LaVerne Riley, 77, Iola,, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017 at Allen County Regional Hospital. LaVerne was the third child of 11 children born to Robert and Lucy (Humphrey) Lane. She was born on…

Francis Catherine Fursman, 91, formerly of Colony and more recently of Fort Scott, passed away Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, at the Franklin House Assisted Living in Fort Scott. She was born Dec. 26, 1925, in…

Julia Mary Gotheridge Harris, 93, Blue Mound, passed away Jan. 3, 2017, at Olathe Medical Center. Mary was born Dec. 25, 1923, to Daniel H. and Lulu Wilmoth (Freeland) Gotheridge in Culver, Mo., northeast of…

The last push to complete the “Chronicles of Allen County, 1946-2000,” a compendium of accounts published in The Iola Register, is underway. The Chronicles goes to press in mid-May with expected delivery six weeks hence.…

Iola City Council members will discuss Monday whether they should meet on different nights of the month. In November, the Council was approached by Iolan Larry Walden, who noted the city’s regular meeting nights —…

Bradyn Jones, left, a fifth-grader at Iola Middle School, aids McKinley Elementary School kindergartner Henry Kramer as they prepare an acorn bird feeder Friday as part of the fifth-grade’s monthly visit to McKinley. Students learned…

John Michael Rausch, 64, Chanute, passed away Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 at his home in Chanute. John was born on Aug. 25, 1952, in Chanute, the son of George John and Freida Nadine (Jones) Rausch.…

OSAWATOMIE — The Fillies have come a long way from the squad that started the season in Girard with a lopsided loss or even the team that struggled to generate any offense in the league…

OSAWATOMIE — When Isaiah Fawson and Ethan Holloway are clicking at the same time, the Iola Mustangs are capable of playing beautiful offensive basketball. “This is a turnaround point for our season,” Holloway said. On…

DODGE CITY — The Allen Community College women’s basketball team certainly wanted to begin 2017 better than they ended 2016.The Red Devils lost five-straight games before the Christmas break, so Friday’s matchup of teams with…