MORAN — Early Friday morning five volunteers met at the little cemetery outside Moran. When they left, 83 flags fluttered in the late-spring breeze, where before there were none. The project — to color the…

All-Class State Track & Field Championships At Cessna Stadium, WichitaFriday-Saturday(P) – Preliminary race Iola (4A)Elysia Kunkler100 Hurdles (P) – Fri. 2:10 p.m.100 Meters (P) – Sat. 8:30 a.m.100 Hurdles – Sat. 9:30 a.m.100 Meters –…

This weekend Allen County — and the rest of the state of Kansas — will turn its attention to Wichita and the Track and Field State Championships.All six area schools go into the meet with…

HUMBOLDT — Rescue crews responded to a wreck involving two vehicles Wednesday night in Humboldt’s downtown square. The motor vehicle accident involved a Ford Taurus driven by Leigha Habiger, Humboldt, and a pickup truck driven…

Tony Leavitt, president of the USD 257 Board of Education, told the Register he would not seek re-election this fall.Leavitt, a 1970 graduate of Iola High School, will complete his second four-year term in early…

Allen Community College is taking its science labs and student center to new dimensions.  The college has hired Loyd Builders, Ottawa, to begin construction on a new physics lab this summer. The project involves conversion…

Eighteen months out from the Nov. 6, 2018, general election, Carl Brewer was in Iola Tuesday to campaign for Kansas governor.A former two-term mayor of Wichita, Brewer is running for the Democratic nomination.Brewer asserts the…

Michelle Renee Setter, age 44, of rural Lane, formerly of Humboldt, died Tuesday, May 23, 2017, at Miami County Medical Center, Paola.A memorial visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Dengel &…

Graveside services for Tracy Gengler, 43, Iola, were at 2 p.m. today at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence. Gengler died Monday, May 22, 2017, at The University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City.Memorial contributions…

A celebration of life for Harry E. Huskey, who died April 11, 2017, will begin at noon Sunday at Chubb Hall at St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, 202 S. Walnut St. Dinner with family and friends…