Month: January 2012

A study committee to review ambulance service in Allen County will have six members. Iola Mayor Bill Shirley told the Register after he met Thursday with Rob Francis, Allen County Commission chairman, the committee’s makeup…

Area residents are invited to the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at 7 p.m. on Jan. 16 at Ward Chapel A.M.E. Church, 523 N. Buckeye. Neal Washington of Lawton, Okla., son of Helen and Spencer…

Members of the Kansas Youth Dance Company will bring to life “The Nutcracker” tonight at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. The local dance company, featuring students from Cooper Studios Dance Center, will perform E.T.A. Hoffman’s…

With sights set on a prosperous southeast Kansas with a robust economy, four state senators and the 16 area community leaders announced today they will seek $500,000 from the state’s general fund to get the…

COLONY – Crest Middle School’s Lancers captured a 34-30 victory at home over Jayhawk-Linn Junior High’s Jayhawks Thursday.Resuming their season after the holiday break, the Lancers were up 17-13 at halftime. The Jayhawks outscored the…

PLEASANTON – Marmaton Valley Junior High’s basketball teams went on the road Thursday and won in their first action after the holiday break.“The A-team boys finally got back from Christmas break at halftime,” quipped Arlyn…

CHANUTE – Winning three of four games, Iola Middle School’s boys opened the 2012 basketball season Thursday. Eighth-grade and seventh-grade A-team games were decided by three points or less.The IMS Ponies used a strong second…

LE ROY-It was a tough night for Southern Coffey County High basketball teams as both the girls and boys lost nail biters against Hartford High Friday at home.After a seesaw battle that resulted in a…

UNIONTOWN – Erie High’s Red Devils came into the UHS gym and walked out with a 41-28 win over host Uniontown High’s Eagles Friday night.The Eagle girls fell flat in the second quarter and went…

HUMBOLDT-Spectators probably wouldn’t have guessed the Humboldt High Cubs were coming off a long Christmas break after watching the boys basketball team blowout Yates Center High’s Wildcats Friday night 64-31.From the tip off until the…