Between 8 and 11:29 a.m. Monday, all police transmissions in the county were switched from a talk group the public can hear on scanners to an encrypted talk group which scanners cannot pick up.

Brookens Law Office will shut its door at the end of the month when attorney Bob Brookens retires. While the Karstetter and Bina office will remain open for half a day each week on Main St., ...

The United States is divided about many issues; whether to celebrate Columbus Day is among them. While the city and county of Marion take Columbus Day off, and so does the federal government, the ...

The hairdressing veterans of the county, such as Martin Bina of Martin’s Barbershop in Marion and Randy Weins of Silver Shears outside Hillsboro, tend to have close relationships, built up over the ...

Finn Hartnett’s article “Tabor College’s alcohol policies walk the line” last week raised the question of why Tabor College prohibits student alcohol use. I appreciate the question and welcome the ...

First Amendment freedom of speech: gone. Freedom of religion: gone. Freedom of the press: gone. They could raid any newspaper office like the Marion County Record and get away with it. Thank God there ...

Hillsboro tire shop Rod’s Tire and Service was purchased last week by Pomp’s Tire Service. Former owner Rod Koons will transition to a role as an “agricultural tire consultant” with Pomp’s, a national ...

In addition to Bradbury’s art, a petting zoo and climbing wall proved popular. So too did the Tomahawk Truck, an ax-throwing booth affixed to the back of a pickup truck. John Arndt ran the booth, ...

Publisher Eric Meyer and Kansas Press Association executive director Emily Bradbury talked to the Kosovans at the Historic Elgin Hotel before the group came to the Record for a tour. Meyer talked ...

A new report by the Fordham Institute tracking “underachieving and underenrolled” public schools put Centre on its list. But district superintendent Larry Geist said Centre’s appearance was due to an ...

Trump is 78 and would be 82 when he finishes his term if elected. He has increasingly started to mumble his words and rambles on without making any sense, failing to connect his sentences compared to ...

Soyez has been no fan of openness in government. Official reports from the sheriff’s office often arrive weeks late, and documents clearly labeled as open public records often are censored before they ...