Marion’s new city administrator is settling in. By PHYLLIS ZORN. Staff writer. Moving from Florida to a small town in Kansas has been a change for Marion’s new city administra ...

By PHYLLIS ZORN. Staff writer. As Marion’s first day of school loomed, Eastmoor United Methodist Church sponsored a Sunday evening swimming p ...

Marshall, 78, Peabody, who passed away Aug. 10, 2025, at Peabody Health and Rehab, will be 3 p.m. Aug. 15 at Peabody United Methodist Church. A celebration of life will follow at Coneburg Inn, where ...

By FINN HARTNETT. Staff writer. Kim Frantz of Tampa won the Record ’s Beat the Heat contest Friday as the first to predict that Aug.

A memorial service will be scheduled later for Bennett Mark Franta, 62, El Dorado, who passed away Aug. 4, 2025, in Wichita. Bennett was born March 29, 1963, in Marion to Lester and Mayme (Swelha) ...

And, yes, we’ll also honor the work of the rest of our dedicated team, who despite intense pressures that continue to this day have valiantly soldiered on, seized but not silenced by the raid.

Funeral Mass for Elizabeth Joan Navrat, 90, Wichita, who passed away Aug. 6, 2025, at Catholic Care Center in Bel Aire, will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic ...

He is survived by his wife, Mary Ann Waltner, of Moundridge; sons Alan Waltner (and wife Tina) of Moundridge and Scott Waltner (and wife Kendra) of Moundridge; daughters Julia Waltner of Kettle Falls, ...

By FINN HARTNETT. Staff writer. New PVC pipes soon will replace Peabody’s antiquated cast-iron mains, improving water quality significantly, Dari ...

The survey began July 17, 1825, near Fort Osage (Sibley), Missouri. The survey party passed westward through Marion County 200 years ago this week, Aug. 11 to 14, 1825. Leaving Diamond Spring, the ...

County commissions met behind closed doors Monday in what almost certainly was a violation of the Kansas Open Meetings Act. The Marion County Record has filed a formal complaint with the Kansas ...

The novel is historical fiction in which a German soldier is captured in Tunisia and sent to a POW camp in Peabody. There, he meets a Mennonite family living next to Doyle Creek and falls in love with ...