A blue-green algae watch issued last week for Marion Reservoir was elevated Friday to a warning. The reservoir, which escaped most algae advisories last year, is one of just four bodies of water in ...

The Legionaries were back in Florence for an 11 a.m. ceremony at Hillcrest Cemetery and ended their day at Marion Cemetery with a 2 p.m. procession. The full Marion service, presented by Marion’s ...

The last time Marion’s girls won a regional track and field championship was 15 years ago. The girls scored 91.50 points Thursday at a regional meet at home, edging out Inman, which finished with 88 ...

Hillsboro’s Lauryn Vogt set a new state swimming meet record, winning the 50-meter freestyle Thursday with a time of 23.39 Thursday. She also won the 100-meter freestyle with a time of 50.28 and was ...

Eight-year-old Centre Elementary student Nathaniel Haney was killed along with his mother, great-grandmother, and one other in a head-on collision at 2:55 p.m. Saturday on K-4, four miles west of K-15 ...

Christopher L. Walker, 19, was arrested Friday by Hillsboro police on warrants charging him with three counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, a single count of aggravated indecent ...

An hour and a half of discussion in front of a standing-room-only crowd ended in no action Thursday other than to check whether proposed revisions to county wind farm rules would be legal.

The public is being invited to attend a meeting to discuss the ongoing development of a downtown historic district in Marion. The meeting will be at 7 p.m. Monday at 7 p.m. in the city building. The ...

The amount Hillsboro received from the state to renovate the former Olde Towne Restaurant building at 126 N. Main St. was mistakenly reported last week. The number is $300,000, not $12,000, which was ...

Services for Vernon Bartel, 93, who died May 20 at Salem Home, will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Zion Lutheran Church, Hillsboro. Pastor John Werner will officiate.

A blue-green algae watch for the reservoir was issued Friday by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. A watch indicates that a harmful algae bloom is possible and may be present. KDHE ...

Children ages 7 to 12 will be able to learn about insects and even create their own at a free program 1 to 2 p.m. Monday at Marion City Library. Pre-registration is required. More information is ...