A new $300,000 grant from the state will aid in a $461,500 renovation of the former Olde Towne Restaurant building at 126 N. Main St. in Hillsboro, city council members learned Thursday.

Bright clothing, comfortable walking shoes, and a flashlight are recommended for the walk. The walk is being planned despite a statement by the Wichita diocese that the only sanctioned pilgrimage to ...

The Grand Prix began in 1972 to celebrate Florence’s centennial. A Wichita-based group, Sprockets Motorcycle Club, was host. The club is now defunct, though a Facebook group where members share ...

Brandon is survived by his mother, Tamie Klenda of Lincolnville; siblings Stephanie Byer (and husband Chris) of Hays and Russell Klenda of Wamego; and nieces and nephews Preston Klenda, Alexis Klenda, ...

Axl finished fourth in the freestyle bracket and won the Greco tournament, becoming the first kid from the Marion Junior Wrestling Club to win a state title. The victory was a massive achievement not ...

County commissioners got their first look at the county’s newest ambulance Monday — two years after it was ordered.

Marion and Chase counties officially are being listed as the Kansas counties most impacted by drought. Both counties are listed as experiencing at least moderate drought — a long-term condition that ...

Work on Locust upstream from the drainage ditch under Elm St. began April 7 and was mostly finished April 29. It still will get a metal railing along the edge of a drainage culvert.

Under orange-and-red lights in Shari Flaming Memorial Arts Center, Hillsboro High School graduated 38 Trojans on Saturday. The procession was a professional, polished affair, livened up by some choice ...

Enter the caretaker, a person (almost always a woman) who visits seniors for a few hours a day to clean, prepare meals, do laundry, help in the bathroom, and, most importantly, provide company.

The first order of business for Brian Wells, who will become Marion city administrator June 16, will be getting to know the community and council and then deciding the best paths to take from there, ...

Not only is it rare for a student in a rural area to receive this scholarship, the Bina family now has had two Hagan scholarship students. Kaitlynn’s brother, Justin, also got a Hagen scholarship.