Lately I have found myself giving little pep talks to the Canada geese I see making the winter rounds among local farm ponds.  I have been looking at the stars.  I have been taking photos…

More than 3,000 demonstrations were held all across the world Saturday — London, Paris, Antarctica, New York, Washington, D.C., Topeka, Kansas City — in salute to women’s rights. Why the amazing turnouts?Because women — and…

For the last couple of months I’ve focused on looking through thousands of negatives and photos for The Register’s upcoming “Chronicles of Allen County, 1946-2000.” It’s not as bad as it may sound to some,…

To the editor,I am writing in regards to Bob Johnson’s article in the weekend edition (Jan. 10 — Solutions of murders may be unlikely now). I am the only living sibling of Sally Hutton, and…

A bill was introduced in the Kansas House this week that would have allowed health care facilities and college campuses to remain exempt from the 2013 concealed carry law.As it stands today, Kansas law allows…

The importance of area schools working together, with assistance by forward-thinking Ray Maloney, in developing the vocational technical center at the old Diebolt site southeast of LaHarpe is verified in a recent report on the…

Stories in the Register have told in detail about economic development successes in Chanute (Monday) and steps being taken in Allen County (today).Chanute has had an uptick from its selection for Orizon Aerostructures, in competition…

Editor’s note: The following letter was sent to former Iolan Jay Bass in response to his letter to the editor that appeared in Tuesday’s Iola Register.Dear Jay and all of your family,Thank you for taking…

Caitlin Huey-Burns, a columnist who dwells on politics, recently had some thoughts on Democrats’ approach to the next four years, taking advantage of confirmation hearings for president-elect Trump’s cabinet appointees to make political hay.She wrote:“Democrats…

The other night I glanced down at my bare feet — don’t cringe yet — and the thought occurred to me, how did the early residents living in our neck of the woods, whom most…