Marion was a ghost town Monday afternoon. Fierce afternoon sun kept anyone with an air conditioner inside, as the late afternoon temperature hit a record high for the date. It hit 106 degrees in ...

An offer is pending to someone to become Hillsboro’s new economic development director, and it’s anyone’s guess what the answer will be. The city council interviewed five of the 10 applicants for the ...

A regular monthly meeting of Technology Excellence in Education Network will be at 6 p.m Oct. 18 at USD 408 District Office, 101 N. Thorp St., Marion.

“I’ll boil your gizzards for my supper!” Izzy Schumacher – a/k/a Captain Hook – will growl later this week in a children’s theater production of “Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure.” The rising 8th grader ...

Engines roared, clumps of mud flew high into the air, and a large crowd fanned themselves incessantly during a sweltering evening in Hillsboro. The equinox may have been more than a month prior, but ...

Marion city workers had to replace water pipes at three ruptures Monday morning after a cement truck ran over a fire hydrant, causing breaks along the water line, according to city administrator Brian ...

Youth baseball coach Gerado “Jerry” Mendoza, 49, Aulne, was killed Monday evening in a head-on collision on U.S.-50 in Harvey County. According to Kansas Highway Patrol, Mendoza was eastbound in a ...

A county health department nurse was airlifted to the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita in critical condition after her car ran off the highway on K-15 Saturday evening in Dickenson County. Pam Holub, ...

A Hillsboro man was so badly injured Saturday in an accident on Indigo Rd. that he was airlifted to a Wichita hospital. Lloyd Funk, 89, was driving northbound on Indigo Rd. when he attempted to turn ...

Lehigh, Hillsboro, Durham, and Goessel firefighters spent 3½ hours early Saturday battling a blaze that destroyed an unoccupied Lehigh house. Hillsboro, Durham, and Goessel firefighters were released ...

Peabody-Burns vocational agriculture teacher Brett McGee was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of having sexual contact with a female student. Before McGee’s name was released to news media, Undersheriff ...

When Hillsboro police stopped Kristi Friesen, a full-time minister with Vision of Faith Hope and Charity Ministries, Nov. 15, 2025, the encounter appeared routine. Police alleged Friesen drove without ...