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 ...

Assistant Morris County prosecutor Michelle Brown filed an affidavit of write-in candidacy Friday for the position of Marion County attorney. A Republican, Brown has been assistant Morris County ...

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 ...

A fight Saturday evening in Burns resulted in two arrests — one a longstanding opponent of Burns City Council and the other possibly related to city council member Tina Blansett. Undersheriff Larry ...

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 ...

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 ...

Last week, I delivered a dilapidated couch to the Marion County transfer station. Unknown to me, within that couch was hidden my wife’s high school class ring from 1978. The ring was discovered by the ...

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 ...

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 ...

The city of Hillsboro received $500 Tuesday for winning Kansas’s annual Public Power Week trophy. Unfortunately for Thurston, the prize money came in the form of a normal-size check.

Reorganization will be the topic when members of the Republican Party of Marion County meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at Hillsboro Civic Center.