Peabody mayor Catherine Weems spoke longingly at a city council meeting Monday night about hiring a city administrator. “All our other municipalities have city managers, and they make a huge ...

These Marion County students were listed this past week as receiving degrees or honors from colleges or universities. Grade-point averages of 4.00 indicate all A’s; 3.00 indicate all B’s.

Ten seconds are left on the clock. The auditorium is buzzing. The crowd appears to be inching forward, but as the last second ticks from the clock, a shot bounces off the rim. Girls line up to ...

Obsolescence plagues most anyone older than 65. Progress, change, and invention are constant while time moves ever forward. I’m sure that any of you reading this column can remember items from your ...

A former Tabor College fullback who drove a car that crashed Feb. 27, 2022, in a fiery wreck on Indigo Rd. south of Hillsboro was charged Monday with two counts of involuntary manslaughter while ...

A water pipe burst at 9:30 a.m. Sunday in Goessel, causing damage to S. Buller St. and the water to go out for many residents. The public works department, of which director Alex Goossen is the only ...

The algae first came to the county in May 2003. Vibrant, foamy “blooms” sprang up all but overnight on the surface of Marion Reservoir. They were blue and bright green, their splotchy shapes ...

In the main building, the heating system works better, though Raymer noted that some classrooms on the northwest side can drop into the low 60-degree range. More portable heaters are used in those ...

I read with interest Finn Hartnett’s article Jan. 8 on fiber Internet. I have worked in the electrical, teledata, security and related low-voltage industry since 1992. I remember my first pager and ...

Free food will be distributed to residents with low incomes the week of Feb. 16. New rules require that recipients have monthly household income of no more than $2,322 plus $830 for each household ...

Services for Stephen “Steve” James Podszus, 76, Lincolnville, who died Thursday at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, are pending. Born in 1947 in McAllen, Texas, to Fred and Viola Podszus, his family ...