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According to appraisal records, Amy Smith’s city property tax bill will increase 10.1%; Zach Collett’s, 16.8%; Powers’, 11.6%; Kevin Burkholder’s, 13.5%; and Tim Baxa’s, 11.6%. Even if the council had ...
Chase County deputies pulled over a semi Friday on US-50 near Cedar Point and found that the driver didn’t even have a driver’s license, much less a commercial driver’s license.
As sheriff’s deputies watched from a safe distance in case anything went badly, a blade on a Sunflower Wind turbine was blasted off Friday. The turbine had quit working after it was struck by ...
They try to control all messages by redacting documents in violation of the law, by conducting public forums to which only selected people are invited, by refusing to answer questions from reporters, ...
The northwestern half of Marion County received two to four inches during August, an amount generally regarded as normal. Additional rain is expected countywide in the next seven days, according to ...
Author Daniel Markowitz will visit Peabody, Hillsboro, and Marion this coming week to publicize his new historical fiction book, “The Spoils of Victory,” inspired by stories of German prisoners of war ...
Maldonado Alfaro refused to answer questions after being read his rights. He was arrested on suspicion of distribution of meth, possession of meth, and having no drug tax stamp. He was booked into ...
56 Café was opened by Marion residents Richard and Rechelle Smith. Richard works for the county. Rechelle works for the school district. The café, housed in the former Trace of Copper building, will ...
Last year, Peabody-Burns was the only Marion County football team to make it as far as it did but was eliminated in the sectional round of the playoffs. Before the post-season, the Warriors swept the ...
A book signing from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 1 at Hillsboro Public Library will mark the release Oct. 2 of a new book by Hillsboro native David Vogel.
Racing is more of a gentleman’s sport than a competition. It’s the pride of building a cyclekart and cruising it down the street with others, the camaraderie of a shared love, and the thrill of the ...
In all, the county is seeking $13,215,104 in property taxes in a budget that would authorize $31,534,770 in total spending, up 6.3% from this year. In other business Friday, commissioners: ...