In action before regionals, Goessel’s girls captured the Wheat State League title, defeating Little River 156-151. “As coaches, we had talked throughout the week to see where we could put kids to get ...

America at 250. Trying to avoid a conflict can precipitate a worse one. By STEVE ISRAEL. From In Pursuit by special arrangement with Kansas Humanities. They walk all over Millard ...

Part of the reason so many people distrust government is that answers rarely are forthcoming, and people who innocently ask questions too often are condemned as being negative. Openness isn’t a set of ...

Marion City Council members discussed tens of thousands of dollars in unbudgeted or partially budgeted expenses Monday while agreeing to stretch lease-purchase payments for a new electric bucket truck ...

Remmer’s interest in plants grew out of helping in her parents’ gardens before expanding her interests through FFA and agronomy classes in high school. “I started working at a flower shop because I ...

A celebration of life for Ivy Nicole Unruh, 25, who was shot April 17, 2026, outside her apartment in Wichita, will be 11 a.m., Monday, May 25, 2026, at the Emmanuel Baptist Church, Marion. A ...

Three blood drives are planned for Marion County between now and the end of June: May 27 — noon to 6 p.m., Our Savior Lutheran Church, 32 ...

A series of events are planned for Memorial Day weekend in Peabody. Peabody Historical Society will serve a fried chicken meal by donation from 11 a.m. until meals are sold out Saturday. Meals will ...

DEGREES AND HONORS. These Marion County students were listed this past week as receiving degrees or honors from colleges or universities. Grade-point averages of 4.00 ind ...

By NICHOLAS KIMBALL and DELBERT PETERS. Staff writers. Centre’s lone golfer, Easton Glessner, walked away as the 1A sub-state champion Tuesday at a ...

Postponing Hillsboro’s home softball against Yates Center from Monday to Tuesday because of weather didn’t kill momentum the Trojans were feeling. They won 12-2 in six innings via run-rule. The county ...

The sudden resignation of city councilmember Julia Ensminger has thrown Peabody government into procedural confusion and raised questions about how the city legally can conduct meetings after dropping ...