Two months after the child care center in Hillsboro opened, it is nearing capacity. The center has a capacity of 99 for children with 12 for infant spots and 60 to 70 young kids. are enrolled. The ...

Local cattle producers are concerned about President Donald Trump’s proposal to import beef from Argentina to drive down food prices. Rickey Roberts, county extension agent, does not know whether ...

Marion County residents will likely pay more for disposing items at the county landfill. But at a Monday commission meeting, transfer station director John Housman listed other options, including ...

Six candidates have filed for election to the Marion-Florence school board, two for each of three open positions. Longtime school board members Jan Helmer and Doug Regier are not running for ...

Chairman Jonah Gehring asked the consultants whether having four to five doors to the building was envisioned as happening. Each would add another $4,000 to $5,000 to the project. The county could ...

Four candidates have filed for Peabody City Council. They are Jennifer Bush, Randy Dallke, Beth Peter, and James Philpott. The race also has drawn two write-in candidates who will not appear on the ...

Peabody now has a police force of two full-time police officers and a part-time police officer. The Peabody City Council Monday voted hiring one full-time and one part-time officer. With Police Chief ...

Heavy rain last week sent water over streets and roadways. Emergency manager Marcy Hostetler said Marion was hit by the heaviest rain in a storm system that passed through the center of the state ...

Stopping a speeding driver early Monday on US-56 north of Marion ended in the arrest of three Emporia residents on suspicion of methamphetamine and other charges.

Poll sites will be 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday at these locations: Burns — Community Center. Florence — John McKay American Legion Post. Goessel — City Building. Hillsboro — United Methodist Church, 905 ...

Peabody Historical Society will sponsor an Election Day soup and pie meal at Peabody United Methodist Church. Coffee and cinnamon rolls will be served starting at 10 a.m., and soup and pie will be ...

Not only are beneficiaries of Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, previously called “food stamps,” likely to see benefits delayed or not sent in November because of an ongoing federal ...