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(View additional photos here.) Throngs of spectators turned out on a glorious Saturday evening for Humboldt High School’s Prom Night, where prom-goers enjoyed their Grand March on the downtown square. Students were greeted at the…

A 17-year-old Iola High School student died Thursday evening in what has been identified as a suicide. Officials have not released the student’s name. Stacey Fager, USD 257 Superintendent, said the district is working closely…

Camp Hunter in Humboldt was filled with music over the weekend, during the Owl Creek Jamboree music festival. The festival, which began in 2014, featured more than a dozen bands over four nights. Due to…

Iola High School and Iola Middle School band students got in plenty of “play” time Saturday during their annual Practice-A-Thon at Iola’s downtown square. The practice-a-thon is one of the music department’s largest fundraisers of…

NEW YORK (AP) — A refund system for businesses that paid tariffs which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled President Donald Trump imposed without the constitutional authority to do so was scheduled to launch Monday. Importers and their…

As conversations around mental health continue to grow in urgency, area organizations are inviting Allen County residents to gather, listen and talk openly about issues that touch nearly every household. Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center…

Competitors are coming from near and (very) far to Iola’s Riverside Park this weekend for some “Smokin’ Hot Cars and BBQ.” The draw? The annual Tom Brigham Memorial BBQ Cookoff, part of the Rotary Day…

It was all too appropriate Thursday that the ribbon being cut at Iola’s Davis Soccer Fields was actually a roll of toilet paper, a light-hearted nod at one of the area’s most prominent improvements. Permanent…

Records from recent Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center’s board meetings reflect a rapidly changing organization.  In response to a Register request, board attorney Jacob Bielenberg of the Fisher, Patterson, Sayler & Smith law firm provided…

The acting head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will leave the agency at the end of May after a tumultuous year managing President Donald Trump’s mass arrest and deportation campaign. Todd Lyons has been…