Tod M. Davis, a Chanute attorney, has been selected to become Allen County’s next magistrate judge. A nominating committee selected Davis from nine applicants Friday, following a day of public interviews at the Allen County…

SALINA — The SEK Sluggers finished last weekend with a 7-1 record to win the state title at the 12U Class C State Tournament in Salina.  In game one of pool play, Hayley Bean took…

Curt and Alisha Mueller, Humboldt, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Mallory, to Clayton Naff, son of Jim and Shirley Naff, Chanute. The bride-elect is a 2006 graduate of Humboldt High School,…

Years ago, many people, including my grandparents, were self-sufficient, an outcome that is next to impossible for many today and for many makes food stamps a saving grace. My grandparents were raised in the hills…

Over the past two weeks the Register has participated vicariously in the one-month SNAP Challenge by interviewing locals who are either on food stamps or are seeing what it’s like to be on a food…

Gene Tomson, 86, Iola, passed away Friday, July 15, 2016, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. Gene was born Dec. 24, 1929, on a farm west of Iola, the son of Marion Morris and…

Lawrence Roy “LR” Ross, 88, Duncan, Okla., passed away Thursday, July 7, 2016, in Duncan. Services have been entrusted to Whitt Funeral Home, Duncan. There will be no visitation at the funeral home. A memorial…

PIQUA — On the plains of Piqua, there’s a storm a-brewing. Not a storm of rain, but a storm caused in part by rain. Farmers have enjoyed the fruits of bountiful rainfall. May 19 was…

In 2003, Shauna Berntsen entered Allen Community College on a softball scholarship. Not long after Valentine’s Day of that year, her enrollment was annulled and the 19-year-old was deployed to Iraq. She had completed basic…

CHANUTE — The Iola Indians’ Single-A American Legion team’s season did not finish with the ideal ending, but Iola coach Kris Collins enjoyed watching his young group improve as the season unfolded. “Our top four…