Sunflower Theatre, the Peabody-based organization which hosts the majority of the county’s art projects, is largely dependent on KAC grants. While elimination of KAC did not pass the Kansas House, ...

Hillsboro’s 2025 sewer budget is $952,000, not just the $300,000 reported last week as being reserved for capital investments.

Ramona and Marion County Fire District No. 3 will have a 6:30 p.m. July 4 meal of hamburgers and hot dogs, chips, and beverage for a free will donation. A fireworks show put on by firefighter will ...

To get to the bait shop, you must roll over a black cord strung across the driveway. It triggers an alarm system in the basement and lets Johnson know there’s a customer. While running a bait shop ...

Regular gas pumps at Casey’s have been unusable for weeks, and some alcohol-free pumps are now out of service. The city has only one place to buy gasoline, and Dollar General at Hillsboro has gas ...

The reservoir is known state-wide as a peaceful place to fish, camp, and swim. Blue-green algae, which blooms on and off during the summer, sometimes hampers the fun. But on Thursday, it was not algae ...

Marion’s 47th annual Art in the Park festival Sept. 20 and 21 typically brings an estimated 30,000 shoppers to Central Park. Hours will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the 20th and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the 21st ...

Hot summer days sometimes call for a refreshing splash in a pool. Marion County offers several swimming pools to cool down. Marion’s Sports and Aquatics Center, 100 N. Thorp St., is an indoor pool ...

More than delaying harvest, heavy rain can cause mature wheat to bleach and shrivel up, lowering the weight of the grain. “It’s going to affect the quality of the wheat,” Hett said. “The test weight ...

Graveside services for Randy Herbel, 58, who died June 9 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Hillsboro. Pastor John Werner will officiate. Born Aug.

Private services are planned for Marion native Judith Lee Gourley, 86, who died May 5 in Kirkland, Washington. Born May 16, 1938, in Marion, she graduated from the University of Kansas with degrees in ...

Dale was born July 1, 1941, in Marion to Fred P. and Adele (Lefert) Smith. He graduated from Olpe High School in 1959 and married his high school sweetheart, Mary “Pat” Schneider, on August 19, 1961, ...