CHANUTE — It was only fitting that the final Southeast Kansas League basketball game between arch-rivals Iola High’s Mustangs and Chanute High’s Blue Comets go down to the wire and into overtime. The Mustangs went…

Folk singer Carrie Newcomer spent time Tuesday afternoon with a pair of local Girl Scout Brownie troops prior to her public performance at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. Newcomer sang songs and spoke about learning…

Scott L. Bedell, 19, Humboldt, was arrested Saturday night for alleged sexting crimes, not James L. Bedell. A press release given to the Register by the Allen County Sheriff’s Department contained the wrong name and…

Iola Senior Citizens raised enough money during 2011 at their 223 N. State St. thrift shop to give $23,300 to 16 benevolent organizations, Joe Hess, a volunteer, told Allen County commissioners on Tuesday. Hess said…

Allen County Attorney Wade Bowie wants to make his offices more secure. He proposed to Allen County commissioners on Tuesday a heavy glass divider be installed to protect his support staff and that his office…

Susan Lynn, editor and publisher of the Register, asked Allen County commissioners to reconsider their designation of the Humboldt Union as the official county newspaper, a role the Register has filled for decades. Commissioners made…

A committee to explore ambulance service was named Tuesday by Allen County commissioners. Kent Thompson, rural LaHarpe, an Iola real estate agent and former county commissioner; Sheriff Tom Williams, Gas; Vada Aikins, Humboldt council member;…

Allen County Historical Society will learn soon whether $72,000 will be available to do repairs and remodeling to the Old Jail Museum, 201 N. Jefferson Ave. Jeff Kluever, ACHS executive director, said at the society’s…