What once appeared to be a promising wheat crop has deteriorated across parts of Marion County as harvest approaches. Hail damage, difficult spring weather, and declining yield expectations have ...

Peabody restored a legal quorum Monday by appointing Rodney Hague to the city council after weeks of governmental upheaval that included the resignations of Mayor Kevin Burke and council member Julia ...

By JUDD WEIL. Staff writer. A 16-year-old motorcycle racer suffered a significant ankle injury Sunday during the Grand Prix in Floren ...

Gearing up. Even the young get in the Grand Prix spirit. By JUDD WEIL. Staff writer. The motorcycles may have been louder and faster for this year’s Florence Grand Prix, but som ...

A fourth-generation farm family with ties to Marion, Dickinson, and Morris counties has established a perpetual scholarship at the University of Kansas School of Law aimed at helping rural Kansas ...

A large number of county athletes qualified at regional meets last week to compete Friday and Saturday at the state track and field meet at Wichita State University. For the Warrior girls, Kate Wessel ...

By JUDD WEIL. Staff writer. County commissioners approved a grant-funded courtroom sound and technology project Tuesday while continuing discussion ...

By NICHOLAS KIMBALL. Staff writer. Hillsboro’s Lauryn Vogt won her fourth straight state championship in the 50-meter freestyle and added ano ...

By JUDD WEIL. Staff writer. Two people were taken to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita after an ATV crashed Sunday night near Florence’s ball field ...

By JUDD WEIL. Staff writer. Voters who crowded a basement meeting room Tuesday approved a change in how St. Luke Hospital directors are el ...

Politics may have become unholy nationally, but we can keep the faith in democracy locally. So, no more mentioning The Man Whose Name We Dare Not Mention unless he shows up on our doorstep. We also ...

DEGREES AND HONORS. These Marion County students were listed this past week as receiving degrees or honors from colleges or universities. Grade-point averages of 4.00 ind ...