Dillon Carmichael, nephew of country music stars John Michael Montgomery and Eddie Montgomery of Montgomery Gentry, is about to blaze his own path in the country music scene. Fresh off the release of his debut…

Savannah Flory of LaHarpe was in fourth grade when the Gas Elementary School, where she attended, closed. Her parents had a decision to make: Should she go to school in Iola or Moran? The distance…

In 34 days, USD 257 voters will head to the polls to decide whether to approve construction of a new elementary school, most likely just off Kentucky Street in East Iola. That leads to a…

Louis Schlanger opened The Globe Clothing Store at 2 S. Washington in 1901, when Iola was a boom town with a population between 12,000 and 13,000 and both Gas City and LaHarpe were sizable communities…

We all know the Frankenstein story: Mad scientist, through a special alchemy of repurposed flesh and raw electricity, invests a humanoid creature with life. The creature then proceeds to turn on his creator, and in this…

Educators can get reasonably close to figuring out which of their high school seniors are serious about college by counting who takes the American College Test. Last year, 52 Iola High School juniors and seniors…

Wanda Kneen has joined Allen County Regional Hospital as the new Senior Life Solutions program director. The group therapy program is for adults age 65 and older struggling with depression, anxiety and other issues often…

Wings of Warriors Cancer Foundation members discussed plans Feb. 12 for their next fundraiser, a raffle on March 7 at Sam and Louie’s in Iola.  Tickets are available by contacting any Wings of Warriors member…

On Thursday, the technology behemoth Amazon canceled its plans to build a new headquarters in New York City.  The decision robs the city of 25,000 potential jobs at a value of $2.5 billion a year…

A bit of serendipity helped local resident Chris Holloway save an Iola man’s porch from burning. Holloway told the Register he was traveling along Lincoln Street Wednesday morning, when he saw an elderly man struggling…