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 ...

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 ...

Andre Ebaben, a Marion resident who works full time for the Fort Riley fire department, was named Marion fire chief Monday. Ebaben has worked as a firefighter 26 years, 24 of them full time.

Goessel junior Eli Gaeddert, finished as Class 1A state champion in cross-country Saturday morning. In 40-degree weather on a hilly course at Wamego Country Club, Gaeddert chose not to wear extra ...

St. Luke Hospital performed 38 lab tests and Hillsboro Community Hospital did 44. Marion County Health Department gave out 26 flu and covid vaccines. “This was a way to support health and to give back ...

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 ...

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Next Tuesday, we’ll be celebrating the courage of those who fought for democracy on battlefields far from home. If we are too cowardly, too apathetic, or too busy to be bothered to fight for democracy ...

If you work for the Marion County ambulance service it’s quite expensive, all at the expense of taxpayers. With almost no discussion Friday morning county commissioners Friday morning approved a ...

Peabody switched auditors this year. But the new auditors, the Loyd Group, also noted a violation for 2024 data. KSA 12-1609 states city treasurers violating any provision of this law can be found ...

The trunk or treat for elementary students has been happening for three years, Marion School counselor Kris Burkholder said. “This is a high school idea, and they asked if they could do it,” she said.

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.