Friday’s home tilt was a fairly descriptive microcosm of how things have gone for Iola High’s boys lately.The Mustangs battled tooth and nail with visiting Wellsville for most of three quarters.Iola was keeping pace with…

Even with all the breaks going their way, Iola High’s Fillies weren’t going to relax a smidgen until the final buzzer sounded Friday.Far too many times this season, Iola was able to mount impressive comebacks,…

PITTSBURG — Many things were left undecided in the first day of the Class 4A Regional Wrestling Tournament in Pittsburg, except for one thing — Stephen McDonald will compete in Salina for a state championship.McDonald,…

I was irritated (as usual) after seeing the anti-Catholic cartoon in the Iola Register on Wednesday. My church’s moral stance on issues is based upon Biblical principles and not the ever-changing nature of public opinion.The…

In southern climes, where warmer weather comes early, the “Boys of Summer” began baseball’s annual ritual of spring training this week.The grass is green, flowers bloom and each team, regardless of talent and previous circumstances,…

I can’t help it, but I feel more proud than humiliated that southeast Kansas was lumped in with Lawrence and Kansas City as a “dark spiritual area,” sorely in need of prayer. That was the…

Kelci Owens and John Sigg, Iola, are engaged to be married Sept. 7, 2013, at St. John’s Catholic Church, Iola. Kelci is the daughter of Tim and Virginia Wools, Iola, and David and Joellen Owens,…

Loren M. Howerton, 77, rural Iola, died Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, at Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita.Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel, Iola.Online condolences for the family may be…

Richard D. “Dick” Riddle passed away Feb. 6, 2013, at Galichia Heart Hospital, Wichita, at the age of 84. Richard was born the son of James and Juanita (Vinson) Riddle on  Nov. 5, 1928, in…

Dorothy Jane (Robb) Hemphill, 86, formerly of Humboldt, passed on to be with her heavenly family on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, at Clare Bridge Senior Living in Wichita.She was born July 4, 1926, on the…