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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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, ...

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.

Not only is it rare for a student in a rural area to receive this scholarship, the Bina family now has had two Hagan scholarship students. Kaitlynn’s brother, Justin, also got a Hagen scholarship.

Bright clothing, comfortable walking shoes, and a flashlight are recommended for the walk. The walk is being planned despite a statement by the Wichita diocese that the only sanctioned pilgrimage to ...

After a lengthy stakeout, U.S. Marshals and Kansas Highway Patrol arrested two absconded parolees on undisclosed charges Thursday in Peabody. Melissa R. Merunka, 38, and Dusty L. Trusdale, 40, both of ...