Brookens Law Office will shut its door at the end of the month when attorney Bob Brookens retires. While the Karstetter and Bina office will remain open for half a day each week on Main St., ...

The United States is divided about many issues; whether to celebrate Columbus Day is among them. While the city and county of Marion take Columbus Day off, and so does the federal government, the ...

Hillsboro tire shop Rod’s Tire and Service was purchased last week by Pomp’s Tire Service. Former owner Rod Koons will transition to a role as an “agricultural tire consultant” with Pomp’s, a national ...

The hairdressing veterans of the county, such as Martin Bina of Martin’s Barbershop in Marion and Randy Weins of Silver Shears outside Hillsboro, tend to have close relationships, built up over the ...

Herbel’s claims that former deputy Steve Janzen, current deputy Aaron Christner, and Marion officer Zach Hudlin, now Marion’s interim police chief, exceeded the scope of a search warrant executed Aug.

Finn Hartnett’s article “Tabor College’s alcohol policies walk the line” last week raised the question of why Tabor College prohibits student alcohol use. I appreciate the question and welcome the ...

A Newton woman who grew up in Peabody has organized a truckload of disaster relief supplies to be driven to North Carolina to help people devastated by Hurricane Helene. Traylee Pickens arranged help ...

Marion City Council voted Monday to return $17,000 paid three years ago to a pair who said they wanted to build an RV and boat storage facility. When Ashley Unruh and Mark Evans, who formerly operated ...

“In Memoriam” listings are expanded paid obituaries, phrased as the family requests, and may include enhanced information or photographs that might not fit within free death notices.

In addition to Bradbury’s art, a petting zoo and climbing wall proved popular. So too did the Tomahawk Truck, an ax-throwing booth affixed to the back of a pickup truck. John Arndt ran the booth, ...

First Amendment freedom of speech: gone. Freedom of religion: gone. Freedom of the press: gone. They could raid any newspaper office like the Marion County Record and get away with it. Thank God there ...

Just two county teams won Friday night — Marion over Inman in blowout fashion, and Peabody-Burns in a comeback against Marais des Cygnes Valley. The Warriors celebrated homecoming with a second-half ...