A Republican friend of mine wasn’t particularly pleased with a Kansas City Star editorial we ran this week that railed about a rodeo clown’s crude parody of President Obama at the Missouri State Fair.The Star…

MORAN — Maybe Bruno the dog should be on the Register payroll.When Arla Faye Brown rescued Bruno 11 years ago, little did she know that he would be her little “paperdog.” Brown, who moved into…

When Lisa Chauncey gets a call of a sexual assault, she responds in a moment’s notice.“I will meet the victim and family members if they are there,” Chauncey said. “If they desire, I can be…

Sexual assaults are an often under-addressed aspect of society, involving victims robbed of their security and innocence.To help assuage some of their pain, local organizations are pushing to make the investigation of a sexual assault…

The Allen Community College soccer teams find themselves on opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of returning experience.The Allen men, under eighth-year head coach Doug Desmarteau, return 16 players, including its leading scorer, from…

Katie Mahoney, former assistant women’s basketball coach at Northern Oklahoma College, has been hired to take over the head coaching job at Allen Community College.She replaces Mark James, who resigned his post in order to…

Lyle Kern is retiring from his long-time tennis coaching post at Iola High School.Kern, who retired a few years back as a fourth-grade teacher at Jefferson Elementary School, said Friday he had to give up…

Doris Hill, 91, was taken from this life into the presence of her heavenly Father on Monday, Aug. 12, 2013, at her home in Iola, Kansas. Doris was born July 31, 1922, at Bush City,…

William Eugene “Bill” Maloney, 69, Humboldt, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 14, at his home.Bill was born Jan. 5, 1944, in Iola, the son of William Russell “Russ” and Esther Elizabeth (Rockwell) Maloney. He graduated from…

Kudos to Allen County for loosening its purse strings for the Bowlus Fine Arts Center.The Center is a model child and deserves the increase in allowance.The county will now devote one-third of a mill to…