When final, unofficial returns were posted, Republican Mike Beneke ousted unaffiliated incumbent David Mueller in commissioner District 2 by a margin of 610 to 500. In District 3, Republican Clarke ...

An incident Thursday at Peabody-Burns Junior High and High School led to special school meetings Friday evening that ended with principal Ryan Bartel no longer being employed by the school. The ...

Hillsboro’s American Legion will sponsor a dinner 5:30 to 7 p.m. Monday in honor of Veterans Day. On the menu will be chicken-fried steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, and French bread.

Questions were raised Tuesday about the legality of a long-discussed food truck regulation approved Monday by Marion City Council. Under its terms, vendors who have permanent locations within the ...

Live music came from 102-year-old Bob Delk and various friends, who performed from 8 to 9:15 a.m. Nursing homes, health insurance companies, and the county department on aging set up booths and passed ...

Adults 50 and older are recommended to get shingles vaccinations. Shingles, caused by reactivation of the same virus that causes chickenpox, causes a painful rash of blisters that wraps around the ...

Six county girls were named to all-league teams in volleyball this week. Brooklyn Wuest, Aimee Funk, and Delaney Duerksen, all of Goessel, were selected to the Wheat State League first team. Abbigail ...

Most years, hedge apples are dumped mainly on Main St. and some on Lincoln St. This year, intentionally or not, they littered a wider area, cleaned up the next morning by city work crews. The toilet, ...

Two Goessel runners competed on a track that quickly became a slippery, puddle-laden obstacle course, as 101 runners travelled the same path. Eli Gaeddert found his pace near the front of the pack, ...

U.S. Naval Academy graduate Michael James of Hillsboro was named last week to a 20-member board set up by Senator Jerry Moran to review applications for admission to U.S. service academies.

Utility customers whose electricity and gas service do not come from their cities will get a five-month reprieve from having services shut off during freezing weather. Customers served by Westar ...

Marion County Toy Run participants braced for a cold, wet drive from Marion to Hillsboro and delivered the goods Saturday as promised. The run began, as usual, from Willie J’s 9th Lane, where ...