Month: December 2011

Winifred “Winnie” Worley Fail of Chanute, whose death of Friday and funeral services were published in Tuesday’s Register, was born on Oct. 8, 1917, in rural Earlton, to Glenn L. and Laura Mae (Rohwer) Worley.…

Matt and Kayla Westerman, Piqua, announce the birth of a son, Karter Dean, born Oct. 28, 2011, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. He weighed 9 pounds and was 21 3/4 inches long.…

The Supreme Court jumped smack dab in the middle of election-year politics by deciding to hear three major cases.  It announced Monday it would decide whether Arizona’s tough anti-immigration law will stand.  Last Friday it…

GRIDLEY — Crest Middle School’s Lancers had little trouble improving to 11-1 Monday. The Lancers decked the Southern Coffey County Middle School Titans 36-6 in A-team play. Evan Godderz and Kellen Ramsey led a balanced…

MOUND CITY — Marmaton Valley Junior High’s girls lost all three games Monday against host Jayhawk-Linn Junior High. In the A-team contest, the Wildcats mustered just two points in the first half. Down 16-2 at…

joe@iolaregister.com COLONY—Losing isn’t so bad when the team gives it there all.  It’s that attitude that had Crest High Lancer head coach Travis Hermreck staying positive after a tough 60-42 home loss Tuesday to Central…

NEODESHA—A good night for Yates Center High’s girls’ basketball team almost never was. Never trailing in Tuesday night’s game, the Wildcats beat Neodesha High’s Bluestreaks 32-28. Though the team earned its second victory of the…

UNIONTOWN — Opening Three Rivers League play at home was the right recipe for Uniontown High’s basketball teams. The Eagle girls downed St. Paul High’s Indian girls 44-23 Tuesday. The Eagle boys followed with a…

MELVERN — Ashton Isch hit 111 free throws in a row at a Southern Coffey County High girls’ practice in January. Everyone knows the 5-6 senior guard can shoot free throws. Ashton Isch sank 17…

PARSONS — Iola High’s Mustangs battled back several times in Tuesday’s non-league game with Southeast Kansas League foe Parsons High’s Vikings. Iola trailed by 10 at halftime. The Mustangs had back-to-back baskets by Braden Larson…