The City of Hillsboro has changed its policy on people not paying utility bills. City Clerk Danielle Bartel told City Council members last week the city had streamlined its shut-off process. “We now ...

After a two-hour hearing Wednesday morning in Marion County District Court, District Judge Ryan Rosauer bound former Marion police chief Gideon Cody over for trial on a charge of interference with ...

“Peabody recognized there was a problem with their water system and came up with a strategy to repair,” he said. EBH started the process eight years ago. The first phase will be completed in three to ...

Casey’s said previously that no environmental problems were noted. Calls to Kansas Department of Environmental Health were not returned. The project will take five weeks. Pumps will be inoperable and ...

THC-infused beverages like those being sold at several locations were among items seized as illegal in Kansas Bureau of Investigation raids statewide executing search warrants at vape shops and CBD ...

In the southeast Kansas case, a Tennessee man pleaded guilty to killing a trophy deer in Miami County, then electronically submitting a harvest report in Missouri. He was fined $5,000 and ordered to ...

Sunday’s “Rocky’s Last Stand” race, organized by local volunteers and Forward Motion Hare Scramble Championship, was named in honor of John “Rocky” Hett, who died in July. It was Forward Motion’s 13th ...

The first step in restoring the 1926 Mitchell Whirl merry-go-round in Central Park has started. Marion City Council last week agreed to purchase of parts for $2,475 to repair the playground equipment.

Born Feb. 14, 1930, in Cherryvale, she graduated from Cherryvale High School and on Sept. 25, 1953, married John Beeman. They shared 41 years of marriage before he died Dec. 31. 1994. Mary was a ...

Hillsboro will send two girls to the state tennis tournament Friday in Salina. Claire Morey and Brooklyn Thiessen won their final doubles match of the day Friday at regionals in Topeka, finishing ...

A fight among politicians in the District of Columbia might seem a long way away, but fallout is hitting home here. Signs on the door of the USDA office in Marion announce that the office is closed ...

A lawn on 170th Rd. just west of US-77 is graced by a model of the Statue of Liberty. Unlike many other models found across the country, the statue is made of aluminum instead of copper and holds a ...