Mary Lucille Rice, 82, Iola, passed away Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, at Moran Manor. Lucy was born July 21, 1934, in Oologah, Okla., the second oldest of seven children born to Oscar Samuel and Mary…

Beverly Louise Higinbotham, 63, passed away Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. Beverly was born on July 2, 1953, in Chanute, to Robert and Carey Arnett.  Beverly is survived…

A theft at Walmart precipitated a brief car chase and two arrests Thursday afternoon, Iola Police Chief Jared Warner told the Register. The ruckus started shortly after 4 o’clock, Warner said, when dispatchers received a…

It had been a crisp blue autumn morning when, around 11:30 a.m., a single rain cloud stalled over the farm of Gilbert Covey. Covey stood amid a cluster of small outbuildings. “Starting to sprinkle a…

Kane: An old dog spry as a spring chicken. The working military dog, retired and the ward by adoption of his former handler, Air Force Sgt. Michael Urquehart, entertained 80-plus responsive folks at the Bass…

BURLINGTON — If this is truly going to be Marv Smith’s final season at the helm of the Iola cross country program and if Thursday represented his final time coaching the Mustangs and Fillies in…

  BURLINGTON — Yates Center’s Hadley Splechter and Humboldt’s Joe Kline have been among the area’s elite cross country runners all  season and on Thursday they took home the hardware to prove it. The Yates…

Iola quarterback Ben Cooper’s night didn’t start out in the fashion that he had hoped. The senior’s first pass of the game found the hands of Burlington defensive back Brogan Nordstedt and the Wildcat senior…

The Iola Mustangs will be trying to jump-start a winning streak on Friday when they welcome Burlington to the unfriendly, hopefully, confines of Riverside Park. The Mustangs will be looking to build momentum after a…

Allen Community College freshman Leigh-Anne Bartlett got the Red Devils started fast on Tuesday against Cowley Community College and fellow-freshman Brynn Suddeth made sure that Cowley had no hope of a rally in Allen’s 5-1…