Firefighters quickly donned breathing apparatus and dug down to the source of the leak, allowing the gas to safely vent into the air instead of pooling and following service lines into homes. “I saw a ...

County commissioners spent the bulk of an hour last week trying to come up with policies on how the county charges for special requests for wider culverts, additional road rock, and dust-settling sand ...

We rarely hear government resolutions on New Year’s Day, but we often hear them on Election Day, when candidates perennially promise, like dandelions popping up each year, to increase efficiency and ...

Contrary to what previously was reported, less than half of students and less than a quarter of community members surveyed favor abandoning Wildcats as the nickname for Marion Middle School. And many ...

The most-read individual story, ranking 10th for the year, was a breaking news piece picked up in the Aug. 7 print edition indicating that special prosecutors had cleared the Record of wrongdoing and ...

Anyone dreaming of a white Christmas in this neck of the woods is out of luck this year. Anyone planning to drive to grandmother’s house should fare well. The National Weather Service forecast for ...

The holidays were made brighter Thursday for more than 60 area families thanks to volunteers, donors, and mysterious elves. Once a year, people come together to make holiday magic for families facing ...

While baseball and apple pie generally are held up as the symbols that define America, viewership for the national pastime has been declining for 30 years, and apple pie is far from the country’s ...

A few weeks ago, I tried teaching the children in my world of art a new word: “discombobulated.” It’s a good word to know but it is not a good feeling to have. I have been discombobulated for about ...

The Trojans put together a strong second half to ice Southeast of Saline 44-25 Thursday. “Coming off a tough week at the Moundridge tournament and again on Tuesday facing a very talented 3A team at ...

Keeping in the best of Christmas traditions, this week’s editorial will be a collection of stocking stuffers — and hardly any of them will be lumps of coal. Be sure to check out this week’s Dear Santa ...

Two girls’ basketball players and a wrestler were injured during sports events seven days apart. An 18-year-old wrestler from Center-Burden was injured Friday during a match at at Marion’s Sports and ...