“Welcome to Kansas,” the bumper sticker reads. “Turn back your clocks 150 years.”The car was in a Lawrence bakery parking lot Tuesday. The sticker wasn’t dated. It could refer to Gov. Sam Brownback’s decision to…

Jim Gilpin, trust officer for Iola’s Community National Bank, has a heavily annotated copy of the Allen County section of the Kansas Statistical Abstract he’d like to show you — and show any one else…

Loud cries of “Amen,” “Yes!” and “You’re telling it right!” echoed through the sanctuary as the preacher listed the sins that mankind must fight. All were united against adultery, greed, sloth, worship of graven images…

Dear editor, Nobody is perfect. But when you go around town today and hear thoughts about the firing of Judy Brigham you know that her record, from a public perception, is about as perfect as…

Sometime today President Barack Obama will ask Congress to pass what he calls the “Buffett Rule,” a tax on millionaires that will make sure that those who earn $1 million or more a year will…

In the search to find a good location for a new Allen County Hospital, trustees learned a valuable lesson. What goes around, comes around. And some mistakes have greater consequences than others.Hospital trustees thought East…

Imagine Judy Brigham’s surprise when the Iola City Council announced Monday night that it does “not have a revenue problem,” according to councilman Ken Rowe.Say what?“We’ve got a very good picture in all the funds,…

An area’s welfare is often reflected in its housing stock.In Allen County, almost 40 percent of the homes are rentals with median rent rates of $671 a month.The median cost of a house in Allen…

Dear Editor,I’m writing in regards to the unjust termination of Mrs. Brigham (former Iola city administrator). If the council members think they have just cause, the cause should have been told to Mrs. Brigham, and…

Over the last several years The Register has lost subscribers in the hinterlands of southeast Kansas due to cost-cutting measures by the U.S. Postal Service.Today’s Register will not reach Le Roy readers until Wednesday or…