As I leave the Register — and journalism — to start a new adventure with Thrive Allen County, I’ve been reflecting on the past 28 years in the industry.  My career started in 1997 with…

I don’t live in Chicago or follow the news there, but it didn’t take long for social media to deliver a video of Chicago police officers pulling a live coyote out of a refrigerated display…

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday to root out corruption between industry and government. Yet the man who wants to be the nation’s Secretary of Health and Human Services refused…

Allen County Commissioner David Lee issued the county’s two newspapers a challenge Tuesday morning: Prove that they are the media of choice for local news and the best way to inform citizens about local government.…

A decade ago, then-Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback blew up the state budget and hurt public schools as a result. His “tax experiment” is rightly remembered as a colossal failure. Voters hated it.  Maybe that’s why…

In his first week back in office, President Donald Trump declared a national security emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border and shut down the program that grants asylum to those fleeing persecution in their home countries.…

Memory is fragile. A decade ago, 300 survivors gathered at Auschwitz to commemorate the Nazi death camp’s liberation. On Monday, 50 assembled for the 80th anniversary. The median age of Holocaust survivors was estimated at…

Shame on U.S. Sens. Jerry Moran and Roger Marshall.  On Friday, Jan. 24, these men voted to confirm Pete Hegseth as U.S. Secretary of Defense. While this is probably not surprising for most people, it…

Dear Editor, I am writing to further the thoughts and conversations from the Jan. 21 Allen County commission meeting, specifically relating to the county’s partnership with the Iola Register. First and foremost, it is important…

Dear Editor, Thanks for pushing the issue of an “official” newspaper of the county.  If these public notices were not published in the Register, I’d never see them, as I read only the Register.  Will…