Algae effects are largely non-communicable, but animals, including people, can be exposed to rabies by being bitten or scratched by a rabid animal or by its saliva or brain tissue contacting broken ...

Among questions officials have refused to answer are where at the lake the animal was found and why it was not preserved and tested as required by state regulations. Additional questions surfaced ...

Two people, including 92-year-old Dorothy F. Conyers of Marion, were killed in separate wrecks Saturday in Marion County. Conyers died at 6:09 p.m. Saturday when a southbound 2022 Lincoln Nautilus in ...

Exposure to neurotoxins present in anabaena cyanobacteria (a strain of blue-green algae) include stumbling or falling, foaming at the mouth, tremors and seizures, convulsions, loss of appetite, ...

A state Babe Ruth baseball tournament for kids 16 and younger and an alumni reunion for former players are planned starting July 16 in Peabody. Eight or more teams and 350 to 400 players and families ...

A stray cat suspected of having rabies was seen this week near Marion County Park and Lake, but county health officials are tight-lipped about the situation and declined to speak Friday with the ...

The county health department posted on social media that a feral cat near the county lake was suspected to have rabies and gave tips for what to do if an animal showed signs of rabies. When a reporter ...

For Bill and Essie’s BBQ in Marion, building a customer base has taken time and effort. But it also requires a strong dash of creativity, Megan Jones said. Daryl, Megan’s husband and the restaurant’s ...

Services for Velda Klein Hiebert, 100, who died June 6, were Monday at First Mennonite Church in Hillsboro. Jost Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Born Dec. 16, 1924, to Ephraim J. and Agnes ...

State officials have concluded their investigation of now-deceased Peabody city clerk Jonathan Clayton and turned the case over to the FBI. “Our KBI case is closed,” Kansas Bureau of Investigation ...

Services for Bettie Batt, 98, Marion, who died Monday, will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Eastmoor United Methodist Church, Marion. Visitation with her family will be 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Yazel-Megli Funeral ...

Two dogs that escaped and killed a cat Saturday are owned by a would-be animal sanctuary operator with no license from the state or the city. Interim Police Chief Zach Hudlin said officers were sent ...