The summer slide — when children lose valuable skills and information over the three-month hiatus — is about to end.Soon, area students will be back behind their desks having all sorts of information — some…

Rep. Paul Davis is testing the waters for a 2014 gubernatorial race.He should jump in.As the current House minority leader, Davis, D-Lawrence, has a wealth of experience.Besides, he walks his talk, meaning his votes reflect…

Milton Johnson, 77, passed away Aug. 8, 2013, after battling Parkinson’s disease. Milt was born March 19, 1936, in Le Roy to Milton and Hattie Johnson. Milt graduated from Le Roy High School in 1954.…

Lisa Ann Westerman Minor, 49, Iola, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013, at Tara Gardens, Iola.Lisa was born April 27, 1964, in Iola, the daughter of Alvin B. and Bertha V. (Wilson) Westerman. She grew…

My brother and I aren’t big on giving gifts, but this past Christmas we decided to give it a shot. I spent a whole $20 on an electric beer sign (from some German brewery I’ve…

This week’s rain would have been a bittersweet occurrence when I was a kid.In the early 1950s summertime activities were pretty much whatever me and my little friends wanted to make of them. We didn’t…

Any senior peddling contraband Geritol may have to be a little more discreet in transactions meant to be consummated on the Allen County Elderly Services bus.Tuesday commissioners discussed installing a surveillance camera on the bus…

Are they mushrooms or toadstools that are cropping up from saturated ground and nurtured by warm, humid weather?We ran a photo of one and identified it as a mushroom in Tuesday’s Register.It’s a toadstool, said…

A common observation that finds its way to the Register is how many of our readers enjoy picking up a copy of the newspaper and holding it firmly in their hands as they read away.…

Burdett Loomis, a political science professor at the University of Kansas, is a keen observer of the Kansas political scene.Loomis shares his thoughts with Register readers every now and then. Most recently he predicted Paul…