HEADLINES

  • Meters may boost water bills

    Marion residents may see higher water bills after the city replaced aging water meters and estimated customers’ water usage before new meters were installed. According to documents the

  • County commissioners weigh speech vs. decorum

    Marion County commissioners left their public-comment policy unchanged Monday after debating how to balance public input and meeting decorum. Commissioner Clarke Dirks offered a proposal to clarify speaking rules and build public trust. Commissioner Kent Becker questioned language protecting speakers from being cut off solely for critical, insulting or unpopular views.

  • Marion's jinx-killing pennant winner

    Even some members of Kansas Baseball Hall of Fame aren’t familiar with his story though his plaque has stood for two decades at Marion’s baseball complex. Charlie “Victory” Faust left Marion 115 years ago at age 30 with a dream that seemed almost impossible.

  • Contest turns bros into hold-up artists

    For 4 minutes 8 seconds, brotherly love between Lance and Jared Diepenbrock took a backseat at Lincolnville’s Octoberfest. Lance and Jared, both of whom are Lincolnville natives, were the last men standing — or, more accurately, the last men holding their mugs — in a beer stein holding contest.

  • Marion doesn't document error but replaces appointee

    Two weeks ago, Gene Winkler was appointed to fill a vacant City of Marion planning commission seat despite being ineligible for the position because he lives inside the city. But his appointment — which had to be rescinded Monday because he doesn’t meet residency requirements — wasn’t included in official minutes of the city council’s Sept. 21 meeting, approved Monday night.

  • Ex-Peabody-officer heading to prison

    Former Peabody police officer Issac Lee McIver will be sentenced Nov. 13 after pleading guilty to child abuse and criminal threat cases in McPherson. McIver, 34, entered pleas Sept. 11. and agreed to serve prison time under a plea agreement.

OTHER NEWS

  • Hillsboro police station could cost $1.05 million

    Buying and converting the former Great Plains Federal Credit Union building into Hillsboro’s police station would cost about $1.05 million, council members heard Tuesday. The city’s Public Building Commission approved a $364,500 purchase contract for the building Sept. 24. Financing and improvements still need approval.

  • Late personal taxes fall but remain elevated

    For the first time in four years, personal property tax delinquencies have declined in Marion County. Still, despite being 17% lower than they were last year, they remain more than double where they were just three years ago.

  • Documentary, exhibit to focus on raid

    Two public presentations next week will focus on the now-disavowed 2023 raid on the Record newsroom and two Marion homes. “Seized,” filmmaker Sharon Liese’s award-winning feature-length documentary, will be screened at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17 at part of Tall Grass Film Festival in the restored 1,286-seat Orpheum Theater, 200 N. Broadway St., Wichita.

  • Family recipe wins crowd's vote at chili cook-off

    Andrew Weber entered his first chili contest Saturday with a recipe from his father-in-law, who had died the week before, and left Marion County Lake’s 20th annual chili cook-off with the people’s choice award. The recipe had been shared with Weber and his wife, he said.

  • Grandpa's wheat truck takes victory lap

    At 14, Jeff Scharping drove his grandfather’s wheat truck to a grain elevator, sitting on exposed springs covered by a grain sack, he recalled. Saturday, the 1953 Dodge won the truck class at Marion County Lake’s 13th annual car show.

DEATHS

  • Cora Call

    Private services are planned for Cora Lorene Call, 95, who died Sept. 19 in Gladstone, Missouri. Burial will be at White Chapel Cemetery in Gladstone. Born March 9, 1933, in Marion to Otto and Cora Linn McCarty, she graduated in 1951 from Marion High School.

  • Irene Seibel

    Services for Irene Suderman Seibel, 103, who died Sept. 30, will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Ebenfeld Church. A graveside service will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the church cemetery. Visitation will be 6:30 to 8 p.m. Friday at the church fellowship hall.

  • IN MEMORIAM:

    Roma Roebke

FARM

  • Soybean harvest is anyone's guess

    Alan Hett’s soybean fields told different stories about this year’s growing season. To the south, his rural Marion crops were charred and wilted by August and September’s drought, with beans roughly the size and shape of popcorn kernels.

  • $200,000 grant to beef up operation

    Peabody is getting a little more beefy. A cattle slaughter and meat-processing plant will get a grant worth nearly $200,000 from U.S. Department of Agriculture to improve how it produces beef tallow. The project also is expected to create two new jobs.

FOR THE RECORD

OPINION

PEOPLE

  • Schools seek community connection

    Marion-Florence school employees could receive an encouraging note, an invitation for coffee, or an occasional check-in through a new program pairing them with community members. Staff and Community Connections is open to all district employees, and participation is optional. Residents may connect with one or several employees.

  • Possum Revival to perform in Peabody

    Through Sunflower Theatre, Possum Revival will perform at 3p.m. Sunday at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Peabody. The country, bluegrass, and religious band, which originated in 2025 at Whitestone Mennonite Church in Hesston, features 16-year-old Caleb Klingenberg, Brett Klingenberg, and Aaron and Maria Billings.

  • Democrats to meet in Marion

    After not meeting in September so members could attend political debates at the state fair, Marion County Democrats will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday at Marion Community Center, 203 N. 3rd St.

  • Senior Center menus

  • MEMORIES:

    10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 110, 150 years ago

SPORTS

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