Kansas Department of Transportation has approved a $660,949.50 contract with Heft and Sons of Greensburg to resurface the entire length of K-150 in Marion and Chase counties. No date for the start of ...

Checks were handed out Saturday at Hillsboro Vintage Bank Ks for organizations participating in the 32nd annual Marion County Toy Run. The run, which was on Nov. 1, received funds and toys being ...

Parking and occupancy limits on short-term rentals at Marion County Lake were points of contention at Thursday’s planning and zoning meeting. Regulations allow a maximum of eight people in a ...

Amendments to Marion County zoning regulations pertaining to wind farms dominated a meeting Thursday of the county’s planning and zoning commission meeting. The commissioners chose to go line-by line ...

Services for Nellie Wohlgemuth Penner, 92, who died Monday at Moundridge Manor, will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Alexanderfeld Church, rural Hillsboro. Family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at ...

I am elated to be part of the Marion County Record’s staff and am excited to deliver high-quality journalism this institution is known for. When not doing that, I enjoy spending time with my wife, our ...

Motorists pay between 70 to 80 cents more a gallon at the pump in Marion than in other nearby locations. A fuel station at Walmart in Emporia charges $2.09 for unleaded gas. Casey’s General Stores in ...

The policy and its proposed changes need to be available to all county employees and the public. Chairman Jonah Gehring said putting the plan on the county’s website was a good idea. “I am just going ...

When Robert B. Gustafson’s truck was reported by a passing Marion County road and bridge employee, he likely had been dead for several hours. The sheriff’s office was contacted at 9:50 a.m., and the ...

Peabody City Council promoted its city clerk Monday night. Without much discussion, council members made Paul Leeker city clerk / administrator at a salary of $65,000. The city was working without an ...

Hillsboro’s Jesiah Gooch, who was scheduled to sign as a preferred walk on at the University of Kansas , accepted a scholarship instead last week from the University of South Dakota.