I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, “If you see it in The Sun, it’s so.” Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus?

Memorial services for former resident Carol Sue Piland, 81, who passed away Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, at Allure Health Care Services in Peru, Illinois, will be scheduled later in Kansas. She will be ...

Tajchken, 84, has lived in Marion County her entire life. She credits the thrift store with allowing her to do some Christmas shopping closer to home. Marion resident Jenny Cantu loves prices at the ...

Hillsboro residents regale and recall fond holiday memories. “It’s called Dale’s now but it was called something else,” Levon Friesen of Hillsboro said. “I loved the store because there was a ...

The last name of Danyella Catlin, who died of influenza and pneumonia last week, was misspelled in some editions last week. The date of death was Dec. 10 not Dec. 14.

After months, Casey’s General Store has reopened its Marion pumps. The process had been months in the making. The pumps and tanks were replaced in a massive update that left Cenex, in eye-view of ...

The former Family Dollar and Dollar Tree building at 826 N. Roosevelt St. was auctioned off last week for $195,000, with another $20,000 being charged to the high bidder as a platform fee. According ...

On Friday, St. Luke Hospital Auxiliary Thrift Shoppe was booming with customers. Most were going to find what they could in the city before deciding whether they needed to go to a bigger community to ...

Yes, it’s mainly for moms and dads, grandpas and grandmas, aunts and uncles to show to others and stick in a bottom drawer to document for many years to come the sweet thoughts of the young ones in ...

Marion is considering dropping residential trash collection and hiring a private company to pick up trash. A proposal from Nisly Brothers, which recently took over collection of residential ...

For more than three decades, Marion Community Christmas has been helping families in need during the holidays. Organizer Margo Yates, who has put on the program for 33 years, and others gave out food ...

Trey Gaddis scored his four points in the second half, and Brayton Base capitalized on several breaks to the basket. Goessel trailed 44-14 at the end of the third period and lost the game, 52-23. Base ...