The novel is historical fiction in which a German soldier is captured in Tunisia and sent to a POW camp in Peabody. There, he meets a Mennonite family living next to Doyle Creek and falls in love with ...

A Hillsboro man was so badly injured Saturday in an accident on Indigo Rd. that he was airlifted to a Wichita hospital. Lloyd Funk, 89, was driving northbound on Indigo Rd. when he attempted to turn ...

County commissions met behind closed doors Monday in what almost certainly was a violation of the Kansas Open Meetings Act. The Marion County Record has filed a formal complaint with the Kansas ...

By PHYLLIS ZORN. Staff writer. Marion City Council members reviewed a proposed ordinance Monday that would set sta ...

Lehigh, Hillsboro, Durham, and Goessel firefighters spent 3½ hours early Saturday battling a blaze that destroyed an unoccupied Lehigh house. Hillsboro, Durham, and Goessel firefighters were released ...

Saturday, 35 were in attendance as Cottonwood Falls native Christy Davis spoke about the launch of her U.S. Senate campaign against incumbent Roger Marshall — “tyrant loyalist Roger Marshall,” as ...

And, yes, we’ll also honor the work of the rest of our dedicated team, who despite intense pressures that continue to this day have valiantly soldiered on, seized but not silenced by the raid.

Paying for classroom supplies out of pocket is common for schoolteachers. The National Education Association, the largest teachers’ union in the U.S., reported in 2022 that more than 90% of teachers ...

Inside Marion’s water plant. By FINN HARTNETT. Staff writer. Built in 1964, Marion’s odd-looking water plant is still going strong. Blocky, made of large brick ...

Marion’s new city administrator is settling in. By PHYLLIS ZORN. Staff writer. Moving from Florida to a small town in Kansas has been a change for Marion’s new city administra ...

Students swam at the Sports and Aquatics Center pool, played in its splash pad, and dived off the diving board as parents kept an eye on the activity and visited with one another on pool bleachers ...

The survey began July 17, 1825, near Fort Osage (Sibley), Missouri. The survey party passed westward through Marion County 200 years ago this week, Aug. 11 to 14, 1825. Leaving Diamond Spring, the ...