Quakes are not that uncommon in Marion County. In 2023, a total of 32 quakes were reported in the county. Most were milder than magnitude 2.8. Quakes between 2.5 and 5.4 typically are felt but rarely ...

County attorney Joel Ensey told commissioners Tuesday that he wants a $40,000 raise. Ensey’s proposed pay increase would be ...

Surrounding counties got federal disaster assistance for severe winter storms Jan. 8 to 16 but Marion County’s damage apparently didn’t cost enough to qualify. According to the Federal Emergency ...

Receiving top ratings of I were: Maddison Beery, bass clarinet; Hailey Harshman, trumpet solo; Keenan Lange, French horn solo; Jessica Methvin, trumpet solo. Flute trios one and two, consist of Maria ...

A recent study from Centers for Disease Control found that male agricultural managers had a suicide rate more than 50% higher than that of all surveyed occupations, Miller said, and farmers have ...

A Marion High School junior got an early start on college scholarships April 24 when Alyera Koehn received a Masonic scholarship from Centre Lodge in Marion. Alyera won the scholarship for writing the ...

The name of a couple who donated two early learning computers to Marion City Library was misspelled in some editions of last week’s paper. The computers were donated by Carla and Larry Steckline.

Their “awareness by the mile” ride began 13 months ago outside Ashland and has taken them on a meandering route through southwest Kansas, eastern Colorado, Wyoming (where bad weather prompted them to ...

Out of 19 schools that participated in Friday’s Maize girls invitational, the combined Marion, Hillsboro, Centre, Peabody-Burns team placed third. Lauryn Vogt won in the 100 butterfly and the 50 ...

Saturday will be the premiere showing of a documentary art film featuring development of a plot of silphium at Flint Hills Counterpoint’s home base. “The Silphium Plot” will be shown at 7 p.m. at the ...

The Trojans were hosts for their annual James Thomas Invitational on Friday. The boys placed fifth place out of 16 schools. The girls finished eighth. Anders Weisbeck won in discus with his teammate ...

A $1.2 million gift to Tabor College has triggered renovation of a campus building into a home for business and entrepreneurship studies. Renovation of the Mary J. Regier Building was announced April ...