Salt stored by Allen County may be under cover this winter. Bill King, director of Public Works, told commissioners Tuesday he was looking into an open-ended building to erect over an asphalt slab at the…

A group of middle-schoolers didn’t venture far for their “mission trip” this week. The Wesley United Methodist Church youth have been doing work for elderly members of the church’s congregation this week as part of…

HUMBOLDT — Summertime at B&W Trailer Hitches leads to two working environments inside the manufacturing plant, Mike Taylor said: warm and warmer. “You have to remember, some of those machines we use can put out…

The weather has been more than a passing topic for Iola city officials this week. The city council’s unanimous decision Monday to call off a round of Recreation Department-sanctioned baseball and softball games due to…

Construction of the new Allen County Hospital remains on schedule, trustees learned at their meeting Tuesday night. Sub-floor plumbing and electrical work was started this week. Storm and sewer line work will begin next week.…

Ina Stapleton-Day, whose husband, Jack, died Saturday, provided the Register with additional information regarding her husband’s obituary, which appears elsewhere on this page. Additional survivors include three stepchildren, Phyllis Tidd Devoe and her husband, Chad,…

Jack Merlin Day, Iola, passed away Saturday, June 23, 2012, at Allen County Hospital in Iola. He was 86. Jack was born in Wamego on Feb. 22, 1926, the son of Paul and Pearl (Cooper)…

Helen Lucile Heathman, 87, Overland Park, died Friday, June 22, 2012, in Overland Park.    She was born Sept. 17, 1924, in Iola, the daughter of Frank Lewis and Stella Nevada (Ross) Smith.  She grew…

Thurman David Graham, 54, formerly of Iola, passed away on Thursday, June 21, 2012, at his home in St. Louis, Mo. He was born in Fort Scott on July 6, 1957. He called Kansas home…

The Supreme Court almost got it right. Monday’s ruling on immigration struck down the bulk of Arizona’s 2010 immigration law, leaving the highly contentious “papers, please,” portion intact.  The court ruled Arizona may not force…