KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Not the results they wanted. Allen County Community College’s basketball teams opened Jayhawk Eastern Division conference play on the road with losses Wednesday. The Red Devil men challenged undefeated and 12th-ranked…

Iowa left Mitt Romney much farther ahead in the contest for the Republican nomination than Tuesday’s numbers indicate. He tied with Rick Santorum and Ron Paul was only 3 percentage points behind them. But no…

HUMBOLDT — A production shutdown for 83 of 99 hourly employees at Monarch Cement Co. will start Jan. 22, Walter Wulf Jr., Monarch president, told the Register. Sixteen employees will remain at work in shipping…

HUMBOLDT — A dozen people with property interests on the east fringe of town expressed concerns here Wednesday night about a comprehensive plan that gives direction to Humboldt’s growth. The forum was a joint meeting…

GAS — Firefighters helped douse a fire fueled by grass on the south edge of Gas Wednesday. The fire was contained to grass and trees, except for some surplus equipment and an old truck owned…

The 16 southeast Kansans charged with leading the state’s poorest region to prosperity and the four senators spearheading the economic improvement initiative will meet in Iola Friday. The gathering is the first meeting for the…

The Rev. Clarence H. Haber, 87, of Holton died Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012, at Holton Community Hospital.  He was born Sept. 17, 1924, in Olpe, to Herman and Lillie Laura (Bartell) Haber. He graduated from…

Deanie M. (Stanford) Duncan, 78, of Ottawa died Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, at Ottawa Retirement Village.   She was born on June 4, 1933, in Savonburg, to William J. and Cleona Bell (Adams) Stanford. She…

Last summer, when the impasse over raising the debt ceiling had the world on edge, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta agreed that the defense budget could be cut by $450 billion over the next decade, an…

Kim Larios winces when she hears talk about a “throwaway society,” when it’s just as easy to dispose of such things as vacuum cleaners to buy anew. “Why spend $100 for a new vacuum when…