As we think more about recycling a variety of household packaging and other things, it would be good to take a look at what has occurred in Franklin County.The Lake Region Earth Team Recycling Task…

Benny “Jack” Holt, 86, Lone Elm, died Monday, Dec. 21, 2015, at his home.Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Colony Community Church. Burial will follow in the Lone Elm Cemetery. The…

Iola looks as if it will be able to avoid having to transfer additional funds from its utility reserves into the general fund this year, City Administrator Carl Slaugh told the Register Tuesday.The year-end transfers…

In a sequel to last month’s discussion, which proposed the construction of a new medical arts building on hospital grounds, the Allen County Regional Hospital board of trustees has configured a steering committee toward that…

Allen County got a welcome Christmas present in the form of $3.18 million for the first half of property taxes owed by Enbridge for its pipeline and mammoth pumping station southeast of Humboldt, County Treasurer…

A driver was injured this morning after his car slammed into a parked sport utility vehicle in the 600 block of South Buckeye Street.The driver, whose name has not been released, was trapped briefly. Firefighters…

EUREKA — The Humboldt Middle School basketball program traveled to Eureka on Monday in its final game of the 2015 calendar year.The Cubs’ A team lost, 48-16. Gunner Elder led the team with 6 points.…

Charles A. “Charlie” Heffern, 84, rural Iola, passed away Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola.Charlie was born on Aug. 29, 1931, in Piqua, one of 12 children born to James…

Becky Nilges’ motto is a simple one: If you’re able to help, then you should.So, despite having no immediate ties to USD 257 — aside from being a taxpayer — Nilges agreed to join the…

Of the bounty of cultural items that crowd the Christmas platter each year — Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” Bing Crosby singing “White Christmas,” Handel’s “Messiah,” an ecstatic Jimmy Stewart running down the street of Bedford…