The inexperience of Centre is not unique in the county, as public school enrollment in rural Kansas has declined in lockstep with the general population. Goessel’s boys team, for example, graduated ...

Survivors include daughters Deborah Tomczak of Duisburg, Germany, and Rebecca Podszus of Olympia, Washington; and, brother Rod Podszus of Hartland, Wisconsin. Yagel-Megli Funeral Home, Marion, is in ...

Popularity is not always a bad thing. Alumni often go on to use their popularity in school to help others and advance their own lives. The idea of homecoming is a lovely thing and remains such in most ...

An offense report released by the sheriff’s office reported theft from former Peabody resident Amy Stutzman’s burned-down rural residence near 110th and Pawnee Rds., but the offense report and ...

A team of four, including two volunteers, worked Sunday and Monday on S. Buller to repair damage to a broken water main which prompted a boil order in Goessel. A water pipe burst at 9:30 a.m. Sunday ...

Peabody mayor Catherine Weems spoke longingly at a city council meeting Monday night about hiring a city administrator.

In the main building, the heating system works better, though Raymer noted that some classrooms on the northwest side can drop into the low 60-degree range. More portable heaters are used in those ...

Services for Edmund Grothe, 89, who died Jan. 2 at Salem Home in Hillsboro, were Saturday. Interment was at Zion Lutheran Cemetery. Born Oct. 15, 1935, in Wichita to Edmund and Ruby (Hannaman) Grothe, ...

A former county ambulance director under investigation when he resigned in August, 2023, lost his license Dec. 31.

A former Tabor College fullback who drove a car that crashed Feb. 27, 2022, in a fiery wreck on Indigo Rd. south of Hillsboro was charged Monday with two counts of involuntary manslaughter while ...

Four of five county boys teams competed in the Cougar Classic in Centre over the weekend while Hillsboro played host at its own tournament. The Warriors finished as runners-up Saturday, falling 56-41 ...

Agree or disagree, it’s a valid point. Taxpayers footed the bill for the showers not to create a public bathhouse but to support camping. The problem is, the argument came to focus on whether people ...