The children of Naomi and Eugene E. Clounch, Jr., invite family and friends to celebrate their parent’s 50th wedding anniversary with a card shower. Rev. Thompson united the couple in marriage on Dec. 29, 1962,…

Becky and Matt Trost are the proud parents of a new baby boy, Samuel Ethan Trost. Samuel was born Oct. 30, 2012, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center in Overland Park. He weighed 8 pounds, 7…

On my computer desktop I have a picture of my granddaughter Olive whose gleeful face always puts me in good cheer.Most Thursdays I serve as Louise and Nick’s baby-sitter up in Lawrence. I leave at…

Everyone has a story.Seldom has that been more true, from the  Register’s perspective, than in the past year. I wrote about a woman, Diana Ross, who grew up during the Nazi blitz of England in…

Dear editor,I am a World War II veteran. When inducted, I was not asked whether I was a Republican or Democrat but only to serve my country. Thousands of people died during that war, giving…

Water and wastewater rates will be increasing for 2013 to account for inflation over the past several years, necessary changes after funds in the city of Iola have seen complete depletion.There will be a 10…

Journal entries from the early 1900s have provided good reading of late for Ivan Powell.Powell’s mother, Mabel Powell, kept a diary from 1912 to her death on Sept. 14, 1974. She was 83.“Her last entry…

Ed Bideau, elected 9th District representative in November, is eager to join the debate on whether Kansas should retain the one-cent increase of the sales tax, which pushed it to 6.3 percent on July 1,…

Kyle Hammond, a four-year standout on the football field for Crest High, brought home another honor Wednesday.Hammond was among the high-schoolers selected to play in the 2013 Kansas Shrine Bowl.The Shrine Bowl features the top…

COFFEYVILLE — A competition Saturday “was a great starting point for several of our first-year wrestlers,” Allen County Wrestling Club head coach John Taylor said.The wrestling club, consisting of more than 40 area youths, traveled…