A blue-green algae watch was issued Friday for Marion County Lake. A watch means blue-green algae may be present and water could be unsafe for people and animals. Kansas Department of Health and ...

Graduate fulfills her mother’s dying wish. By CLARA GERMANI. Staff writer. Adult online graduates of Centre High School will far outnumber th ...

Upfitting a salvaged $32,500 2024 or ’25 Ford Interceptor to be a new police car in Marion has cost $17,184.52. The final cost exceeded an earlier estimate by nearly $1,000 because of rising costs of ...

By JUDD WEIL. Staff writer. A traffic stop Friday night for an unreadable license plate allegedly led deputies to find drugs and alcohol in a F ...

Your political cartoon is funny, a perfect pointing of a finger of blame. Inaction is another finger — a big middle finger to the residents of Marion! I hope this is remedied for my adopted home ...

Hillsboro and Centre were honored last week by the state high school activities association as sportsmanship champions of their leagues.

America at 250. Leaders must choose: public duty or private convictions. By MICHAEL DAVID COHEN. From In Pursuit by arrangement with Kansas Humanities. Zachary Taylor spent most o ...

Marion will be host for 11 schools, including Hillsboro, at regionals Monday at the Marion Country Club. Goessel will compete in a Class 1A regional tournament Monday at the Stafford Country Club.

Kansas author Kim Vogel Sawyer will speak and sign copies of her novel, “Where We Belong,” at 10 a.m. Saturday at Marion City Library. The book focuses on a widowed New York father’s attempts to ...

Peabody Mayor Kevin Burke, whose resignation was called for even before he took office in January, abruptly resigned Monday, citing medical issues. Council member Bailey Penner was appointed to ...

By JUDD WEIL. Staff writer. Rumors that The Sit Down coffee shop is closing are unfounded, owner Kirsten Dahlgren said. “I don’t know how the id ...

The Peabody resident will leave June 12 as part of a six-person team traveling to the West African nation for a humanitarian and missionary trip focused on agriculture, wellness outreach, and village ...