Month: April 2011

MORAN — Taking to the football field at Marmaton Valley High School for some more glory will be MVHS alumni Friday.The MVHS football team is holding a MVHS alumni flag football game. Proceeds go to…

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Lenzie Boring threw a no-hitter Wednesday for Allen County Community College. She was one walk away from a perfect game as the Red Devils beat host Kansas City, Kan., Community College…

Miscues in the field are thwarting Allen County Community College’s Red Devils in being successful in baseball games this season.Case in point was Wednesday on Red Devil Field against Butler Community College. The Grizzlies did…

Cliff Harris’ mission: to grow a forest in a matter of weeks.With the help of some canvas, chicken wire and Allen County Community College students, Harris is on schedule for completion.The forest is the scenery…

GAS — A community landmark for nearly 30 years may close this fall.Bonnie Steward, owner of Bonnie’s Corner Cafe in Gas, told the Register this week that she plans to retire in October, nearly 30…

Graveside services for Douglas E. Walters of McPherson, whose obituary was published in the April 8 Register, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Geneva Cemetery.

Chief Justice Lawton Nuss of the Kansas Supreme Court told a gathering of the League of Women Voters last week that the state’s  courts would have to be closed for 85 days every year if…

LAHARPE — LaHarpe’s “honey do” list is so long that Savannah Flory said the challenge is to focus on what’s most important.Flory is president of LaHarpe PRIDE, a group of concerned citizens  working to the…

Allen County commissioners will decide next week improvements to old U.S. 169 south of Humboldt and a 4,000-foot stretch of Delaware Road (Tank Farm Road) southeast of Humboldt.Bill King, director of Public Works, said two…

Security at the 911 dispatch center was an issue at Tuesday’s Allen County Commission meeting.Sheriff Tom Williams said he found a proposed policy too restrictive, while Angie Murphy, 911 dispatch director, said she thought the…