Gabriel Toothman, whose death April 10, 2012, was reported previously in the Register, will be honored at a memorial service at 5 p.m. Friday at Logan Park in Cherryvale. All friends and classmates are invited.…

Dear editor, I don’t agree with Jacki. Iola needs more eyes, not fewer. Ralph E. Shafer, Iola, Kan.

It is ironic that the current hot topic, gay marriage, takes place against a background of growing indifference to marriage itself. At present there are more than 5.6 million unmarried couples living together in the…

Yates Center High’s Dylan Bauman and Nick Schemper will make a return trip to the Kansas High School Sand Greens State Golf Tournament. Bauman, a senior, finished 12th overall at Monday’s Kansas Sand Greens Regional…

YATES CENTER — It was No. 2 against No. 1 in the championship game. Uniontown High’s Eagles, seeded No. 2 in the 2012 Kansas Class 2-1A Regional Softball Tournament, were where they wanted to be…

Humboldt High’s Taylyn Wells connects for a hit in a semifinal game at Tuesday’s Kansas Class 3A Regional Softball Tournament in Cherokee. The Lady Cubs beat Riverton 6-3 to advance to the championship game. Humboldt…

OTTAWA — Iola High’s Mustangs were in their first-ever regional baseball tournament final. That was a good thing. Seven seniors on the 2012 Mustang roster finished four years of success — not having a losing…

A large audience gathers to listen to Iola Middle School’s band play during the school’s “Spring Concert in the Park” at the Allen County Courthouse bandstand Tuesday evening. In addition to showing off the students’…

Halfway to Humboldt, a sink hole over a culvert interrupts the old Santa Fe Railroad right of way. Much of the rest is a tangle of tree limbs, vines and undergrowth. Tuesday evening a handful…

Everyone wants to be first, Bill King said Tuesday morning of quickly growing grass in rights of way along properties of rural Allen Countians. With 820 miles of rock roads and another 180 miles surfaced…