Marion County News

In some places, it brought near record low temperatures for this time of the year.

Organizers of the newly formed Marion County Cultural Arts and Learning Center are looking for people willing to share their skills in the hope of preserving the Menno nite heritage for future generations.

Building roller coasters Monday morning gave Extended Learning Program students from Marion and Butler counties a chance to have fun with science and engineering.

Commissioners discussed alternatives to hiring a full-time employee to fill a clerk vacancy in the County Treasurera s Office Friday.

Marvin and Sherol Nightengale spent Oct. 17 and 18 with Jim and Linda Hess, Allie and Amelia in Kansas City.

About a dozen citizens attended the Tampa City Council meeting Oct. 5. Since there was not a quorum of council members present at the usual starting time, the meeting was delayed for half an hour.

A new weed has worked its way in to Marion County, Noxious Weed Director Rollin Schmidt told Marion County Commission Monday.

Don and Irma Smith, parents of Lonnie Smith, were staying at the Marion County Lake.

Petition organizers told Marion County Commissioners Monday that Appraiser Cindy Magill lacks the personal and communication skills necessary to perform her job.

Sixty-five Collett descendents met Oct. 11 at Marion County Lake Hall for a reunion.

A teenage girl from Marion County, Kan., who may have been abducted was found in Hiawatha Thursday.

Marion County sheriffa TMs deputies were on the way to Brown County Thursday afternoon to pick up Tara Renee Simhiser, who had been missing since she was reported as a runaway juvenile Tuesday afternoon, said Marion County Undersheriff David Huntley.

The 16th annual Marion County Toy Run will be held on Nov. 7. The toy run has turned into a major benefactor for the underprivileged children of Marion County.

"Bob" grew up in a poor family. His single mother worked to support her four children, but she needed government assistance to get by.

At a 3 p.m. press conference on Thursday, Marion County Sheriff Rob Craft confirmed that Tara Simhiser, 17, of Lehigh, allegedly kidnapped Tuesday by Rejilio Hernandez, 21, was returning home safely and unharmed.

Eyewitness News is learning more about the suspect in the case of a missing Marion County Teen.

As a way to impress the safety of one of two forms of the H1N1 vaccine - this one being a live, attenuated nasal spray - Marion County Health Department Director Diedre Serene received a dose Oct.

Angela Smith & Robert Marin An Amber Alert has been issued for the entire state of Kansas after a 17-year-old Marion County girl is believed to have been taken against her will.

Marion County Commission met with mayors or council members from five cities to discuss possible changes to Marion County Economic Development Council bylaws Tuesday.

An advisory group, appointed to study and recommend a plan addressing the current jail facility, decided on a financing option and narrowed the architectural firms down to two at its Oct.