Ramona News

Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes will be filled and wrapped at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at the Burdick United Methodist Church fellowship hall.

Through laughter and tears, joy and sorrow, applause and silence - the Junction City Little Theater has survived all of it and is now celebrating its 60th anniversary in the heart of Kansas.

We had relatives here from California this weekend when Halloween fell so conveniently on a Saturday night.

Centre High School students are celebrating spirit week in preparation for homecoming festivities Friday.

Anonymity is impossible in a small town - somebody notices most everything you do.

A quartet of musical rascals, known as The Wiyos, originally from Brooklyn, spent most of last week in Ramona performing, doing workshops, and getting a day or two of rest and relaxation after a big summer tour where they were the opening act for Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, and John Mellencamp.

Here's what Marion County fairgoers told us last week: "I would give to the church, take trips, and give to my kids." - Marge Christensen, Marion "Help a former neighbor who struggles all the time and help my kids." - Leonard Brown, Hillsboro "Donate to children's hospitals including Shriner's Children's Hospital Burn Unit, probably a new car, and ...

Here's what Marion County fairgoers told us last week: "I would give to the church, take trips, and give to my kids." - Marge Christensen, Marion "Help a former neighbor who struggles all the time and help my kids." - Leonard Brown, Hillsboro "Donate to children's hospitals including Shriner's Children's Hospital Burn Unit, probably a new car, and ...

Here's what Marion County fairgoers told us last week: "I would give to the church, take trips, and give to my kids." - Marge Christensen, Marion "Help a former neighbor who struggles all the time and help my kids." - Leonard Brown, Hillsboro "Donate to children's hospitals including Shriner's Children's Hospital Burn Unit, probably a new car, and ...

Marion County is offering a $500 reward for information leading to arrest and conviction of whoever nearly caused an accident by moving barricades into an open road and removing warning lights.

Many friends and relatives attended visitation and services July 26 and 27 for James Weber who died from injuries in a car-truck collision days after his 19th birthday.

Here's what Marion County fairgoers told us last week: "I would give to the church, take trips, and give to my kids." - Marge Christensen, Marion "Help a former neighbor who struggles all the time and help my kids." - Leonard Brown, Hillsboro "Donate to children's hospitals including Shriner's Children's Hospital Burn Unit, probably a new car, and ...

James Frank Gene Weber, 19, of Ramona, died July 22 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, from injuries suffered in an automobile accident in Marion County.

James Frank Gene Weber, 19, of Ramona and a graduate of Centre High School, died Thursday, July 23, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita from injuries he suffered in a two-vehicle accident in Marion County.

A teenager was killed and three other people were hurt in an accident in Marion County Wednesday night.

About three o'clock last Saturday morning the word was - phoned around that a flood was coming.

Members of Shady Ladies Red Hat Society went to Tall Grass Prairie National Park July 1. They ate dinner out in Cottonwood Falls and toured the renovated courthouse.

SHERIFF offense reports These offense reports were filed by Marion County Sheriffa s Office: Aggravated assault with deadly weapon; criminal damage Marie J. Valentine, 49, of 2923 Mustang Road, Ramona, reported that she was threatened with a sword when she attempted to leave after a disagreement.

Jacob Jirak, 16-year-old son of Steve and Vickie Jirak, won the personal finance category of the National Competition for Future Business Leaders of America this past week in Anaheim, Calif.

Members of the Red Hat Society went to Abilene for lunch June 14. They explored Old Abilene Town and saw a cancan dancer and a shootout.