Last year brought changes in the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference schedule — for the first time in years, some conference games were played before Christmas. Also the Jayhawk Shoot-Out  was moved to January. More…

Iola Office Supplies doesn’t sell as many pen and pencil sets or briefcases as they once did for Christmas gifts. Instead, more substantial items such as office chairs are popular purchases. “We have a good…

Jim and Leonard Smith didn’t give it a second thought to open their doors at 401 E. Madison for Sunday afternoon’s Christmas homes tours. “We’re animal lovers,” Jim said of he and his older brother.…

Iola will ring in the 2010 holiday season in style Tuesday with a lighting ceremony and the first arrival of the season of Santa Claus. The festivities begin at 6 p.m. with Iolan Becky French…

OVERLAND PARK — On Nov. 19, the ANW Cooperative Special Olympics and Allen County Special Olympics teams competed in the 2010 Fall Sports Classic bowling event at AMF College Lanes in Overland Park. This was…

  A couple of weeks ago the basketball coaches in the Southeast Kansas and Three Rivers leagues got together for a preseason media luncheon. The event was sponsored by The Ticket, 99.1 ESPN Radio in…

Mark and Angie Larson, Colony, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Emily Marie Larson, to Austin Daniel Sigg, Iola, son of Daniel and Janette Sigg, Iola, and Carla and Jim Metcalfe, Chanute.…

Callie Ann Webber and Jeremy Craft, Moran, are planning an Oct. 8, 2011, wedding. The bride-elect is the daughter of Steve Webber and Sonja and Scott Morrone, Sanford, Mich. She is a 2003 graduate of…

James and Judy Heinrich, LaHarpe, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary at a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Dec. 4 at the Iola Senior Center. James Allen Heinrich and Judy Mae Overy were married…

I heartily agree with the Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010, editorial. We should consider the presence of The Iola Register in our community as a blessing this Thanksgiving.  It brings us local, state, national and world…