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Two minor earthquakes struck here Thursday morning. The first, magnitude 2.1, hit at 1:57 a.m. just inside the Marion County line, a quarter of a mile south of 170th Rd. between Banner Rd. and the ...
In a sale lasting just more than half an hour, buyers at Thursday’s tax foreclosure action picked up houses for as little as $6,000 and empty lots for as little as $150. Before the sale, 131 bidders ...
Born in 1904 in Medford, Oklahoma, Ferdinand Graevs moved to Goessel at a young age. His family, unsurprisingly, were Mennonites. His grandparents immigrated to the United States in the mid-1800s. A ...
We watched them building a new car wash in Salina and marveled at all of the glass in this long building. We wondered how many things you could do to wash a car that could take that long. From the ...
A Marion man’s Feb. 3 sentence for a Chase County bar fight is now being challenged by his lawyer. Michael W. Sigel, Marion, pleaded guilty Oct. 15 to six counts of misdemeanor battery for a Dec. 8 ...
The Warriors swept two games from Canton-Galva at home Thursday, winning 15-0 and 7-2. In the first game, Carson Krause pitched a no-hitter. In the second game, Kevon Jones and Jameson Looper pitched, ...
It hasn’t been all blue skies for Hillsboro’s and Marion’s proposed solar farms since the cities agreed to lease the land to Kansas Power Pool in late 2023. The solar farms have faced lengthy ...
Free food will be distributed next week to residents qualifying under revised income standards. To qualify, a recipient must have monthly household income of no more than $2,322 plus $830 for each ...
The annual Marion Relays will begin at 3:30 p.m. Friday. Goessel, Centre, and Peabody-Burns athletes are scheduled to compete. This will be the second event of the spring season for runners, jumpers, ...
It read like a Dr. Seuss book: biggest fish, smallest fish, most fish, first fish. Rather than the opening to a jaunty story about cats in hats, however, those were categories local anglers competed ...
Several county golfers logged impressive scores to begin the season when Solomon High School was host for a golf tournament Thursday on Great Life Golf Course in Salina. In Herington on Tuesday, three ...
In the cold light of Sunday, Chuck McLinden poured a line of gasoline across old grass. The line stretched for a half-mile east, beginning at the corner of 160th and Yarrow Rd. As the gasoline caught, ...