Bear with us, from Marion County Record for March 18, 2026 ...

Freshmen in Shannon Cooper’s journalism class at Marion High School heard about the realities of reporting during a visit Friday by Record reporter Judd Weil. Students heard that journalism is rarely ...

By JUDD WEIL. Staff writer. Marion City Council voted Monday to approve a $5 increase in residential refuse fees for the remainder of 2026, followed by an ...

“In Memoriam” listings are expanded paid obituaries, phrased generally as the family requests, and may include enhanced information or photographs that might not fit within free death notices.

Services for Dorothy Ensz, 95, who died March 11 at Parkside Homes in Hillsboro, will be 3 p.m. Saturday at Hillsboro United Methodist Church. Born Oct. 29, 1930, near Marion to Albert and Ethel ...

Editor’s note: Publication of the photo, with the family members’ identities concealed, was designed to remind everyone that pedophilia, as alleged in this case, is not confined to a certain class of ...

By JUDD WEIL. Staff writer. To take it off the tax roles, Hillsboro City Council voted Tuesday transferring most of former AMPI property ...

Marion County continues to grapple with a mix of chronic diseases, limited local health infrastructure, and persistent socioeconomic barriers, according to newly released analyses from state and ...

Another Day in the Country. Reaching out . By PAT WICK © Another Day in the Country. My grandson came up with the idea of Facetiming my sister and me every Sunday afternoon as a ...

What if the Kansas Legislature would come up with a law that would allow law enforcement officials to write up and sign an illegal piece of paper, and then go bust down your door, arrest you as a ...

By JUDD WEIL. Staff writer. For Susan Mayo, music never has been only about performance. It always has been about connection. The Peabody-area cellist ...

Boiling water does not make it safe as boiling tends to concentrate nitrates. The city has not identified a source for the elevated nitrate level, public works director Alex Goossen said.