Hillsboro Community Foundation’s five founding members were honored April 10 as Philanthropists of the Year during Central Kansas Community Foundation’s Spring Soiree. The five established the ...

Marion’s swim team, including students from Centre, Hillsboro, and Peabody-Burns, won its final home meet of the season Friday.. Individually, Lauryn Vogt won in the 50-meter freestyle and the ...

It takes city and county leaders, sheriffs, chiefs, and — yes — even local newspapers to investigate wrongdoing and report the news. Sometimes it’s as easy as a few phone calls or a records waiver ...

Jones began by swimming 3.9 kilometers at the Newton YMCA. He then biked 39 miles from Newton to Peabody-Burns High School before running 3.9 kilometers around Peabody, ending at the elementary school ...

Properties sold in an April 17 tax sale did not include 328 N. Lincoln St., Marion, as was reported last week. The property was redeemed by the owner before the sale.

Westview’s fire alarm company notified dispatchers of numerous fire alarms through the night, and the fire department was paged to the nursing home. The first fire alarm happened about 7 p.m. Saturday ...

Marion will be host for a varsity golf tournament Tuesday with Centre’s lone golfer and Goessel golfers scheduled to attend. Hillsboro’s Lincoln Wichert tied for 12th Monday at the Southeast of Saline ...

The jail, located in Cottonwood Falls, is contracted by ICE to house detainees. Tuesday, the jail was ordered to take Alvarado back to ICE’s Kansas City office, Whitney said. After that, he said, he ...

Trojan softball lost both games against Inman, 13-2 and 10-2. The losses meant Hillsboro extended its losing streak to eight games. The Trojans were swept in a doubleheader Friday against Hoisington, ...

More than two years after the fact, the state attorney general’s office has ruled that the City of Marion violated the Kansas Open Meetings Act when it met behind closed doors Feb. 6, 2023, to ...

Marshall Ray Swanson, 61, Peabody, was sentenced Monday to six years nine months in prison for two counts of sexual exploitation of a child. He was charged March 7, 2024, with 12 counts of sexual ...

In his 60s now, Lerner lived in Los Angeles as a young adult and worked as an art dealer, film producer, author, and chef. His father owned a successful auto-parts shop. Lerner recalls him cutting ...