The adult class consisted of Corey Brown, Luretta Turk, Paige Barnes, Cal Pendergrass, Veronica DeSelms, and Lowell Ensey. The youth class consisted of Centre High School students Anna ...

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 ...

Marion kindergarten classes have received a $4,000 Dollar General Literacy Foundation grant to support a literacy program. Kindergarten teachers Sarah Mason, Katie Rahe, and Jessica Ensley said they ...

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 ...

The Centre and Herington school districts have agreed to establish a joint baseball and softball program. Neither district have had such baseball or softball programs in the past. The agreement will ...

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 ...

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 ...

A newly hired Peabody police officer is being sued in federal court over alleged use of unnecessary force and violation of civil rights. Robert Walker of Howard filed suit Sept. 9 against Eric Watts, ...

Just a year after his hiring, county ambulance director Chuck Kenney resigned Monday, citing only personal reasons. Kenney is the fourth ambulance director to quit in recent years. Curt Hasart, under ...

When Neal Whitaker dropped off his old couch at the Marion County Trash Transfer Station on Thursday, he didn’t think much of it. He’d checked under the cushions beforehand to make sure nothing of ...

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 ...

A Republican, Brown has been assistant Morris County attorney since May. If elected in Marion County, she’ll continue serving in Morris County as well. Incumbent Marion County Attorney Joel Ensey, who ...