Former commissioner Dan Holub was selected Thursday to fill the 4th District commissioner vacancy created by the death July 10 of Dave Crofoot. Once formally named by the governor, he will serve until ...

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 ...

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 ...

Daffy, the biggest duck, led the way, waddling as fast as she could. Plop! A frog flew up out of the grass in front of her and landed in the pond. The ducks stopped in their tracks. “What’s in our ...

County officials are weighing a fiberoptic project on farmland in the southwest corner of the county, slow-walking the proposal to mollify public anxiety about potential connection to data centers.

The worst effect of excessive fascination with property taxes is that local governments, especially cities that provide utilities, avoid property tax increases by imposing more regressive taxes, like ...

Among the towns, only Florence, Lehigh, and Ramona said they would keep their tax rates at the revenue-neutral rate or lower. Florence went one step further, declaring it would not exceed a property ...

Two city billboards soon will be replaced after Marion City Council unanimously approved the upgrades Monday. Total costs will be close to $40,000. Miracle Signs of Wichita provided estimates.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Luna and six other dogs opened the Marion County Fair on Monday after a rain delay scrubbed Sunday’s horse show. The fair will continue through Saturday, with traditional livestock exhibits, project ...