Month: August 2019

September programs at the Iola Public Library  begin Thursday, Sept. 5 with with “The A,B,C’s of A, B, & O Blood Types.” Allen County Regional Hospital’s Director of Laboratory Services, Michel Meyers, speaks about the…

PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) — The long history of mining in Southeast Kansas left its mark not only on the landscape but on local water quality as well, although remediation efforts in recent years have helped…

Carlyle Presbyterian Church Pastor Steve Traw’s message at the Aug. 25 service at Carlyle Presbyterian Church was “Lukewarm at Laodicea” taken from Revelation 3:14-22. This was the eighth (and final) in a series of messages…

Editor’s note: Joan Haney Getter, sister-in-law to Iola’s Mary Anna Haney, was married to Dick Getter, a professional baseball player, in 1950. Mary Anna called The Register on Friday to relay the news of Dick’s…

Southeast Kansas probably doesn’t register as a destination for international students seeking to move to the United States. Perhaps the coasts of California or New York are more attractive.  But for ACC sophomore soccer star…

50 Years Ago September 1969 Future plans for the Iola Molded Plastics boat company of Iola, a subsidiary of American Photocopy Equipment Co., include expansion of its market to include all areas of the U.S.…

As a high-schooler, Timothy Roth was at a loss as to where his studies would lead him. He toyed with math and architecture, as well as becoming a chiropractor.  It was in his second semester…

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Les Miles walked around the office on the first Monday of his first game week at Kansas wearing a dapper pinstriped suit, sharp red tie and a broad grin that made…

We are in an age of information. Our world is expanding but our lives are shrinking. It seems that the world is full of more problems, more terrible events, more and more crises and developments…

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Chris Klieman has every reason to be wary about Nicholls State, one of the up-and-coming schools in the Football Championship Subdivision, spoiling his long-awaited debut as the Kansas State coach. Just…