Harold Leon Barnett1927-2011 Harold Barnett, 84,  Humboldt, died Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011 at the Chanute Health Care Center in Chanute, KS.He was born in Leanna on Nov. 22, 1927, the son of Lewis Dewey Barnett…

Martha Ruth Stipp, Chanute, mother of Shawn Stipp, Humboldt, died Monday, Dec. 26, 2011, at Via Christi St. Francis Medical Center in Wichita. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at First Christian Church…

COLONY — City Councilman Steve Wallace was sentenced earlier this month to 18 months probation, in lieu of 15 months in prison, for distributing marijuana. Two other charges from an October 2010 incident, contributing to…

CHANUTE — City commissioners here terminated their working relationship with Fry Environmental Technology after investing $300,000 from the city’s industrial fund. The Chanute Tribune reported $78,500 went for compensation, including $58,000 to owner John Fry.…

State. Rep. Bill Otto made an about-face yesterday when he said he expects Gov. Sam Brownback’s plan to revise the state’s education finance formula to get some significant support in the legislature. Last month during…

A number of activities are in store for those seeking to bring in the new year. The Iola American Legion Post No. 15, 712 W. Patterson Ave., will host a New Year’s Eve Dance starting…

Allen County Attorney Wade Bowie said Wednesday afternoon he was uncertain what charges might be filed from an incident last Friday in which Zeffrey Tyler Doolittle, 17, Mapleton, suffered shotgun pellet wounds to his back.…

Misbehaving in the eyes of the law meant about $188,000 of revenue for the Iola’s Municipal Court system in 2011. The total fines assessed, $188,007.93, is down from $215,000 assessed in 2010, but is still…

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Funeral services for Iolan Hazel Harrison, 88, whose death Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011, was reported in Tuesday’s Register will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial chapel in Iola. Chaplain Lloyd Houk…