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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Senior volunteers often work under the radar in Marion, but their work is vital to the community. Nowhere is that more apparent than at Marion County Food Bank, where roughly 60 volunteers, almost all ...

DCS Services submitted four construction bids totaling $2,632,712. The board approved all four unanimously. DCS will replace a sewer line at the elementary school and a water line at the middle/high ...

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 ...

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 ...

Overland Park lawyer David Graham filed his affidavit of write-in candidacy for Marion County attorney Thursday. Graham has practiced law since 1985. He has worked as a prosecutor in Neosho, Harper, ...

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 ...

A graveside service at Hillcrest Cemetery, Florence, for Robert “Bob” Harris, 84, who died Monday at St. Luke Hospital in Marion, will follow visitation from 3 to 4 p.m. Friday at Florence Christian ...

A fight Saturday evening in Burns resulted in two arrests — one a longstanding opponent of Burns City Council and the other possibly related to city council member Tina Blansett. Undersheriff Larry ...

I believe the article entitled “Tabor College’s alcohol policies walk the line” gives unintended attention to one of Tabor’s strong points, which is to build a solid foundation not only academically ...