The Record will sponsor a bipartisan forum for county commissioner and state representative candidates July 26 at the ballroom of Marion’s city hall. The format will not be a debate but a chance for ...

A blue-green algae watch for Marion Reservoir was continued Friday for another week. The reservoir is among nine bodies of water in Kansas under algae warnings. Seven other bodies of water and under ...

Alexander Robinson, an estate planning attorney with Full Circle Estate Planning and Probate in Wichita, generally recommends prepaid funerals because they can relieve surviving family members of ...

America at 250. Even accidental leaders can grow into their positions. By H.W. BRANDS. From In Pursuit by special arrangement with Kansas Humanities. During the 19th century, the ...

By OWEN PROTHRO. Staff writer. Forget lawnmowers. Marion City Council is looking at ways for goats to clean out areas of hard-to-rea ...

As the stone was fastened and lifted by a skid steer loader, 18 pairs of eyes fixated that way. When the stone was set, a collective breath was let out, and 40 years of wishing came true for the ...

Disturbing details emerge amid teacher’s plea in sex case. By JUDD WEIL. Staff writer. A former Peabody-Burns High School teacher pleaded no contest Tuesday to six felonies invo ...

Department on Aging director Lou Turk worries about Kansas’ new waiting list for a program that helps seniors remain in their homes. “They say they don’t want people to fall through the cracks,” Turk ...

The price of beef is at a historic high, and producers who raise beef along with their wheat, soy or corn crops are grinning all the way to the bank. “No question this has been a great help,” Unruh ...

Three Red Cross blood drives are planned in Marion County in coming weeks. Appointments are being accepted at redcrossblood.org. July 22 — noon to 6 p.m. at Eastmoor United Methodist Church, 105 ...

Crofoot’s seat to be filled before primary. By CLARA GERMANI . and ERIC MEYER. Staff writers. Republicans will have a convention July 23 to select a replacement to serve the rem ...

By JUDD WEIL. Staff writer. Residents frustrated by loose dogs remained on the minds of Peabody City Council members Monday as they searched for an animal c ...