R. Ruth Baxter, 93, died peacefully Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015, in Omaha, Neb. Ruth was born on a farm outside Yates Center on Feb. 3, 1922, to Lola Edna Jarratt Stoddard and Taylor Harry Stoddard.…

The Register heard from a couple of readers Monday, following an error in the weekend’s Court Report.A defendant was being charged with marijuana possession, not methamphetamine, as I incorrectly reported.The error was a whopper.In the…

Last week’s stock market gyrations had the media all in a tizzy — for all of a day. By Tuesday, markets had more or less rebounded, and now it’s as if it were all a…

Drive by Iola High on a school day, and you’ll find its parking lot jammed with pickup trucks.Today’s is a mobile society and kids are no exceptions.Last Saturday vehicles old and new, and nearly to…

The violence was startling.One minute a cute reporter was doing a fluff piece on TV. The next, screams and shots, and the screen goes blank.That was reporter Alison Parker, 24, being shot point blank. The…

Requests for additional funding by 39 school districts were for the most part denied Monday, regardless of increased student numbers or decreased property values.Instead, they were told to buck up and act more like the…

Piece by piece, Islamic terrorists are destroying the world’s most ancient treasures. Considered the cradle of civilization, the Middle East is being pillaged by Islamic State extremists who regard the preservation of the region’s relics…

Social Security, the federal government’s retirement and disability program, is in the cross hairs of Republican presidential candidates. The wealthy view it as an entitlement program that after 80 years should be drastically revamped, if…

The story of two Mississippi college students being ensnared by ISIS, the Mideast terrorist group, is as frightening as it is perplexing.Both were standout students, popular, and socially conscious. She was pre-med. He was headed…

While George Wyant probably would argue he isn’t so famous, it’s refreshing to visit with a TV celebrity who isn’t stuck on himself.I had the occasion this week when I joined Humboldt’s Robbie Baker and…