Month: October 2011
Perry Leroy McGhee, Jr., 79, Warsaw, Mo., died Friday, Oct. 21, 2011, at the Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Mo.Funeral services will be at 11 a.m., on Wednesday at St. Teresa Catholic Church,…
June E. Sexton of Iola, whose obituary was published in Saturday’s Register, is also survived by a sister, Misty Clarenson and her fiancee, Edward Lewis, Parsons, and a niece and nephew, Kassandra Lewis and Anthony…
Dear Editor,A wise man once observed, “The leech has two daughters. ‘Give! Give!’ they cry.” (Proverbs 30:15) Has anyone noticed how this observation seems to capture the spirit and intent of the rhetoric of the…
For the better part of two hours Sunday the audience of more than 600 was in awe of the physical antics of the Boom Town performers at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center.Hands were held to…
All U.S. combat troops will be home for Christmas, President Obama promised again last Friday. When negotiations with the al-Malaki government to keep a few thousand U.S. troops there to train Iraqi forces failed, the…
On Wednesday afternoon, Chris Rausch struggled to hold back tears as her second-grade students at McKinley Elementary School presented her with farewell gifts of handmade cards and a photograph of the class which each student…
Tristan Miller, a sixth-grade student at Iola Middle School, gave a very special present to someone she doesn’t know.On Friday, Tristan, 11, donated two 10-inch locks of hair to Locks of Love.Susan Cleaver, a stylist…
HUMBOLDT — Kelly Shryock didn’t let a few hiccups through the qualifying stages of the inaugural King of America Modified Nationals deter him. The veteran United States Modified Tour Series driver drove well enough Friday…
Three of the area six high school volleyball teams were championship matches at respective Kansas substate volleyball tournaments Saturday.Unfortunately, none claimed substate championships.In the Kansas Class 2A substate hosted by Oswego High, Uniontown High’s Eagles…
