Every school district in Marion County has notified the county that it intends to increase its tax levy. So has every recreation commission except Goessel’s, half the towns, three fire districts, ...

Commissioners took a second look at a draft of a proposed anti-30x30 program resolution they first saw a week before. They suggested some changes and once again sent it back for county counsel Brad ...

The cost of education has gotten very high. That’s what’s driving so many students to community colleges instead of universities. But high costs are not limited to secondary education. They trickle ...

He was right that actions cannot be taken except during official meetings, but the Open Meetings Act forbids any gatherings of officials outside of public view except in limited circumstances in which ...

A Hillsboro woman was arrested Thursday after she drove into the path of an oncoming pickup pulling a trailer. The accident, which tied up traffic on US-50 for nearly 2½ hours, happened just north of ...

Gene Winkler of Marion spoke about the transition of Marion County Food Bank from a room at Valley United Methodist Church to a new building on Main St. at a meeting last week in Garden City. The ...

Arianna Wilson from Peabody’s fire district and Ella Mackey from Florence’s fire district are this year’s winners of Marion County Fire Chiefs Association Scholarships. They were selected from 20 ...

Meredith Sarver wanted to donate a kidney to her father, Glen Kliewer. Their blood types didn’t match, so she couldn’t. But that wasn’t the end of the story. When they traveled to Research Medical ...

A celebration of life for Donald “Jeff” Richmond, 64, who peacefully departed this life on July 17, 2024, will be at 6 p.m. July 27, 2024, at Marion Country Club. The event will be a time for friends ...

This month, Hostetler attended five days of classes and earned her Federal Emergency Management Agency National Emergency Management Basic Academy certification.

An Abilene couple appear to have found a way to “game the system” of camping rules at the county lake.

Physical education and health director Shaun Craft, who was riding on the bus, called transportation director Darrel Shults. Shults said if the bus could safely make it to the rest area, it should do ...