Decades later, that legacy would carry Jirgens from a childhood in rural Marion County to dropping out of Fort Hays State University to finding direction in the Navy, and eventually becoming a dual ...

Taft’s leadership set the court on a new trajectory. The enhanced prestige of the court contributed to the ability of future chief justices to stave off challenges to its authority, such as the ...

He was on a trip with a group of men through Reel Recovery, a non-profit founded in 2003 aimed to connect cancer patients through fly fishing and aid in their recovery. Now, it’s coming to Kansas.

By JUDD WEIL. Staff writer. Hillsboro will begin publishing its own newsletter next month. The city-produced Hillsboro Happenings will include cit ...

Marion City Council was challenged about a council member’s relation to a recently adopted ordinance. Marion County Commissioners, after being accused of attempting to intimidate zoning commissioners, ...

By CLARA GERMANI. Staff writer. As classes start this week, Goessel schools have deployed an artificial-intelligence gun-detection system.

Many regard it among the best, least biased, in-depth news sources in the country — America’s equivalent of BBC. Others think it spews “fake news,” even though many of its liberal supporters ...

A $9.2 million housing development years in the making will celebrate its grand opening Friday in Hillsboro. Mennonite Housing Rehabilitation Services will have a ribbon cutting for its 24-unit ...

By JUDD WEIL. Staff writer. Florence won $1.275 million for downtown streetscape and pedestrian safety improvements, an unusually large grant for t ...

Poaching was reported primarily in Morris County, with complaints also in Chase County. By October, 2025, Brown was reviewing a KDWP affidavit alleging more than 300 violations involving killings in ...

By OWEN PROTHRO. Staff writer. If you or a loved one has thought about applying for Medicare, an information session soon will come to Marion. T ...

She was united in marriage to Anthony “Tony” Schafers on Sept. 12, 1953. Tillie was chief financial officer of Tony’s Plumbing, worked at St. Luke Hospital as a certified nursing assistant, and ...