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 ...

Kansas law specifies that committeemen and committeewomen from the party that won an office in the last election have the power to choose replacements when those county or legislative positions become ...

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 ...

If Herington Public Library doesn’t have a local author to come for its new monthly program “Witty Writers,” it will conduct a writing workshop. Witty Writers began in January and showcases Kansas ...

Private services are planned for Angela Larsen, 51, who died at her residence in Hillsboro. Born Nov. 26, 1973, in Hillsboro to Don and Irene (Brunner) Bezdek, she was preceded in death by her father ...

Funeral Mass for Jacquelyn Sue “Jackie” Palic, 62, who passed away June 20, 2025, surrounded by the love of her family at her home in Marion, will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 2, 2025, at ...