HUMBOLDT — Several area businesses and residents are joining the Humboldt PRIDE Committee Saturday to celebrate downtown Humboldt. The event runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Humboldt’s downtown square. Punch cards encouraging visitors…

Terry Lower isn’t certain what his plans are yet for retirement. He figures to be busy. While his last day of teaching physical education at Iola Middle School was Tuesday, Lower will continue working for…

Joyce Atkinson will miss her students. “But they’ll leave anyway,” the retiring Iola Middle School art teacher said. “I guess I won’t get to play with the new kids.” She’ll also miss her colleagues, but…

Tom Highberger, age 73, of Westphalia, passed away on Friday, May 11, 2018 at his home. Tom was the only child born to Lawrence and Florence (Schlick) Highberger. He was born on Feb. 3, 1945…

Marissa Danielle Lansdown “WaWa”, age 14, of Colony, passed away on Sunday, May 13, 2018. She was born Nov. 29, 2003, in Chanute, the daughter of Billy and Crystal (Watts) Lyda and Dale and Wendy…

Lillian Mae Miller, age 77, of Garnett, passed away May 14, 2018, at her home in Garnett, surrounded by her loving family. Lillian was born Aug. 3, 1940, in Columbus, Ohio, to Roland Roach and…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic candidate Joshua Svaty has picked a former Army helicopter platoon leader and current local school board member as his running mate in the Kansas governor’s race. Svaty was introducing Katrina…

In his bestselling book, “The Road Less Traveled,” Morgan Scott Peck, wrote: “Confronting and solving problems is a painful process which most of us attempt to avoid. And the very avoidance results in greater pain…

Dear Editor: Read in (Tuesday’s) Iola Register, where the USD 257 Board suddenly discovered available class space at one of our grade schools. Having attended that school as a child, I thought it was a…

Washington Post Writers Group WASHINGTON — Here’s a split-screen for our times: While Israeli troops were killing dozens of Palestinian protesters in Gaza on Monday, Trump administration representatives were 50 miles away in Jerusalem, celebrating…