By PHYLLIS ZORN. Staff writer. Marion City Council members reviewed a proposed ordinance Monday that would set sta ...

County commissions met behind closed doors Monday in what almost certainly was a violation of the Kansas Open Meetings Act. The Marion County Record has filed a formal complaint with the Kansas ...

And, yes, we’ll also honor the work of the rest of our dedicated team, who despite intense pressures that continue to this day have valiantly soldiered on, seized but not silenced by the raid.

Marion’s new city administrator is settling in. By PHYLLIS ZORN. Staff writer. Moving from Florida to a small town in Kansas has been a change for Marion’s new city administra ...

Inside Marion’s water plant. By FINN HARTNETT. Staff writer. Built in 1964, Marion’s odd-looking water plant is still going strong. Blocky, made of large brick ...

ATV crash. A Hillsboro man was so badly injured Saturday in an accident on Indigo Rd. that he was airlifted to a Wichita hospital. Lloyd Funk, 89, ...

Paying for classroom supplies out of pocket is common for schoolteachers. The National Education Association, the largest teachers’ union in the U.S., reported in 2022 that more than 90% of teachers ...

By PHYLLIS ZORN. Staff writer. As Marion’s first day of school loomed, Eastmoor United Methodist Church sponsored a Sunday evening swimming p ...

It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of our beloved mother, Katherine Marie Lenz, 77, on Aug. 3, 2025, with her family by her side at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in ...

Marshall, 78, Peabody, who passed away Aug. 10, 2025, at Peabody Health and Rehab, will be 3 p.m. Aug. 15 at Peabody United Methodist Church. A celebration of life will follow at Coneburg Inn, where ...

He is survived by his wife, Mary Ann Waltner, of Moundridge; sons Alan Waltner (and wife Tina) of Moundridge and Scott Waltner (and wife Kendra) of Moundridge; daughters Julia Waltner of Kettle Falls, ...

By FINN HARTNETT. Staff writer. Kim Frantz of Tampa won the Record ’s Beat the Heat contest Friday as the first to predict that Aug.