Patricia Lee Miller, 59, Garnett, died Saturday, May 21, 2011. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Holy Angels Church, Garnett, and burial will follow in the Holy Angels Cemetery,…

The Kansas Arts Commission still dangles over oblivion’s pit, with only the most slender chance of survival.Gov. Sam Brownback asked the Legislature to accept his desire to eliminate the commission and back the  creation of…

DOUGLASS — Uniontown High’s Trenton Miller and Emily Aikins won Kansas Class 3A Regional Track meet event championships Friday. It was the first year for the Eagles in 3A competition.Miller won the boys’ discus with…

BURLINGTON — Crest High sophomore Kurston Gilliland has another shot at a state medal in Kansas Class 1A shot put. She ended up 10th in the event as a freshman last year at the state…

YATES CENTER — Tanner McNutt, Humboldt High sophomore, was ranked No. 1 in Class 2A’s 400-meter dash going into Friday’s Kansas Class 2A Regional Track meet.McNutt didn’t disappoint as he won the regional title in…

OTTAWA — Maggie Wilson captured her third straight Kansas Class 4A Regional Track Meet pole vault championship Friday. Wilson qualified for her fourth consecutive state track meet in winning the title at Ottawa High School.The…

Thrive Allen County has set up a collection point for area residents to donate to the Joplin disaster relief efforts.Thrive officials are seeking such things as bottled water, diapers, wipes, toiletries, clean clothes and clean…

MORAN — A 23-mile stretch of U.S. 59 was closed this morning after several boxcars connected to a Union Pacific train derailed, causing a massive fire that continued to burn throughout the day.Some of the…

Memorial services for Dale Gerald Mitchell, 76, of Bartlesville, Okla., whose death on Tuesday was reported in Friday’s Register, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Wesley United Methodist Church in Iola.  He was born…

Brenda Gail Riley, 67, of Gas died Thursday, May 19, 2011, at Allen County Hospital in Iola.She was born Dec. 21, 1943, in Columbia, Mo., to John Francis and Elizabeth (Betty) Forbis Kerr. She grew…