Month: July 2020

Noah Gordon gave the Communion Meditation this week at Colony Community Church. The world is in a whirlwind of opinions, and emotions are running high. Fear is prevalent: fear of the coronavirus, fear of our…

Dear Carolyn: My fiance and I are both doctors in a midsize city. We’ve spent the past several months, like so many in health care and in the world beyond, absolutely horrified by covid-19 and…

Jarrett Roy is on new turf at Iola High School.  A recent graduate of Emporia State this past spring, Roy is currently in charge of Iola’s summer strength and conditioning program. When the academic year…

Voters across the state have two questions for Rep. Roger Marshall as he campaigns for a seat in the U.S. Senate. “Folks want to know when it’s going to get back to normal,” Marshall said,…

Two Humboldt graduates and future college football stars will be on display at the 2020 Kansas Shrine Bowl next Saturday. Conor Haviland and Josh Hull will suit up on the same team one last time…

In October 1960, at the request of Register sportswriter Bud Roberts, I wrote a preview of Humboldt High’s basketball team. Then, I had no inkling I would take Roberts’ place, and stay well over five…

The Big Ten Conference announced Thursday it will not play nonconference games in football and several other sports this fall, the most dramatic move yet by a power conference because of the coronavirus pandemic. The…

Derek Johnson tosses his line into Elm Creek, eager to catch whatever may be hiding below. The water is calm, the level low.  He stands on top of the dam and slowly pulls in the…

Tim Flynn was looking forward to one final year as the mayoral host of training camp for the Dallas Cowboys in Oxnard, California. So much for that. The pandemic forced the NFL to abandon, at…

Bryan Murphy has served as Sheriff of Allen County for the past eight years, and is looking to be elected for a third term. “I’ve worked every aspect in a county sheriff’s office,” he said.…