Building an event center at the south end of Central Park gained traction at Monday’s city council study session. Christian Pedersen with the Event Center showed photos of what his committee envisions ...

Interim administrator Michael Webb had his first full meeting with the Hillsboro City Council on Tuesday as city leaders moved from a prevention update to utility work, public art, and a delayed ...

As a matter of personal economic interest and cultural affinity, Jackson was closer to the Palmetto State planters driving nullification than not. But he had sworn an oath to “preserve, protect, and ...

Dirks opposed limiting membership because it would reduce opportunities for citizens to be represented in county governance. Other commissioners suggested that appeals board members would already be ...

Property taxes, economic incentives and tensions between state and local government are among the biggest issues facing Kansans, gubernatorial candidate Stacy Rogers said Sunday during a Patriots for ...

Marion’s girls placed first and boys second out of nine teams Thursday at Cottonwood Falls. “We had another good track meet overall in Chase County,” coach Shaun Craft said. Nevaeh Jones won triple ...

Alfred Schroeder Field at Hillsboro has awarded $250,115 to crack-seal and seal-coat pavement, while Hiebert Airfield at Goessel will receive $4,365 for a runway drainage project. The awards are part ...

A long-unsolved bank robbery in a quiet Marion County community has inspired a new novel by local author Thane Schwartz, who recently released his tenth book, Tumor: A Love Story. The book draws loose ...

What started as a college curiosity has grown into more than a decade of martial arts instruction in Hillsboro for sensei Mervin Lare. Lare teaches Dàyǒu Dào, a traditional system focused on ...

The South Kansas Symphony will perform Monday at Peabody-Burns High School. Included will be the world premiere of “Malaqatin Meetings,” a new work by local cellist Susan Mayo.

Orders for red and pink geraniums, Boston ferns, and flowering baskets are being accepted through Monday at Marion City Library, (620) 382-2442. Plants, costing $15 each, will be delivered 9 a.m. to 2 ...

The Warriors put on a scoring clinic Friday against Canton-Galva, winning 17-6 and 35-9. Jameson Looper scored seven runs. Easton Babcock, Hitch Soyez, and Carson Krause scored six each. Seventeen ...