County commissioners’ plan to purchase an empty retail store in Peabody to store road and bridge equipment failed Oct. 29. The county was outbid for the former Family Dollar / Dollar Tree store in an ...

Keeping school kids in clothes can be expensive, but it’s nothing compared to outfitting ambulance workers. If you work for the Marion County ambulance service it’s quite expensive, all at the expense ...

Peabody has flouted budget law since ’16. By MICHAEL MARESH. Staff writer. For at least nine years Peabody has knowingly violated Kansas law to publish an accounting of money, a ...

Peabody’s main street was filled with hundreds of kids with one thought on their mind Friday — getting as much candy as possible. Peabody’s trunk or treat has been coordinated by the Peabody Main ...

By ERIC MEYER. Staff writer. Four routine traffic stops by Marion and Hillsboro police over the Halloween weekend resulted in the jailing of fi ...

Nikki Davenport, administrator for the 8th Judicial District, which includes Marion County, has been elected president of the Kansas Association of District Court Clerks and Administrators. The 8th ...

A 45-year-old delivery driver collapsed on a lawn Friday at 515 Locust St., in Marion and later died at St. Luke hospital. He was taken by ambulance to St. Luke, where he later died. Interim ambulance ...

Warren Kreutziger was 20 when he enlisted in the Army. A Marion native, he spent three years in the service, roughly half in stateside duty and half in Vietnam. He enlisted instead of waiting to be ...

Hess, a contributing author of “Chicken Soup for the Soul: Pets, Pets, Pets,” will have her own book signing from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the library. The book was published Oct. 28.

Trojan volleyball team finishes 3rd in state. By NICHOLAS KIMBALL and DELBERT PETERS. Staff writers. Hillsboro finished third Saturday in the Class 2A state volleyball tournament ...

Peabody City Council members completed their mandated hour of training Monday on Kansas Open Meeting Laws. Council members listened intently as Nicole Proux Aiken with the Kansas League of ...

Two former Centre students received American Degrees during a national FFA Convention Saturday in Indianapolis. Karsen Kroupa is now majoring in plant and soil sciences at Oklahoma State University, ...