The adult class consisted of Corey Brown, Luretta Turk, Paige Barnes, Cal Pendergrass, Veronica DeSelms, and Lowell Ensey. The youth class consisted of Centre High School students Anna ...

Hillsboro built its existing concrete hiking and biking trail with an 80% grant from the same program. The new grant will pay 80% of the cost of the trail extension. Completed in 2021, the original ...

Marion kindergarten classes have received a $4,000 Dollar General Literacy Foundation grant to support a literacy program. Kindergarten teachers Sarah Mason, Katie Rahe, and Jessica Ensley said they ...

DCS Services submitted four construction bids totaling $2,632,712. The board approved all four unanimously. DCS will replace a sewer line at the elementary school and a water line at the middle/high ...

It was a busy week for the Trojans with nine matches in seven days. Five were on Saturday at the Trojans invitational, where they placed third. Hillsboro defeated Haven, lost to Halstead, defeated ...

The Centre and Herington school districts have agreed to establish a joint baseball and softball program. Neither district have had such baseball or softball programs in the past. The agreement will ...

A newly hired Peabody police officer is being sued in federal court over alleged use of unnecessary force and violation of civil rights. Robert Walker of Howard filed suit Sept. 9 against Eric Watts, ...

Peabody is a third-class city. State law imposes no residency requirement on appointed officers of third-class cities. Under state law, second-class cities like Marion, Hillsboro, and Florence are ...

Former Marion County deputy and Burns police chief Joel J. Womochil, 39, has pleaded guilty in federal court to two counts of conspiracy to commit sexual exploitation of a child.

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 ...

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 ...

When Neal Whitaker dropped off his old couch at the Marion County Trash Transfer Station on Thursday, he didn’t think much of it. He’d checked under the cushions beforehand to make sure nothing of ...