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Rural neighbors’ feud leads to weapons arrest. A rural Peabody man who apparently was in a long-running feud with neighbors was arrested Saturday after going to their house, fir ...
After Kansas Department of Children and Families announced last week that a commodities program that ships free food across Kansas would pause this month because of a lack of federal funding, county ...
It’s humid inside; the clarifier resembles both a nuclear reactor and a circus tent. The white noise of generators is loud and overwhelming. Employees stick long, clear rods into the water to measure ...
Services for Viola Hiebert, 97, Newton, who died May 28 at Schowalter Villa in Hesston, will be in July. A graveside service was May 31 in Ebenfeld cemetery, rural Hillsboro. Born Nov. 17, 1927, in ...
Recycling in Marion likely will soon be done by a contractor instead of the city. Recycling now costs city residents $8 a month for weekly pickup.
The disciplinary office refers cases to three board members and they meet as needed, but generally every three months,” Bina said.
Hillsboro’s senior center serves the most meals at its site, an average of 1,971 meals a month. Marion’s senior center provides friendship meals to an average of 514 seniors a month, pickup meals to ...
Truth be told, I found my first 18 years in Marion to be quite pleasant. I loved that I could spend lots of time with family members, including two grandmothers who, rare for that time, were ...
Services for former Peabody, Marion, and Burns resident Janice Gradert, who died June 8, will be scheduled later. Born in December, 1938, to Donald and Laura Pierce, she grew up in Peabody.
Services for Roger Frank Peterson, 92, Burdick, who died June 2 at Legacy Nursing Home, were June 8. Born Dec. 11, 1932, to Iver and Stella Hanson Peterson, he served in the U.S. Army during the ...
TC’s What-Not Shop is impossible to miss. Its bright-green facade, speckled with metallic lawn décor and fiery novelty signs (“Keep Calm and Return Fire”; “God is Great, Beer is Good, and People are ...
Services for Louis William Voelker, 85, who died June 11 at his home, were scheduled for 10 a.m. today at St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church in Pilsen. Burial will be in Pilsen cemetery. A former ...