“Get what you can, and get out,” was the reader’s advice. “Kansas is becoming the symbol of what’s wrong with our society.” The comment was one of hundreds that ran alongside a story about the…

Funeral services for Lillie Byars Hogue, 98, formerly of Moulton, Ala., and mother of Iolan Betty Miller, were Friday at First United Methodist Church, Moulton, with the Rev. Larry Wright officiating and Elliott Funeral Home…

Charlie Apt was never bashful.Apt had a private law practice in Iola and was city attorney for many years before his death in 2000.Some of the more delightful of my news-gathering experiences were attending city…

A collective sigh of relief was felt round the state Friday morning when the Kansas Supreme Court issued its decision that Kansas schools, indeed, are not receiving adequate funding. We could relax, knowing the decision…

As much as we’d like, it’s not so easy to die in a dignified manner.Things can get messy as we fall prey to disease and the ravages of old age. That we pretend otherwise only…

Sharon Ann (Hesser) Vaughan, 64, Horton, passed away suddenly Monday, March 3, 2014, at Stormont Vail Hospital.She was born Sept. 15, 1949, in Brighton, Colo., to Fred and Blanche (Easter) Hesser. She graduated from Council…

Local 4-H groups could be in jeopardy if state Sen. Caryn Tyson, R-Parker, has her way.Tyson, who represents our District No. 12, has proposed to do away with the current Extension District system, which oversees…

Let’s talk price today. Not subsidies, which will help most uninsured in Allen County, but plain unvarnished costs. What do Marketplace policies cost? What factors determine that cost? The Marketplace offers Allen County residents 36…

Dear editor, It has been brought to my attention that Windsor Place Iola would like to have chickens at the nursing home. I do not live in Iola, but my mother, Elizabeth Compton, is a…

With spring nipping at our heels the outdoors beckons. Go for it. At the Register, our employee makeup is trending younger. If you don’t think it makes a difference, listen to their conversations. “I ran…