No, Pat Wick’s popular column is not being withheld because it was too opinionated. Pat is visiting relatives in California and lost track of whether she had used all the columns she wrote before ...

The history of 100-year-old Five Oaks Ranch west of Elmdale will be celebrated at a free public talk at 1 p.m. June 21 at the Pioneer Bluffs heritage center, a mile north of Matfield Green on K-177.

Most lamented how elected and appointed officials everywhere seem unusually inclined to try to bully reporters and to try to hide as much of public business as possible behind closed doors and in ...

An Oklahoma woman apparently suffering a mental health crisis Saturday caused tense moments for emergency workers after she ran out of gasoline near Burns, pulled her Jeep Wrangler into the entrance ...

A celebration of life for Stephen James Podszus, 77, Lincolnville, who passed away Jan. 23, 2025, in Wichita, will be 2 p.m. Sunday, June 15, 2025, at Yazel-Megli Funeral Home, 205 Elm St, Marion.

The new Juneteenth federal holiday may result in delays in receiving next week’s paper by mail. As usual, the paper will be mailed at multiple post offices and available for pickup and on newsstands ...

A car owned by a Kansas City woman and stolen in McPherson County was found May 27 parked at a Lincolnville resident’s property. Deputy Austin Spencer’s report valued the 2017 Ford Fiesta, owned by ...

The school board Monday approved 26 subcontracting bids for a bond project that will see construction of a preschool building at Hillsboro Elementary. The building also will be the school’s storm ...

More than 500 people settled in for music Friday at Marion’s Chingawassa festival after they ate barbecue pork sandwiches and ice cream. Sam Shilts Trio performed during the meal and ice cream social.

Alecia Stuchlik, the newest director of the Marion Historical Museum, didn’t know much about museum curation when she took the job. “I was surprised by how much I did need to learn,” she said, “how ...

The wettest start to a year since 2022 has helped propel Marion County out of drought, according to the latest data from the National Weather Service and U.S. Drought Monitor.

Public comment will be welcome when directors of Harvey-Marion County Developmental Disability Organization meet at 4 p.m. Monday at 500 N. Main St., Suite 204; Newton. Video conferencing will be ...