Dec 31, 2024 · Clerk, raid dominate year’s news. By ERIC MEYER. Staff writer. Looking ahead to 2025 surely must be more pleasant than looking back on 2024, a year in which unprecedented state and even national and international attention continued to be thrust upon Marion County.

Mar 5, 2025 · 60 years ago. march 11, 1965. Marion’s brand-new municipal water plant will open its doors from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday for an official open house for the public.

Dec 19, 2024 · Secret documents spur new allegations in raid. By ERIC MEYER. Staff writer. More than 50,000 pages of previously secret documents have led to new allegations about disavowed raids Aug. 11, 2023, on the Record newsroom and two Marion homes.

Jan 22, 2025 · Marion revives historic district. By PHYLLIS ZORN. Staff writer. An effort to get Marion’s downtown designated as a historic district — opening the door to tax credits to pay for building improvements — will continue after a five-year hiatus touched off …

Mar 13, 2025 · POLICE. ACTIVITY REPORTS. Law enforcement agencies provided these reports of their activities this past week. Routine activities such as patrols, inspections, training, report-writing, and assistance to other agencies are excluded.

Feb 9, 2025 · Crash kills one teen, seriously injures another. A 16-year-old Hillsboro boy was killed, and another was seriously injured at 5 p.m. Saturday when their pickup truck left Jade Rd. north of 170th Rd. and rolled three times in a field.

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Dec 31, 2024 · Perilous gas leak quickly contained. By ERIC MEYER. Staff writer. Potential disaster was averted Thursday after a machine boring to install fiberoptic cable hit an unmarked gas service line, ripping it away from a gas main.

Mar 25, 2025 · A graveside service for Marion native William “Bill” Randolph Carpenter Jr., 92, who died March 9 in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, is planned for 1 p.m. Saturday, March 22, at Marion Cemetery. A third-generation lawyer, Judge Carpenter dedicated his life to public service in Topeka and in Naples ...

Mar 6, 2025 · MENUS. SENIOR CENTERS. Menus subject to change. Milk available with all meals. HILLSBORO. Reservations accepted at (620) 947-2304. Thursday — Western bean bake, tomato and cucumber salad, wheat bread, fruit crisp.