A 16-year-old Hillsboro boy was killed, and another was seriously injured at 5 p.m. Saturday when their pickup truck left Jade Rd. north of 170th Rd. and rolled three times in a field. Driver Sutton M ...

The key council member — one who continually insists that older people just don’t get it — argued vehemently against the idea that better pensions attracted better candidates. Young people simply ...

The second accepted resolution saw Hillsboro join a new TCW program called Smart Town, which will install new security cameras using Hillsboro’s fiber network. The lease will cost $61,987.64 over ...

Hillsboro Pizza Hut was taken over Thursday by apron-wearing preschoolers ready to make themselves perfect pizzas. The trip was the culmination of a bread study begun weeks ago, teacher Lesli Beery ...

People attending a middle school basketball game Thursday at Peabody-Burns were evacuated because of a suspicious odor. An audience member noticed the odor, called the fire department, and notified ...

Sheridan Hiebert, 45, whose camper exploded and burst into flames just after noon Friday on the edge of Burns was airlifted to a Wichita hospital. An ambulance and firefighters from Butler County, ...

County commissioners are considering upgrading sheriff’s office and emergency medical service employees’ retirement accounts to a more lucrative plan. The employees are now enrolled in Kansas Public ...

A celebration of life for Kendall Layne Harding, 29, Lost Springs, who died in a traffic accident Jan. 20, was Sunday at Herington Community Building. Born Aug. 23, 1995, in Emporia to Kelsey Leon and ...

Tabor College’s efforts to raise $11 million to transform its 105-year-old Mary J. Regier Building into a business and entrepreneurship center received a boost last week with announcement of a $1.3 ...

Peabody Community Foundation’s annual Pancake Day began with a pancake-and-sausage breakfast, provided through at-will donation, in the Brown Gymnasium.

Anyone tired of snow, ice, and cold air can shift their attention next Wednesday to sun and gardening. Marion City Library will offer gardening tips for vegetables and flowers from noon to 1 p.m. Feb.

Students at Marion Elementary School, many of them dressed in western, prairie, and state sports team apparel, celebrated Kansas’ 164th birthday Jan. 29. Students went from learning station to ...