I’m a captive of “The Crown,” the PBS mini-series on Britain’s royal family. The sheer opulence of their lives is mesmerizing. That, and their unhappiness in spite of it all. The show’s writers indulge us…

Iola City Council members agreed with a group of residents who said Iola’s Coon Creek should be renamed. Council members eventually voted 5-0, in one of the more bizarre city meetings in recent memory, to…

Iola City Council members will decide Monday whether Coon Creek should keep its name or revert to its original moniker, Small Creek. Council members were asked last month to approve the name change by Iola…

Prejudice is everywhere, and we have all experienced it in one way or another. We may have been discriminated against due to our religious beliefs, a handicap or our age. And, many of us have…

Dear editor, My name is Rosemary Bass, and I am writing in favor of the proposed renaming of Coon Creek. I am 90 years old, African American, and have lived in Iola since 1947. My…

Here in the Register newsroom, we’re pretty much split between holding on to the Fillies as the Iola High School girls mascot or lumping them in with the Mustangs. Sports editor Erick Mitchell heavily favors…

On the same night USD 257 school board members agreed to eventually remove the “Fillies” moniker for Iola High School girls sports teams, Iola City Council members were asked to reconsider naming Coon Creek back…