Peabody’s 104th annual ground display fireworks extravaganza may be the most dramatic display in the county, but it’s not the only fireworks show people can see this weekend.

Fourteen work as cashier-bagger duos. The store places one person at each register solely to bag. It may look a bit silly on slow days but improves transaction speed significantly when the store is ...

Bane L. Spurlin, 21, Hillsboro, was charged Nov. 22 with 10 counts of sexual exploitation of a child for having child pornography on his computer. According to a complaint filed against him, Spurlin ...

Vouchers that allow low-income seniors to get fresh produce from farmers markets, produce stands, and farm stores will be available July 14. The program had been delayed this year because of budget ...

Ground was broken Tuesday for a Hillsboro housing development a year and a half in the making. Orchard Ridge will be a 24-unit affordable-housing project south of Dollar General. It is being developed ...

Loose dogs are a difficult issue to discuss. But like wind farms and DUIs, the issue is persistent, an itch that won’t go away. Two weeks ago, five separate incidents involving loose dogs were ...

The oldest living former governor of Kansas, John Carlin, was elected to two terms. He concluded his second term in January, 1987. By that August, he was my professor at Wichita State University.

After serving as ambulance director for a year and interim director repeated times, Chuck Kenney is glad county commissioners appointed a new interim ambulance director Monday. Commissioners appointed ...

Quarter-sized hail fell Saturday at Hillsboro, damaging cars at dealerships there. Randy Hagen, office manager and former owner at Hillsboro Ford, said an insurance adjuster already has inspected car ...

Salem Home in Hillsboro will see its heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system upgraded after city council members approved up to $2.5 million in industrial revenue bonds Monday. Salem ...

New as well as used balers and swathers are doing well at KanEquip. “I hope it keeps raining for the soybeans and corn crops,” he said. Both G&R Implement and KanEquip sell an assortment of brands and ...