A pie and ice cream social from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Friday at Hillsboro Senior Center will honor the 103rd birthday of Bob Delk. He and musical friends will perform. Reservations are not required.

Mutton-busting was the cutest event of the night, as young kids simulated bull-riding on gentler animals. Kutter Penner was dragged under his lamb but impressively held on for about 30 feet. Maddux ...

The sniffles apparently are mitigated by second grade, when students need only two boxes. They need only one in fourth, but two in third and fifth. This is the type of science Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Mass for Louis W. “Lou” Wegerer, 71, died Saturday at his farm home southwest of Marion, will be 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Mark Catholic Church, Marion. Rosary for the star Marion athlete, who was a ...

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The warrants were for allegedly failing to appear in court, fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement, reckless driving, speeding, and unsafe turning or stopping, and driving while his license ...

Claassen referred to a hypothetical fashionista rather than a real one and kept things “very broad.” The culmination of nationals was a 15-minute speech, during which Claassen spoke about the work she ...

Busier were western stands. Cowboys (long-sleeve shirts, dusty jeans, arms bent and tucked slightly) mingled with the punkish (sleeveless shirts, piercings, tattoos) and the cosmopolitan (white tees, ...

THC beverages that police took from Carlsons’ Grocery last week in spite of the county prosecutor’s advice were returned six days later. Police still believe the beverages are illegal, but the county ...

The Warriors are getting a new scoreboard, paid for through a $40,000 donation from Marion National Bank. The scoreboard will be at the northwest rather than the southwest corner of the field, so ...

A Hillsboro man faces numerous sex and drug charges. Three separate cases were filed July 17 against William T. Dies, 38. He was arrested July 23.

Golly Gee Whiz, a children’s theater production, will be 6 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at Marion High School’s Performing Arts Center. As an old saying goes, there are no small parts, but lots of ...