Dynamic duo. They’ve read the same books, learned the same lessons, and matched each other perfect grade for perfect grade since kindergarten, so it’s not that surprising ...

Marion County will pay thousands of dollars in veterinary boarding costs for dogs seized by the City of Marion in an animal cruelty case. The county will pay $3,756.96 billed by Animal Health Center ...

John Quincy Adams’s vision served the nation in its founding and remains a guiding light as the nation celebrates its 250th birthday. This wisdom, and its lasting legacy, is a reminder that ...

Sydney Smith may only now be graduating as the No. 2 student in her class at Centre High School, but she’s already well on her way to a career she’s dreamed of in nursing because she’s worked two ...

Marion County’s noxious weed, household hazardous waste, and transfer station department is operating short-staffed and dealing with equipment problems, director Josh Housman told county commissioners ...

Census figures reveal major changes in the last 60 years, and it is not just less population. In 1960, the census had for Marion County a population of 15,143 with 6,890 living in towns and 8,253 ...

Maria Carlson ticks every box of success in academic and social success in her Marion High School career. Her perfect grades earned her the Governor’s Scholar award and the role of class valedictorian ...

You might think that Peabody-Burns High School senior Kate Huls is all serious business: She’s a prestigious Governor’s Scholar, she earned a 4.0 GPA, she completed college algebra during her junior ...

A 4-year-old boy was taken Friday night to a Wichita pediatric trauma center after a stick became lodged in his chest while he was playing outside. The child’s parents drove him to St. Luke Hospital, ...

Extended forecasts by the National Weather Service predict a one-level worsening to moderate drought of the dryness status in far west portions of Marion County over the next four to eight weeks. No ...

Former Mayor Peggy Blackman recalls significant flooding in the 1980s when a levee supervisor forgot to close the valve. She noted that, in a significant rain event, a flap valve at the lower end of ...

Hillsboro’s water and wastewater department saved the city hundreds of thousands of dollars by handling major infrastructure repairs internally while continuing to battle worsening algae and mineral ...