The reason the NRA lacks increasing credibility among sports men and women is because its 75-member board of directors is largely composed of people whose livelihoods depend on the manufacture and distribution of firearms.Hence the…

9U Iola Mustangs Baseball Team played in the Monster Bash at Mid-America Sports Complex in Shawnee over the weekend.  The team received third place out of 15.  Front row, from left, Reed Clift, Brock Michael,…

The Iola tennis team ended its season on Saturday with the number one doubles team of Macayla Bycroft and Gabby Richards falling just one place short of advancing at the 4A regional tournament at Parsons.…

The hope is that as a modern society, we appreciate birth control and its purpose of preventing unwanted pregnancies as well as helping families maintain their desired number of children.Substantial progress on both fronts has…

Gertrude Rachel (Heideman) Larzalere, 85, passed away peacefully Wednesday morning, Oct. 4, 2017, at Columbine Commons Health and Rehab Facility, Windsor, Colo., with loving family members by her side.Gert was born Nov. 18, 1931, in…

COLONY — Terry Ellis, 47, passed away on Friday, Sept. 29, 2017 in Topeka, Kan. He was born on Aug. 25, 1970 in Iola, Kan.Terry had lived in Iola, but had lived most of his…

The Iola City Council, which normally meets the second and fourth Mondays of each month, will instead meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the New Community Building at Riverside Park because today is Columbus Day.City…

An Indian summer helped draw a huge crowd to Humboldt Saturday for the 60th annual Biblesta Parade and related activities. Colin Long in the Iola Middle School Band carried a double brace of drums along…

Dear editor,On the Wednesday, Oct. 5 Iola Register opinion page Susan Lynn opined “Court calls legislators’ bluff on adequately funding education.”I take great offense to her insinuation that legislators don’t give a damn. I can…

Our county’s Farm-City Days celebration is Oct. 12-15. This year there are lots of fun, free activities for families and people young and old.On Thursday evening, games will be set up at Riverside Park for…