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

Lavern Stika, 84, Herington, died Wedneday after he was pinned underneath his car at a house he owned north of Pilsen on Remington Rd. Dispatchers received a call around 1:55 p.m. from his daughter, ...

The 108th annual Hett reunion will be Sunday at Marion County Lake hall. The reunion will begin with a meal at 12:30 p.m. A business meeting will follow. Attendees are being asked to bring a covered ...

Great Plains Federal Credit Union will close its Hillsboro branch Sept. 30 after determining member usage no longer justified the cost of operating the location. The decision followed months of review ...

Services for Williams Service founder and co-owner Rodney Ralph Williams, 90, who died July 27 at Kansas Christian Home in Newton, will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Florence United Methodist Church.

Kimberley D. Gomez, 23, Kansas City, Missouri, arrested Thursday by a sheriff’s deputy on suspicion of driving without a valid license and without liability insurance, transporting an open container ...