As seems to happen every year around this time, Marion Reservoir and Marion County Lake officially were placed under blue-green algae warnings Friday. Four other bodies of water in the state were ...

County department heads — except county attorney Joel Ensey, who said he had to be in court and could not attend — presented their annual budgetary wish list to commissioners Tuesday.

A chase that originated in McPherson County at speeds of up to 106 mph veered south off US-56 and became a dangerous grand tour of multiple city streets in Hillsboro shortly after 6 a.m. Monday. It ...

Marion’s Luke Wessel broke the school’s 32-year-old record for the 800 Friday with a time of 1:58:85, more than a second better than the school record of 2:00:05 set in 1992.

State law allows them to change their bylaws so terms coincide with those of other officers. This means we could boost confidence in our democratic system by adding them to existing elections at no ...

A diverse array of artwork, ranging from pencil drawings, paintings, ceramics, plaques, cardboard box robots, and a wooden Kansas cowtown were viewed by parents, teachers, grandparents, and guests ...

Directors of Harvey-Marion County Developmental Disability Organization will meet 4 p.m. Monday at 500 N. Main St., Suite 204, Newton.

The three sisters are three different vegetables that Native Americans planted together because of their compatability: corn, pole beans, and squash. These three plants are good companions. The corn ...

Marion County’s graduation ceremonies will conclude at 2 p.m. Sunday when an unusually large class of 29 traditional students and 59 online students graduate at Centre High School. Although Centre ...

These area students were listed this past week as receiving degrees or honors from colleges and universities.

Chief executives of both county hospitals talked Saturday with county Democrats about why Medicaid expansion would be best for rural hospitals. Medicaid expansion is being considered, once again, by ...

Board members discussed how to accomplish that in March and April, but Holub’s notion to change procedures failed for lack of a second. Board members apparently thought a bigger overhaul of board ...