Iola should have a new city administrator selected by the end of April, City Council members were told Monday. The Council discussed the city administrator search with Anna Keena, representative of the League of Kansas…

Starting June 1, tobacco products will not be sold to anyone under 21 in Iola. City Council members on Monday voted, 6-1, to support a Tobacco 21 ordinance, making Iola the third such community in…

A local blood drive is from noon to 6 p.m. Wednesday at Bass Community Hall, 505 N. Buckeye St.  The drive is conducted by the Community Blood Center of Greater Kansas City. The KC center…

The Iola 8th grade A-team faced a very difficult task on Saturday morning. In the span of four hours they would face off with Chanute and Pittsburg.The Ponies would drop both contests, but that didn’t…

Dear editor,After reading the article in Thursday’s Register, “Healthy Options Lacking,” I came away with this. If after four years and $125,000 of trying to do anything then you get an F, for failure, you…

In the hours leading up to Thursday morning’s vote on whether to change how Kansas Supreme Court Justices are nominated, Rep. Kent Thompson received three phone calls: One from Americans for Prosperity; a second from…

Paul A. “Bud” Beech, 84, Iola, passed away Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, at Olathe Medical Center.Paul was born July 31, 1931, in St. Paul, the son of George and Ruth (Smith) Beech. He grew up…

Richard Andrew Pearman, 98, Iola, passed away Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, at his home.Richard was born March 21, 1917, at home in Wright County, Mo., the son of Lee Ernest and Genevie Gertrude (Farmer) Pearman.…

Lois Irene Hill, 57, Iola, passed away Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016 at her home.Lois was born Aug. 26, 1958, in Garnett, the daughter of John and Blanche (Henry) Lewis. She grew up in Neosho Falls…

Josephine B. “Jo” Turley, 90, Iola, passed away Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016, at her home.Jo was born Nov. 19, 1925, in Iola, the daughter of Fredrick and Blanche (Shockey) Vogel. She grew up in Iola…