A week after an ice storm, a blizzard, and a second snowfall, the county still has plenty of ice and snow. All that’s missing is ice melter. A run on local stores has made it a precious commodity for ...

Candidates for the appeals court position will be interviewed Jan. 28 and 29 in Topeka. A committee of other judges will select three finalists, one of whom will be appointed by the governor to ...

Still, Kansas’ first female senator continues to hold her independence dear, living largely by herself in a ranch house near Burdick. Her home, with its memoir-laden bookshelves and framed political ...

Final data from a straw poll on dropping “Wildcats” as Marion Middle School’s nickname reveals continued sharp splits among groups surveyed. Whether to change the nickname for all district schools to ...

Two new county commissioners were sworn in Monday and another was bid a fond farewell Jan. 8. Outgoing county commissioner Randy Dallke, who served 20 years on the commission before being outvoted by ...

The Goessel girls are now 3-3 and 1-0 in the Wheat State League. Friday’s game will be at (3-5) Canton-Galva. The Goessel boys lost their first game of 2025, struggling to score and committing an ...

State funerals, as we witnessed on television this past week, are always quite interesting. Equally interesting is many television reporters’ lack of understanding of the English language, displayed ...

Services for longtime Marion County florist Julie Ann Brosemer, 72, who died Jan. 7 in Osage City, will be 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at her home at 713 Ellinwood St., Osage City. Private burial of her ...

A private memorial service will be scheduled later for former longtime resident of Cedar Point Harriette L. Foose, 90, who died Dec. 20, 2024 in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. Interment will be at Bazaar ...

There is a picture of the blaze from my shop burning to the ground. No one came with garden hoses trying to help me. No wonderful neighbors, except those of the fire crews, came to try to help. I was ...

A graveside service for Blanche Ruth (Brown) Cowan, 99, Stockton, Missouri, who died Jan. 7 at Lake Stockton Healthcare Facility, will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Greenwood Cemetery, Newton.

Services for Lynford Becker, 94, who died Thursday at Hillsboro Community Hospital, were scheduled for 11 a.m. today at Hillsboro Mennonite Brethren Church. Pastor Jeremy Matlock was to officiate with ...