Bluegrass at the Lake was, for lack of better words, a smash hit this year. The two-day festival brought in $16,700, lake superintedent Isaac Hett said Monday. Expenses to run the event were a little ...

Unwanted surprises are common with the abandoned and the working wells that dot Marion County. The state estimates 120,000 well bores have been drilled in the state, including oil and gas and ...

Danielle Bartel never imagined a career in local government. Today, she’s responsible for helping lead the town that raised her. “When I started at the city, I realized that I had found my people,” ...

The last time the county updated its comprehensive plan was in 2017 — before controversial wind farms began operating and before data centers became a concern nationwide. County administrator Tina ...

Ryan D. Howser, 40, Wichita, was arrested at 2:46 a.m. Thurday after Hillsboro police investigated a vehicle, described as suspiciously backed into a parking space in front of Ampride.

By JUDD WEIL. Staff writer. Former Marion police chief Gideon Cody replaced his defense team Wednesday, prompting Judge Ryan Rosauer to postpone Cody ...

A 10-year-old girl was flown to a Wichita trauma center Friday after suffering a leg injury in a bicycle accident in Hillsboro.

The average age of producers in Marion County is 59, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 2022 Census of Agriculture. More than a third are over 65. Only 9 % of Marion County farmers and ...

There was a field with an old Allis-Chalmers combine from around 1950 that was broken down and wheat was turning black. There were no parts to repair the combine. On some farms, women and men were ...

By JUDD WEIL. Staff writer. Nearly 120 employees and patients at St. Luke Hospital were caught up in a bomb scare Thursday after a voicemail prompted ...

By ERIC MEYER. Staff writer. With overdue payments from City of Marion taxpayers leading the way, 2025 property tax delinquencies in Marion ...