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08/05/2026

New lawyers delay Cody trial
Former Marion police chief Gideon Cody replaced his defense team Wednesday, prompting Judge Ryan Rosauer to postpone Cody’s Aug. 24 trial to allow Cody’s new attorneys time to prepare. Ashley Repp of SRC Law Group in Kansas City entered her appearance on Cody’s behalf during the hearing. Attorney James Brun also will represent Cody but was traveling and unable to attend, Repp told the court. Rosauer granted requests by Sal Intagliata and Audra Asher of Triad Legal of Wichita to withdraw from the case.

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Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:30:21 CDT

08/05/2026

New lawyers delay Cody trial
Former Marion police chief Gideon Cody replaced his defense team Wednesday, prompting Judge Ryan Rosauer to postpone Cody’s Aug. 24 trial to allow Cody’s new attorneys time to prepare.
Ashley Repp of SRC Law Group in Kansas City entered her appearance on Cody’s behalf during the hearing. Attorney James Brun also will represent Cody but was traveling and unable to attend, Repp told the court.
Rosauer granted requests by Sal Intagliata and Audra Asher of Triad Legal of Wichita to withdraw from the case.

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August 5, 2026 at 04:22PM

08/05/2026

Bluegrass revitalizes life, love
Tim Land ignored constant pain in his left shoulder for as long as he could. A doctor’s visit in 2016 and four words then changed his perspective on life: stage four lung cancer.
“My oldest daughter was with me, and as she heard ‘stage four,’ she totally freaked out,” Land recalled.
Despite that grim news, Land was at Bluegrass at the Lake that weekend, as he says he has been every year since for almost a decade.

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August 5, 2026 at 11:07AM

08/05/2026

Hospital hit with bomb scare
Nearly 120 employees and patients at St. Luke Hospital were caught up in a bomb scare Thursday after a voicemail prompted a multi-agency emergency response.
The response began after hospital chief executive Alex Haines reported receiving a voicemail from Justin L. Chrisjohn, 49, Marion, that Haines thought he threatened to blow up the hospital.
Before the voicemail, St. Luke human resources director Lindsay Hutchison had spoken by telephone with Chrisjohn, who was upset trying to obtain records related to a disability claim.

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August 5, 2026 at 10:35AM

08/05/2026

Marion leads with record delinquencies
With overdue payments from City of Marion taxpayers leading the way, 2025 property tax delinquencies in Marion County set yet another record, according to a notice being published in this week’s newspaper.
Countywide, a record 620 parcels owe a record $576,070.60 in 2025 taxes. That’s up 1.2% from last year.
Nearly a quarter of the delinquencies come from Marion, where $133,750.31, up 27.4%, remains unpaid on 100 properties. This is the second year in a row for Marion to top the list of delinquencies.

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August 5, 2026 at 10:26AM

08/05/2026

Man killed when pinned under car at Pilsen
Lavern Stika, 84, Herington, died Wedneday after he was pinned underneath his car at a house he owned north of Pilsen on Re*****on Rd.
Dispatchers received a call around 1:55 p.m. from his daughter, Brenda Bernhardt, and grandson, Dane Berhardt.
They had gone to the house to check on him after they were unable to reach him by phone.

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August 5, 2026 at 10:16AM

08/05/2026

County picks Rein, Wyatt
Greg Wyatt and Brandon Rein each won the vote of Marion County constituents in Tuesday’s Republican primary, according to unofficial returns.
But on the strength of votes from outside the county, incumbent Greg Wilson, not Rein, will move on to face unopposed Democratic candidate Kylie Kilmer for the 70th District House of Representatives seat.
The district includes northern and eastern Marion County as well as large parts of Dickinson County and a small portion of McPherson County.

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August 5, 2026 at 10:08AM

08/05/2026

191 abandoned oil and gas wells to be plugged
Braden Pagenkopf was cutting hay for a neighbor when he ran over a plastic pipe strung between two wells in the field.
“I cut it, and it sprayed everywhere. It was a mess,” said Pagenkopf, a Lost Springs custom farmer. The liquid wasn’t oil but a byproduct: toxic saltwater that comes up with oil and gas and typically is pumped back underground.
Unwanted surprises are common with the abandoned and the working wells that dot Marion County. The state estimates 120,000 well bores have been drilled in the state, including oil and gas and “injection” wells to pump discharge water back underground.

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August 5, 2026 at 10:03AM

08/05/2026

What a chicken thing to do!
A customer unhappy with how a chicken sandwich was prepared could face criminal charges after allegedly throwing it at employees at 11:48 a.m. Friday at Casey’s General Store in Hillsboro.
Police have identified a male suspect, Police Chief Jessey Hiebert said. According to Hiebert, the man returned to the store after becoming upset that his sandwich was not prepared to his liking. He argued with employees before throwing the sandwich. Two employees were struck by sandwich shrapnel.
The case will be forwarded to the county attorney for possible charges of battery and disorderly conduct, Hiebert said.

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August 5, 2026 at 10:02AM

08/05/2026

Girl airlifted after bicycle crash
A 10-year-old girl was flown to a Wichita trauma center Friday after suffering a leg injury in a bicycle accident in Hillsboro.
According to ambulance director Mickey Price, the girl appeared to have suffered a possible fractured leg and penetrating trauma after being impaled by part of the bicycle. Nothing indicated another vehicle was involved, Price said.
She initially was taken to Hillsboro Community Hospital before being flown by helicopter to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. The helicopter was requested because penetrating trauma above the knee meets Level I trauma criteria.

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August 5, 2026 at 09:59AM

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