Fourth District county commissioner Dave Crofoot, 78, died Friday after being stricken at his home in the 800 block of S. Roosevelt St. in Marion. Marion ambulance was called to his home at 11:02 a.m.

A blue-green algae watch for Marion Reservoir was elevated Friday to a more serious warning. The reservoir is among six bodies of water in Kansas under algae warnings. Nine other bodies of water and ...

After two years without a structured budgeting process, the City of Marion is attempting to return to a formal schedule this year, with the first phase already underway. Department heads submitted ...

Alexander Robinson, an estate planning attorney with Full Circle Estate Planning and Probate in Wichita, generally recommends prepaid funerals because they can relieve surviving family members of ...

Lewis Unruh brushes aside leafy stems in his soybean field near Peabody and plunges a shovel into the soil. He lifts a dark clump from the earth, rubs it between fingers worn from a lifetime of ...

After spending nearly two weeks serving near Buipe in northern Ghana, Jennifer Bush returned to Peabody with sore muscles, lingering effects of sun poisoning and renewed appreciation for the power of ...

The 2006 International 7400 diesel tanker was carrying a full tank when the accident happened. It was towed by Autohouse, based in Galva, where it will stay at a lot until the Kansas Department of ...

Just as legislators did with “Value Them Both,” which would have taken away reproductive rights while pretending to embrace them, their latest amendment is anything but an attempt to make the state ...

Proponents of an event hall at Marion’s Central Park told the city council Monday that the facility could break even or make money for the city by hosting weddings. “There’s potential for income for ...

Lind, who will be 88 Friday, moved to Marion six years ago from Concordia. He festooned his neighbors’ mailboxes last month on a cul-de-sac off Eisenhower Dr., with planted petunias, marigolds, ...

An estimated 17 tour participants will stop for lunch at 12:45 p.m. at Bill and Essie’s BBQ, 301 E. Main St., Marion, then travel at 2:15 p.m. to Hillsboro Community Child Care Center, 211 Elm St., ...

Attendance at the county’s premier July 4 fireworks display in Peabody was dampened by a threat of storms, but the town still managed to fight the traditional Battle of New Orleans with more than ...