Bluegrass at the Lake was, for lack of better words, a smash hit this year. The two-day festival brought in $16,700, lake superintedent Isaac Hett said Monday. Expenses to run the event were a little ...

The last time the county updated its comprehensive plan was in 2017 — before controversial wind farms began operating and before data centers became a concern nationwide. County administrator Tina ...

There was a field with an old Allis-Chalmers combine from around 1950 that was broken down and wheat was turning black. There were no parts to repair the combine. On some farms, women and men were ...

Unwanted surprises are common with the abandoned and the working wells that dot Marion County. The state estimates 120,000 well bores have been drilled in the state, including oil and gas and ...

A 10-year-old girl was flown to a Wichita trauma center Friday after suffering a leg injury in a bicycle accident in Hillsboro. According to ambulance director Mickey Price, the girl appeared to have ...

Danielle Bartel never imagined a career in local government. Today, she’s responsible for helping lead the town that raised her. “When I started at the city, I realized that I had found my people,” ...

Ryan D. Howser, 40, Wichita, was arrested at 2:46 a.m. Thurday after Hillsboro police investigated a vehicle, described as suspiciously backed into a parking space in front of Ampride.

Nearly 120 employees and patients at St. Luke Hospital were caught up in a bomb scare Thursday after a voicemail prompted a multi-agency emergency response. The response began after hospital chief ...

The 108th annual Hett reunion will be Sunday at Marion County Lake hall. The reunion will begin with a meal at 12:30 p.m. A business meeting will follow. Attendees are being asked to bring a covered ...

Another Day in the Country. The other side of the bed . By PAT WICK © Another Day in the Country. An acquaintance of mine, who I’m sure would become a friend if I ever spent mo ...

An ordinance allowing creation of a district intended to limit hospital competition was accepted Monday. Despite opposition from the city’s planning commission, Marion City Council unanimously ...

Lavern Stika, 84, Herington, died Wedneday after he was pinned underneath his car at a house he owned north of Pilsen on Remington Rd. Dispatchers received a call around 1:55 p.m. from his daughter, ...