FORT SCOTT — Iola High’s winning streak in dual wrestling matches came to an end Tuesday.The Mustangs were edged by Columbus 26-22 in a contest that wasn’t decided until the final match in the heavyweight…

COLONY — Brent Smith, head football coach at Crest High School for the past 10 years, has been relieved of his coaching duties.Smith told the Register in a telephone interview he was notified late last…

NORMAN, Okla. — Jesse Comer, a 2005 Humboldt High School graduate, hopes to add a title belt to his fledgling boxing resume on Friday.Comer, 27, will vie for the vacant Oklahoma Welterweight Championship when he…

Iola and Iola Industries each recently increased support of the Allen County Economic Development Committee from $15,000 in 2013 to $20,000 for this year.A week ago Allen County commissioners decided the $10,000 they contributed last…

Russell David Hageman, 55, died Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita after a short illness. He was born Jan. 6, 1959, the son of Russell Floyd and Lillian Hageman. They preceded…

Virginia Mae Pickarts, 88, Humboldt, passed away Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. Virginia was born Aug. 24, 1925, the daughter of Edward and Esther (Steenbock) Pickarts in Humboldt.Virginia…

The Humboldt Union was made Allen County’s newspaper of record by county commissioners Tuesday.The Iola Register had held the designation for decades until two years ago when, on a split vote, the Union was selected.On…

Nathaniel Tavarez, 12, who suffered severe wounds in a shooting Jan. 14 at Berenndo Middle School, Roswell, N.M., is making progress, his cousin, Iolan Kristie Tavarez, told the Register.“He is breathing on his own, sat…

GAS — Kenny Baker posed the question that brought to a head a Thrive Allen County community conversation here Tuesday night.“No one knows what it’s going to cost” to refit the old Gas School so…

GAS — Kenny Baker posed the question that brought to a head a Thrive Allen County community conversation here Tuesday night.“No one knows what it’s going to cost” to refit the old Gas School so…