A week after an ice storm, a blizzard, and a second snowfall, the county still has plenty of ice and snow. All that’s missing is ice melter. A run on local stores has made it a precious commodity for ...

Two new county commissioners were sworn in Monday and another was bid a fond farewell Jan. 8. Outgoing county commissioner Randy Dallke, who served 20 years on the commission before being outvoted by ...

State funerals, as we witnessed on television this past week, are always quite interesting. Equally interesting is many television reporters’ lack of understanding of the English language, displayed ...

The research shows that the use of Indian mascots increased stereotyping of native people by non-natives as “primitive,” “aggressive,” and “savages.” It leads people to dehumanize native people. And ...

Still, Kansas’ first female senator continues to hold her independence dear, living largely by herself in a ranch house near Burdick. Her home, with its memoir-laden bookshelves and framed political ...

There is a picture of the blaze from my shop burning to the ground. No one came with garden hoses trying to help me. No wonderful neighbors, except those of the fire crews, came to try to help. I was ...

The Goessel girls are now 3-3 and 1-0 in the Wheat State League. Friday’s game will be at (3-5) Canton-Galva. The Goessel boys lost their first game of 2025, struggling to score and committing an ...

Candidates for the appeals court position will be interviewed Jan. 28 and 29 in Topeka. A committee of other judges will select three finalists, one of whom will be appointed by the governor to ...

Final data from a straw poll on dropping “Wildcats” as Marion Middle School’s nickname reveals continued sharp splits among groups surveyed. Whether to change the nickname for all district schools to ...

Insider information about high school life won’t be clouded from the perspective of people long since graduated. It’ll come straight from someone who can relate to today’s students — because she’s one ...

A wheatgrass 21 years in development is taking root in Marion County and surrounding fields. Kernza, developed by the Land Institute in Salina, has made its way into small niche markets. It is used in ...

A private memorial service will be scheduled later for former longtime resident of Cedar Point Harriette L. Foose, 90, who died Dec. 20, 2024 in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. Interment will be at Bazaar ...