The next fiscal showdown in Washington shouldn’t happen. About the middle of May the debt limit will be reached and Republicans are saying they won’t vote to lift the limit unless the Democrats agree to additional…

ERIE — Golfers from Marmaton Valley High, Uniontown High and Yates Center High competed in the Erie High JV Invitational golf tournament Tuesday.Chance Stevenson of Marmaton Valley captured the ninth-place medal with a nine-hole round…

INDEPENDENCE — Iola High’s Fillies scored eight runs in the opener against host Independence High’s Lady Bulldogs Tuesday. But it wasn’t enough.They lost 10-8. The Fillies had 13 hits in the game but left runners…

OXFORD, Miss. — J’Vente Deveaux soared through the air and landed in a spray of sand.When it was all said and done last weekend, Deveaux had won the men’s triple jump at the 2011 Ole…

Rob Carlson, sophomore from Topeka, is sitting at 19th in the Jayhawk Conference after two spring designated golf tournaments.Carlson is on Allen County Community College’s golf team. Teams have played five of the six conference…

NEVADA, Mo. — Allen County Community College got back-to-back stellar pitching performances in two shutout victories Thursday.Lenzie Boring and Alex Hill each limited host Cottey College’s Comets to one hit in each game. Offensively, the…

Over the years I’ve been at The Iola Register — which is 261⁄2 years — there have been quite a few athletes from Iola High School and the surrounding area to go on to college-level…

Area churches have planned a variety of services to celebrate Holy Week.Community Good Friday services, sponsored by Iola’s Area Ministerial Association, will be at noon April 22 at Calvary United Methodist Church, 118 W. Jackson…

When Iola’s city council members and Mayor Bill Shirley are sworn in Monday evening, it will be a step back in time.In 1910, Iola switched from an eight-member council and a mayor to a two-member…

Allen County Community College officials planning to upgrade their soccer complex in Iola have been thrown a curve ball.College trustees were told Thursday that plans to build a large dugout on the edge of the…