Month: January 2018

If there were an easy cure for poverty and homelessness, we would be thrilled. If telling someone the error of their ways, explaining the difference between good and bad choices, handing them a list of…

In 1859, Clarina Nichols settled into a seat at the Wyandotte Constitutional Convention even though her gender meant she was barred from voting or publicly addressing the all-male convention. By that point she had long…

Over the past several years I’ve sat in on three series of meetings focused on providing USD 257 students better educations through improved facilities.  The first effort ended when the economy soured in 2007. The…

Funeral services for Al Richardson, whose death Jan. 20 was reported previously in the Register, are Saturday morning at 9 o’clock at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service. Visitation is from 9 to 11, with the service…

A pair of recent acquisitions by volunteer fire departments within Allen County have enhanced the ability to respond to emergency calls. Last March, the Elsmore/Savonburg Fire Department acquired its own set of “Jaws of LIfe”…

When he started a lifetime journey as a coin collector Jon Minor quickly learned a valuable lesson. At age 11 he saw an advertisement for coins in a magazine. He sent $5 for an Indian…

Iola seventh-grader Luke Wicoff is this year’s Allen County Spelling Bee champion. Wicoff, shown with Bowlus Director Susan Raines, entered the winner’s circle after correctly spelling the word “lassitude.” The win lands Wicoff a spot…

For the fourth time in the last five years, the Iola ninth-grade boys won their freshman tournament by beating  Fort Scott 52-40.  Iola beat Chanute earlier this season.  The Mustangs got out to a 13-11…

Dear editor,  I would like to take this opportunity to “congratulate and thank” Mr. Chase Martin for his appointment to our City Council and for his service to our country. I wish him well on…

Brenda M. Dowling, 55, Colony, passed away Monday, Jan. 22, 2018, at the Anderson County Hospital Emergency Room in Garnett. Cremation is planned. There will be no funeral because Brenda wanted people to remember her…