Festivities began early during Pilsen’s 150th anniversary Saturday. Gunshots and traditional Czech polkas began ringing out at 8 a.m., as youths and adults shot skeet. Thurston Silhan, a freshman at ...

Food, toys, and cash donations for underprivileged kids will be collected Nov. 2 at Marion County’s 31st annual Toy Run. Participants in the drive from Marion to Hillsboro, sponsored by Sons of the ...

Hillsboro built its existing concrete hiking and biking trail with an 80% grant from the same program. The new grant will pay 80% of the cost of the trail extension. Completed in 2021, the original ...

A new survey shows most Kansans believe former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody should be prosecuted for raiding a newspaper office, editor’s home and city councilwoman’s home last year. When asked to ...

Peabody is a third-class city. State law imposes no residency requirement on appointed officers of third-class cities. Under state law, second-class cities like Marion, Hillsboro, and Florence are ...

A graveside service at Hillcrest Cemetery, Florence, for Robert “Bob” Harris, 84, who died Monday at St. Luke Hospital in Marion, will follow visitation from 3 to 4 p.m. Friday at Florence Christian ...

The Lady Warriors completed their golf season at Monday’s 1-2-3A regional in Osage City. Georgia Madgwick, Naomi Wilson, and Sybil Bowman led the team.

It’s not that journalists — real ones, not “talking heads” — have agendas they want the public to follow. They’re humans. They have opinions. But they see their mission not as persuading but informing ...

DCS Services submitted four construction bids totaling $2,632,712. The board approved all four unanimously. DCS will replace a sewer line at the elementary school and a water line at the middle/high ...

I believe the article entitled “Tabor College’s alcohol policies walk the line” gives unintended attention to one of Tabor’s strong points, which is to build a solid foundation not only academically ...

Services for Clifford Hett, 79, rural Marion, who died Monday, will be 3 p.m. Saturday at Aulne Bible Church. Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Yazel-Megli Funeral Home, Marion. A complete life ...