William “Bill” O. Fail, 95, of Chanute died Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011, at the Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute.Bill was born on Oct. 18, 1915, in Rest, the son of George Roy and…

Catherine Loehr, 89 of Yates Center died Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011, at her home in Pinecrest Nursing Home, Humboldt, where she had lived for three years.Catherine will lie in state on Sunday from 2 to…

Marjorie Lois Pruitt, 87, of Iola died Friday, Aug. 5, 2011, at Fountain Villa in Iola.Information about her life and funeral arrangements will be published when provided by Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel of Iola.

Emma Kathleen “Ducky” Garner, 77, of Iola died Friday, Aug. 5, 2011, at Allen County Hospital in Iola.Information about her life and funeral arrangements will be published when provided by Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel…

Pat and Trena Golden, Colony, Dan and Becky Boone, Kincaid, and Shaun and Jennifer Chester, Lexington, Neb., announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their children, Kristen Loree Golden and Blake Danial Boone.The bride-elect is…

The “boom” that awoke Kim Morrison at 4 a.m. Thursday “sounded different than thunder,” she said. “It was the loudest I’d ever heard.”It was different, much different.A bolt of lightning tore a two-foot hole in…

Southeast Kansas, including Allen County, is bright orange — colorful but not good — on maps detailing unemployment numbers in Kansas, Karin Brownlee, Kansas secretary of Labor, said here Thursday morning.Western Kansas, with many counties…

The Iola Rotary Club Thursday spent its weekly meeting listening to the local school district’s new superintendent explain the direction he wants to see USD 257 take.Brian Pekarek, USD 257 superintendent of schools, told more…

USD 257 board members will review negotiation procedures at noon in the Iola High School lecture hall Friday.The public is invited to attend the discussions between the USD 257 board and the teachers’ union.For more…

Louis Sanchez of Humboldt, whose death on Monday and funeral services were published in Wednesday’s Register, was born March 25, 1919, in Schafter, Texas, the son of Casimiro and Vicenta (Montinez) Sanchez. He attended schools…