Dear editor,“The Senate’s top tax writers have promised their colleagues 50 years worth of secrecy in exchange for suggestions on what deductions and credits to preserve in tax reform.” This is the opening sentence in…

Wednesday afternoon Iola’s American Legion team opens play in the AA state baseball tournament at Pratt against Hays, the same team the Indians defeated last year for the state championship.With just three losses all season…

Epiphany is a word I don’t remember ever having used.However, it well describes what I felt a few days ago in an article about me entering my 50th year at the Register.Among its definitions: “A…

Richard Loraine “Dick” Garner, 77, St. Louis, died Friday, July 5, 2013, at his home.He was born July 8, 1935, in Iola, to the late Vernon “Bus” Garner and Gladys Williams Garner. He was the…

Paul Eugene Massey, 75, Garnett, passed away on Saturday, July 27, 2013, at Olathe Medical Center.Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at First Christian Church, Garnett. The family will be present to greet…

In Saturday’s Register we reported on the beneficial effects Thursday night’s rain had on corn and soybeans, both in a critical stage of production development. Ears on corn plants are starting to fill and soybeans…

Cars, fans flock to fair car show Weather as pleasant as if it were scripted and as large a field of participants as the show ever has drawn made Saturday’s Neil Westervelt Memorial Iola Rotary…

TOPEKA — Former Crest High standout Kyle Hammond officially ended his high school football career on a winning note. Hammond rushed twice for seven yards Saturday as part of the Kansas Shrine Bowl. Hammond was…

There was a time that Mason Coons’ favorite sport was dictated by the calendar.“If it was football season, I liked football,” he said. “Baseball season, it was baseball. Same thing for basketball.”After a while, that…

Many tips have flowed into Iola police headquarters since a man walked out of Great Southern Bank, 119 E. Madison Ave., shortly after noon Thursday with an undisclosed amount of cash.The man, described by Chief…