“Places, everyone!” director Megan Jones says. The group disperses. Actors run off to check their microphones and spray more hairspray — if that were possible — before rushing out the door to the ...

Centre teachers and staff were quick to respond Monday when a 6-year-old fell off a slide at the school’s playground. The boy, who hit his head in the fall, had a cut on his head. Staff summoned ...

It’s not often a Marion native departs for the mountains of Guatemala, but that’s just where Emmy Hess journeyed after graduating from the University of Kansas in 2023.

Services for Hallie Sue Novak, 87, who died Friday at Salem Home in Hillsboro, will be 11 a.m. Friday at Hebron Lutheran Church, Burdick. Visitation will be an hour before the service at the church ...

Kindergarten students act out riding in a cab Monday under guidance of eight high school students in the school library. The students earlier heard a story about a hat peddler whose hats were stolen ...

Eleven earthquakes were recorded in Marion County last year. The strongest was magnitude 2.8 north of 230th Rd. between Alfalfa and Bison Rds. Earthquakes typically cause damage only at magnitudes ...

“No one really loves the red blinking lights,” Svaty admitted. Wind farm owner Orsted was “under no legal requirement whatsoever” to install an aircraft detection system, even though it chose to do so ...

There are always crooks, thieves, drunkards, violent neighbors, or stoned people in every town. It’s just easier to see it all in a small town or county. While I have the New York Times and Wall ...

Hillsboro Community Foundation this month announced $23,000 in grants for city and county initiatives. These foundation focuses on projects that address critical community needs, promote education, ...

Deputies discovered nine underfed and neglected dogs, one cat, and a 1-year-old child in the house, Undersheriff Larry Starkey said. One dog was a Labrador retriever. The eight others were pit bull ...

Centre’s school board voted Monday to accepted a $10,005-a-year bid from Hajek Enterprises to rent 160 acres two miles west of Lost Springs. The land was deeded to the district a few years ago by the ...

The latest conflict between the city and the Hub youth center arose Feb. 8, when officer Eric Watts radioed for backup after adolescents outside the building allegedly approached and threatened him.