Marshall, John

Painful as they may seem, property taxes sustain our communities, a life source for cities, counties and school districts. May brings the deadline for...

The obituary was once a critical feature in newspaper publishing. Now it lives mostly online, the last words published about an individual, a finale...

  The news today is often about complicated matters that even experts have trouble unraveling. Taxes, budgets, the economy and political madness are among today's...

  A swift scan online shows 457 electric vehicle charging stations in Kansas. Most of them are in larger cities, where most of the state's...

Officials in McPherson County are rearranging their trouble shooters through a new alliance called the Local Emergency Planning Committee. The group is to fortify...

Legislators and voters can fall prey to the no-tax hobby farmers who believe township ghosts fix the roads, that the sheriff works for free...

  We look to the past for lessons only to discover we haven't learned much or that we have forgotten a lot. After a recent...

LINDSBORG ‒ The Midwest Art Exhibition remains the consummate launch for the annual Messiah Festival of the Arts. Their convergence this week marks the...

Spring will bring us tree pollen, ragweed, and presidential primaries. There are remedies at hand for most seasonal allergies but an antidote for these...

Four years ago, students and educators in southwest Kansas began talk of bringing a satellite campus from one of the state's universities to Dodge...