Monday evening Iola council members will discuss — perhaps decide — whether to move their meetings to the first and third Tuesday of each month. Larry Walden, who takes interest in public affairs as many…

Let’s talk a little bit about crime and punishment.   PART 1.  Earlier this week I read a book that documents the intriguing but gruesome story of how a town bully was gunned down on…

No regular reader of the Register would mistake our support of Hillary Clinton throughout the presidential campaign and on Nov. 8.Later, we reluctantly accepted Donald Trump as president-elect, soundly confirmed by the Electoral College.This week,…

The condition of Humboldt’s ambulance station is “an embarrassment,” Humboldt Administrator Cole Herder told the Register. Moran’s may be better, but it, too, needs substantial upgrades or replacement, personnel there say, on condition of anonymity.Allen…

As we set sail into 2017 Iola and Allen County would be best served if contentiousness were shoved to the background — better yet ignored altogether — and cooperation became the watchword.Simply put, embrace the…

Dear editor,This letter is written on behalf of the Gas City Council at their request to provide its viewpoint regarding the Water Purchase Agreement it has with the City of Iola. Recently the City of…

Marilyn Davis at 84 is a familiar face in Humboldt.She stays active and seldom does an event occur that she doesn’t have a hand in.The Humboldt Historic Preservation Alliance is a favorite outlet, and among…

During the upcoming Kansas legislative session a proposed plan for financing public schools will be debated, and eventually come to a vote.Current public school financing on the state’s part — far and away the biggest…

Bill James is the father of sabermetrics, a numerical analysis of baseball that has revolutionized the way statistics are used to predict player performance and manage the game.More recently he stepped into another arena with…

How soon before presidential campaigning starts for the 2020 election? A national newspaper would have us think it already has. A USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll found overwhelming support on the Democrat side for “none of…