Peabody boys few, but girls have enough for a team. By NICHOLAS KIMBALL. Staff writer. Peabody-Burns basketball got off to a later start for practices compared to other schools th ...

When Robert B. Gustafson’s truck was reported by a passing Marion County road and bridge employee, he likely had been dead for several hours. The sheriff’s office was contacted at 9:50 a.m., and the ...

Winter draws near and a lot of places and their activities tend to slow down. Marion County Lake is one of those places but still will be a fine destination spot come that first cold. According to ...

Around 5 a.m. Sunday, the Lincolnville firefighters were dispatched to a barn fire at 2921 Sunflower Rd. Upon their arrival, they found the barn fully and had already burned almost to the ground. That ...

Motorists pay between 70 to 80 cents more a gallon at the pump in Marion than in other nearby locations. A fuel station at Walmart in Emporia charges $2.09 for unleaded gas. Casey’s General Stores in ...

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, at around 1:30 p.m. a small plane flying out of the Newton Airport made an emergency landing just outside Peabody. “It was in between Quail Creek and Pawnee Rd.

Kansas Department of Transportation has approved a $660,949.50 contract with Heft and Sons of Greensburg to resurface the entire length of K-150 in Marion and Chase counties. No date for the start of ...

Peabody City Council promoted its city clerk Monday night. Without much discussion, council members made Paul Leeker city clerk / administrator at a salary of $65,000. The city was working without an ...

Checks were handed out Saturday at Hillsboro Vintage Bank Ks for organizations participating in the 32nd annual Marion County Toy Run. The run, which was on Nov. 1, received funds and toys being ...

Centre returns three starters from last season, junior Micah Carlson and sophomores Noah Brunner and Brady Idleman. “The team is the youngest in the league; however, these are returning players who ...

The rhino is a homely beast. His play on the word “preposterous” was apropos. There’s no earthly reason why Marion should use taxpayer money — either directly or from government grants — to expand its ...