HILLSBORO Star-Journal newspaper from Hoch Publishing Co., covering news and sports in Marion County, Kansas, including the communities of Durham, Goessel, Hillsboro and Lehigh and the ...

Mennonite Housing, based in Wichita, is exploring building affordable housing for 24 families in northern Hillsboro. Workforce housing has been a priority in Hillsboro’s strategic plan for four years.

A 20-year-old from Wichita has been charged with four offenses in two sex-related cases. One is filed as an adult case. The other case is filed as a juvenile case because of his age at the time.

A 66-year-old former Marion business owner now living in California will be sentenced Dec. 6 after he was convicted last week of eight counts of child sex offenses. A jury returned a verdict of guilty ...

A Hillsboro man who walked away from a campsite at Marion Reservoir at 1 a.m. Saturday caused family to fear for his safety, but all turned out OK in the end when Assistant Police Chief Randy Brazil ...

If Herington Public Library doesn’t have a local author to come for its new monthly program “Witty Writers,” it will conduct a writing workshop. Witty Writers began in January and showcases Kansas ...

A rural Peabody man who apparently was in a long-running feud with neighbors was arrested Saturday after going to their house, firing a gun into the air, and making threats. Curtin L. Findley, 33, ...

Free food will be distributed next week to residents qualifying under revised income standards. To qualify, a recipient must have monthly household income of no more than $2,322 plus $830 for each ...

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. Ramona and Marion County ...

Monday was a busy day at the Hillsboro water plant. A hot, windless weekend had created an algae bloom at Marion Reservoir, meaning iron and manganese levels had shot up in the town’s water supply.