In its brief existence, Iola’s Humanity House has already gone a long way toward improving the material circumstances of the area’s neediest residents. Beginning in September the organization, led by Georgia Masterson and Tracy Keagle,…

Iola school board officials agreed Monday night to ask for “legal guidance” in regards to the Bowlus Fine Arts Center and whether they can not only remove classes from the Center but also themselves as…

If you want change, you have to try something new. So by all accounts, Gov. Sam Brownback is hunky-dory with the state of affairs in Kansas because he sees no reason to change his course.…

Law enforcement supporters of all stripes gathered at Iola’s Riverside Park Saturday to “Support The Blue.” A free concert and hot dog feed were highlights as citizens from across the county milled about the park.…

There’s a phenomenon among youth today that sociologists refer to as “glow kids,” and it’s not because they are happy. The term refers to youth who are exposed to too much screen time. You can’t…

In 1972 during a happenstance conversation, Martha Mitchell told Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward she thought presidents should be elected for seven years with no chance for a second term. Her rationale was presidents then…

Dear editor, Your editorial in the Aug. 13 Iola Register concerning the Confederate flag seems to indicate that either, (A) you were asleep or cutting classes during the Civil War lectures in American History, or…

Edith D. Myers, formerly of Topeka, died Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016, at Wellsville Retirement Community in Wellsville.    Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the Le Roy cemetery in Le Roy. Memorials…

Robert Lee Robinson, 75, Goessel, died Friday, Aug. 19, 2016, surrounded by his loving family.  He was born Aug. 13, 1941, in Nevada, Mo., to Francis and Marie Robinson.  Robert was a graduate of Humbolt…

Marilyn Jeanette Murphy, 78, Savonburg, died at Diversicare in Haysville Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016. Marilyn was born Nov. 2, 1937, in Lindsborg, the daughter of Clarence and Luella (Linderholm) Carlson. The Carlson family moved to…