A memorial visitation for Alice F. Tholen, whose death on Jan. 21, 2016, appeared earlier in the Register, will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at St. John’s Parish Hall in Iola. The parish…

Richard Lee Rockers, 79, died Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, at his home near Greeley.Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Boniface Catholic Church, Scipio, with burial to follow at St.…

While Allen Countians still are mostly focused on how much wintry weather remains, Jason Trego’s thoughts have shifted to spring and summer, and the return of storm season.Trego, Allen County emergency management director, spoke Friday…

Iola’s Farm-City Days will come a bit earlier in the fall schedule.Farm-City Days Committee members voted recently to push the annual fall festival up a week, to the weekend of Oct. 8.The move was necessary,…

For the third consecutive year, and the 10th time in 20 years, Iola’s Scholars Bowl team is headed to state.Iola’s quintet of seniors Clarie Moran and Clara Wicoff, sophomores Zury Burleson and Isaiah Wicoff and…

In 1942 news was dominated by war reports from the Pacific Theater.But, on the morning of March 28 Moran residents awoke to horrific news that their city marshal, Clarence Sanger, had been shot to death…

Wilbur “Glenn” Kunkel, Jr., 75, Olathe, formerly of Moran and Chanute, passed away Feb. 4, 2016, at his home. Memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Lenexa United Methodist Church, 9138 Caenen Lake…

Margaret Maude (Peggy) Chambers Schmidt of Saddlebrooke, Ariz., died on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016. She passed with grace and dignity after a courageous battle with multiple myeloma cancer. She was pre-deceased by her dear parents,…

Iola City Council members spent more than two hours Thursday discussing long-range plans the city should consider.And while the discussion touched on several topics — everything from beefing up the city’s utility infrastructure to a…

PITTSBURG — Any discussion of the technical education center planned for Allen County is bound to contain mention of the successful operations at a similar facility up and running in Pittsburg.The Southeast Kansas Career and…