After the board’s president and vice president, Nick Kraus and Jan Helmer, formally were reelected, public comment on replacing the middle school “Wildcat” mascot with the high school “Warrior” mascot ...

Salary for Sheriff Jeff Soyez was set at $74,688. Salary for County Clerk Ashley Herpich was set at $65,724. Salary for County Treasurer Tina Groening was set at $65,724, an upward adjustment of ...

Many pharmacies throughout the state, including Lanning in Marion and Hillsboro Hometown in Hillsboro, will be closed Feb. 5 in support of Pharmacy Benefit Managers reform. CK Pharmacy’s three ...

An effort to get Marion’s downtown designated as a historic district — opening the door to tax credits to pay for building improvements — will continue after a five-year hiatus touched off by 2020’s ...

Carlsons’ Grocery and Hillsboro Industries will receive federal grants to pay for half the cost of installing and maintaining solar panels. But owners Greg Carlson and Mike Gerken have quite different ...

But does our community actually merit nicknames those soliloquies extol: Wildcats, Warriors, or something equally fearsome? From our behavior — sniping from the shadows but for the most part refusing ...

The forensics team is back in business and ready to face the season head on. Forensics typically is not a spectator sport, but community members are encouraged to come along for the ride. The team’s ...

Newly installed county attorney Michelle Brown has ideas to recruit lawyers to the county. She is suggesting that some of her salary be set aside for such things as tuition reimbursement or bonuses ...

Kansas, especially in rural areas, faces a shortage of nurses that is expected to become worse, a recent Kansas Nursing Workforce Center report shows. Hillsboro Community Hospital executive director ...

Marion senior Luke Wessel and junior Eli Klenda has been named to the All-Academic state cross-country team for placing in the top 30 in the state and having a grade-point average of 3.75 or better.

I enjoyed reading Finn Hartnett’s article Jan. 15 about former Senator Nancy Kassebaum receiving the Presidential Citizens Medal, one of the country’s highest civilian honors. This honor should have ...

Interim police chief Zach Hudlin said police were summoned when the woman got stuck in the snow in the 1500 block of E. Main St. An officer helped get the wheelchair out of the snow and offered to ...