Living in a two-bedroom home, the family routinely paid around $600 a month for electricity, with one bill reaching as high as $850. Gas added another $100 to $150 monthly on top of $600 in rent.

One income, two jobs, zero time, from Marion County Record for April 9, 2026 ...

Middle schooler’s suicide highlights growing crisis . By JUDD WEIL. Staff writer. The suicide last week of an 11-year-old sixth-grade student at Hillsboro Middle / High School u ...

Centre starts first; Marion meet next. By NICHOLAS KIMBALL. Staff writer. Centre kicked off its track season a few days earlier than other county schools, traveling Thursday to Le ...

A Marion County family of five is spending about $3,238 a month on basic living expenses, leaving little room for saving, emergencies, or long-term goals despite two full-time jobs, strict budgeting, ...

Moving from house to recreational vehicle brings financial relief. By JUDD WEIL. Staff writer. As housing and utility costs continue to climb across Mari ...

Marion’s swim team, including athletes from other county schools, placed second as a team Thursday at Topeka. “This was a great meet for the girls,” coach Mackenzie Magee said.

Centre’s lone golfer won the Solomon Invitational Thursday in Salina with a score of 76. “He started out well, shooting four under in the first four holes going birdie, par, birdie, eagle,” coach ...

Jefferson gave much to the United States: the ideals of self-government, freedom of conscience, and freedom of mind — not to mention his personal library, whose volumes helped reconstitute the Library ...

A proposed Marion operation affiliated with C-Arrow Stable may face zoning issues, Marion City Council learned Monday night. A 2003 zoning map shows the property where the stable would locate as ...