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 ...

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 ...

Just a year after his hiring, county ambulance director Chuck Kenney resigned Monday, citing only personal reasons. Kenney is the fourth ambulance director to quit in recent years. Curt Hasart, under ...

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.

A Republican, Brown has been assistant Morris County attorney since May. If elected in Marion County, she’ll continue serving in Morris County as well. Incumbent Marion County Attorney Joel Ensey, who ...

Festivities began early during Pilsen’s 150th anniversary Saturday. Gunshots and traditional Czech polkas began ringing out at 8 a.m., as youths and adults shot skeet. Thurston Silhan, a freshman at ...

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, ...

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 ...

Beaten in this year’s primary election for District 3 commission seat, longtime county commissioner Randy Dallke has filed as a write-in candidate in the November general election. Dallke has been on ...

As a descendant of Midwestern relatives from Iowa and a frequent traveler through Kansas back to visit them through the ’50s and ’60s, it has been a delight to read the Record for the last year after ...

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 ...

Senior volunteers often work under the radar in Marion, but their work is vital to the community. Nowhere is that more apparent than at Marion County Food Bank, where roughly 60 volunteers, almost all ...