Nine of 12 towns in Marion County have put residents on notice that property taxes may increase. The jurisdictions responded to a state deadline Monday to declare whether they expect to exceed the ...

Durham and Flint Hills Counterpoint, a land conservancy group in Peabody, got $10,000 in Kansas Arts Commission grants Tuesday. They are among 91 groups to get a total of $750,000. Durham got $6,940 ...

Persistent sweltering under a relentless sun and yard signs sprouting faster than weeds — almost as fast as they did after a hailstorm — mean it’s time for a few cutting remarks about taxes. This time ...

A new format for state Babe Ruth/Cal Ripken baseball tournaments was tested over the weekend in Hillsboro. Instead of separate locations for each age division, the under-10, under-12, and under-16 ...

Another Day in the Country. Getting my ducks in a row. By PAT WICK © Another Day in the Country. It’s been a quiet week in Ramona, my home town, except on the corner of 5th and ...

The season of candidate forums is upon Marion County. The Record will sponsor a candidate forum for the contested 4th District county commissioner seat and the 70th District state representative seat ...

By JUDD WEIL. Staff writer. Hillsboro has not identified enough money for several planned projects, including an airport improvement requiring a ...

Despite fears, county voting machines can’t be hacked. By CLARA GERMANI. Staff writer. In spite of national anxiety about hacked voting machines — including assertions by a fo ...

By OWEN PROTHRO. Staff writer. A proposed zoning change that would restrict competitors wanting to open another hospital in Marion seems to be mov ...

Lack of referees, particularly in football and basketball, has been exacerbated by a need for referees with Kansas State High School Activities Association’s addition of girls’ flag football as a ...

Pioneer Bluffs will sponsor its annual Day of the Cowboy starting with an ice cream social at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. A program about the cow horse — including a guest speaker and panel of experts — will ...

By OWEN PROTHRO. Staff writer. Two city billboards soon will be replaced after Marion City Council unanimously approved the upgrades Mon ...