Opportunities beyond high school have expanded rapidly. O’Hare estimates that nearly 150 colleges and universities now offer women’s wrestling at the junior college, NAIA, and NCAA levels, with ...

Transitions can include movement-based activities, such as tip-toeing, slow-motion walking, or short yoga breaks before naptime. Cope emphasizes the importance of letting children contribute to ...

Hillsboro and Marion hand trash pickups themselves. Nisly and Hillsboro use trash trucks with an arm to pick up trash containers. “These are standard dumpsters,” Nisly representative Merrill Yoder ...

While Hillsboro announced at last week’s council meeting, that it would not increase utility rates, Marion probably will, Wells said, because the city contends it is losing money 0n providing electric ...

Funeral services for Christian William Marsden, 13, of Marion, who passed away on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, at his home, surrounded by the family who adored him, were to have been at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, ...

Dogs allowed to compete at Westminster are judged on their eyes, teeth, hips, and elbows. “We show them to breed them,” she said. “They are being judged against tough standards.” Her love for dogs, ...

Locally, St. Luke Hospital is expected to benefit. Sen. Jerry Moran, who helped get the program included in a federal reconciliation bill, said the investment would help struggling facilities upgrade ...

Once again Monday night, a council meeting turned into a verbal brawl, but the verbal brawl apparently got a bit physical on the sidewalk afterward, leading to police filing a complaint alleging ...

There oughta be a law. People say it all the time, and some of the time people charged with making laws actually create one. But most of the time, the battl ...

The Hetts’ cropland is farmed by a friend. Their cattle are run by another. When Kimberly needed rock for a road repair, she called her cousin. When Carol fell while chasing windblown mail, it was a ...

Boys’ and girls’ wrestling teams from Marion and Hillsboro competed Friday and Saturday at Herington. On the girls’ side Friday, Hillsboro placed sixth out of 12 teams, and Marion placed ninth.

For homeowners in older Marion County houses, Koslowsky said, better insulation, sealed ductwork and slightly lower thermostat settings can reduce energy bills. For families juggling debt, he ...