Forget serious, forget musical, think funny of the belly laugh variety with Iola High School’s production of “Check, Please.”  The play, on the Bowlus Fine Arts Center stage at 7 p.m. today and Friday with…

Saturday was a quiet day in the south end of town. In the early evening Bill Farmer had settled in his backyard to listen to a Kansas City Royals baseball game. He had just opened…

Ruth M. Evans, l00, of Iola died Sunday, March 25, 2012, in Iola.  Ruth was born Sept. 18, 1911, in Chanute. The family moved to Mildred in 1927  where Ruth graduated from high school. She…

Clara L. (Shelton) Shetlar, 91, died Friday, April 13, 2012, in Houston, Texas, after suffering a stroke the Friday before. She was born in Watova, Okla., on Aug. 29, 1920, to Mary Rose-Shelton and Harry…

Ron and Jamie Schomaker, Yates Center, announce the birth of a son, Case Louis, born April 11, 2012, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. He weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces and was 19…

Dear editor, I am very disappointed that Susan Lynn put an article in the paper with quotes from Carl Slaugh making what I consider slanderous statements about me without getting my side of the story.…

When they say a picture captures a thousand words, then the video produced by Iolans for Good Government leaves us speechless.  The 20-minute clip is posted on the Register’s website, iola-register.com, and is traveling the…

Iola Middle School’s track teams competed at Chanute’s Royster Middle School’s Invitational meet Tuesday. Those results will be in Thursday’s Register.  The IMS track teams go to Girard for a meet on Thursday. Allen Community…

MOUND CITY — Iola Middle School’s golf team competed at the Jayhawk-Linn Junior High tournament at Sugar Valley Golf Course Monday. Colby Works placed eighth with a 51 and Garrett Wade earned the 10th-place medal…

Iola High’s Mustang junior varsity had Parsons High’s Vikings behind the eight-ball Tuesday. The Mustangs won 8-1 and 8-0 at home at Riverside Park. Aaron Barclay and Shae Beasley combined to win the first game.…