Month: February 2018
The Yates Center girls basketball team punched their ticket to the Sub-State semifinals Monday night when they got a 59-41 win over Uniontown.The Lady Cats got an early 10-point lead and held it throughout the…
The Humboldt boys kept it interesting Monday night in their 52-51 win over West Franklin in the opening round of 3A Sub-State Tournament. The Cubs trailed for the majority of the game and didn’t take…
Ruth “Naomi” Oliphant, 78, longtime Derby resident and retired Q Corporation employee, passed away on Feb. 24, 2018, surrounded by her family at St. Teresa Hospital in Wichita after a brief illness. Naomi was born…
Wintry weather put the kibosh on a pair of history presentations last week, although organizers anticipate significantly better conditions for both to go off without a hitch this time around.Iolan Donna Houser updated County Council…
A few short years ago, the land surrounding Elks Lake was wild and woolly where no one dared venture. Today, it’s been tamed somewhat. Trails now wind their way alongside waterways and through the woods,…
In light of the recent school massacre in Parkland, Fla., which killed 17 students and staff members, the subject of campus security at USD 257 received solemn attention at Monday night’s school board meeting. And…
HUMBOLDT — Legislators will need to deal with “the 900-pound gorilla in the room,” — school finance — before they can tackle other big issues like taxes, potential Medicaid expansion and transportation, two local legislators…
Helen Marie Murrow, 94, Blue Mound, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018, at the Fort Scott Manor. She was born Jan. 21, 1924, the daughter of Fredrick and Ethel Shaler Dunnington. She married Vernon…
The Allen County HIstorical Society’s winter meeting, postponed from a week ago due to wintry weather, will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Frederick Funston Meeting Hall, 207 N. Jefferson Ave.The Iola Register’s Bob…
Iola city crews will pick up downed limbs from last week’s ice storm starting Wednesday morning.Crews will make a one-time sweep through town.Residents are asked stack their limbs alongside the curb.
