A new $300,000 grant from the state will aid in a $461,500 renovation of the former Olde Towne Restaurant building at 126 N. Main St. in Hillsboro, city council members learned Thursday.

State’s worst drought grips county . By ERIC MEYER. Staff writer. Marion and Chase counties officially are being listed as the Kansas counties most impacted by drought. Both cou ...

County commissioners got their first look at the county’s newest ambulance Monday — two years after it was ordered.

But we and other news organizations have tried mightily to cook our informational vegetables right and even include a bit of dessert in the form of entertaining features. All that’s needed is for more ...

Work on Locust upstream from the drainage ditch under Elm St. began April 7 and was mostly finished April 29. It still will get a metal railing along the edge of a drainage culvert.

Qualified electors can be written in on ballots or nominated from the floor. Candidates will address voters before the election. General elections at the courthouse will be Aug. 5 with early voting at ...

Under orange-and-red lights in Shari Flaming Memorial Arts Center, Hillsboro High School graduated 38 Trojans on Saturday. The procession was a professional, polished affair, livened up by some choice ...

The first order of business for Brian Wells, who will become Marion city administrator June 16, will be getting to know the community and council and then deciding the best paths to take from there, ...

The Grand Prix began in 1972 to celebrate Florence’s centennial. A Wichita-based group, Sprockets Motorcycle Club, was host. The club is now defunct, though a Facebook group where members share ...

Centre’s lone golfer, Easton Glessner, finished 9th, also earning him a spot at state. Class 1A will compete Tuesday in Dodge City.

Marion junior Carson Krause is recovering at home after being hit in the neck by a baseball and collapsing at Marion’s regional playoff game May 14 against Little River. With the score 3-3, Krause was ...

Enter the caretaker, a person (almost always a woman) who visits seniors for a few hours a day to clean, prepare meals, do laundry, help in the bathroom, and, most importantly, provide company.