Rev. Linda Whitworth-Reed will deliver the message tonight at 7 p.m. at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. ceremony at Iola’s Wesley United Methodist Church.The public is invited.

Editor’s note: Chanute is abuzz with the upcoming opening of a new travel plaza, a new plant that builds components for military and civilian aircraft, added shopping destinations.Today and Tuesday, the Register will look at…

ERIE — Attrition happens in every sports season regardless of the level. Some people get injured, some people quit the team and there are various other reasons that crop up during a season.  That is…

BURLINGTON — A Thursday road trip to Burlington proved to be a tall task for the Ponies’ boys basketball team as they were swept in four games against the Wildcats. Iola jumped out to a…

The following are reported postponements and cancellations:   Iola High School: Friday’s basketball games  with Wellsville postponed. No makeup date given yet. Saturday’s junior varsity wrestling tournament at Labette County canceled. Humboldt High School: Friday’s…

The other night I glanced down at my bare feet — don’t cringe yet — and the thought occurred to me, how did the early residents living in our neck of the woods, whom most…

Aaron L. Geisler, 37, rural Iola, died at his home Monday, Jan. 9 2017.   Private family services will be held at a later date. Memorial contributions may be made to https://www.gofundme.com/funeral-expenses-for-our-son.

  The driver of a pickup was sent to the hospital late Thursday morning, the result of a two-vehicle accident just east of Iola on U.S. 54. According to    the Kansas Highway Patrol, Jacob…

After a study found Kansas Judicial Branch personnel are among the lowest-paid in the country, a $20 million request by the courts for raises is in the hands of the Legislature. The budget sent to…

As the region braces for Mother Nature’s wrath — an ice storm warning remains in effect here through Sunday morning — the Allen County Sheriff’s Department has offered some nuggets of advice. “Plan on hunkering…