A cafe is an important part of any town, but it takes on deeper meaning when it’s the only eatery in a town of 88. Such is the case for Main Street Café and Bakery in Durham.

Festivities began early during Pilsen’s 150th anniversary Saturday. Gunshots and traditional Czech polkas began ringing out at 8 a.m., as youths and adults shot skeet. Thurston Silhan, a freshman at ...

“In Memoriam” listings are expanded paid obituaries, phrased as the family requests, and may include enhanced information or photographs that might not fit within free death notices. Services will be ...

Senior volunteers often work under the radar in Marion, but their work is vital to the community. Nowhere is that more apparent than at Marion County Food Bank, where roughly 60 volunteers, almost all ...

Overland Park lawyer David Graham filed his affidavit of write-in candidacy for Marion County attorney Thursday. Graham has practiced law since 1985. He has worked as a prosecutor in Neosho, Harper, ...

Hillsboro’s board of education voted Monday to approve the construction of new utility services and hire new varsity coaches. DCS Services submitted four construction bids totaling $2,632,712. The ...

A fight Saturday evening in Burns resulted in two arrests — one a longstanding opponent of Burns City Council and the other possibly related to city council member Tina Blansett. Undersheriff Larry ...

It’s not that journalists — real ones, not “talking heads” — have agendas they want the public to follow. They’re humans. They have opinions. But they see their mission not as persuading but informing ...

Members of the Collett and Hayen families met for their 65th annual reunion Sunday at the Marion County Lake hall. After a potluck lunch, president Dennis Hammer conducted a business meeting at which ...

Just a year after his hiring, county ambulance director Chuck Kenney resigned Monday, citing only personal reasons. Kenney is the fourth ambulance director to quit in recent years. Curt Hasart, under ...

A graveside service at Hillcrest Cemetery, Florence, for Robert “Bob” Harris, 84, who died Monday at St. Luke Hospital in Marion, will follow visitation from 3 to 4 p.m. Friday at Florence Christian ...

Three of five county commissioners greeted the 2024 Marion County Leadership classes at a public ceremony Thursday. David Mueller, Kent Becker, and Randy Dallke were present, along with county clerk ...