Florence, KS

Dana Gayle dropped a handful of breaded nuggets into a vat of boiling oil. They looked like chicken but weren’t. What was in the propane-fueled and bubbling batter Saturday at Picnic on the Lawn in Florence were mountain oysters — a longtime Flint Hills delicacy and an even longer-running local tradition. [FULL STORY at http://marionrecord.com]

When Florence honors Mary Jane Grimmett as grand marshal of its Labor Day parade Monday, it will be for a lifetime of the kind of public service — paid and unpaid — that holds a small town together. At 78, Grimmett cheerfully works a roster of jobs exhausting just to recite: She is Florence city treasurer, library director, founder and editor of the Florence Crossroads monthly newsletter, Democratic precinct committee member, organizer of the United Methodist church’s food pantry and all

 Florence Marie Arbogast, 69 of Hume, Missouri passed away Sunday, August 9, 2026 at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas.  Cremation, with Memorial Services to be held 11:00 am Saturday, August 29, 2026 at the First Baptist Church of Hume in Hume, Missouri.  Arrangements entrusted to Mullinax Funeral Home, Butler (660-679-0009).  Messages of condolence may be left for the family and friends at www.mullinaxfuneralhome.com.   Florence Marie Bri

Florence won $1.275 million for downtown streetscape and pedestrian safety improvements, an unusually large grant for the small Marion County community. The award was among $37.2 million in federal funding announced Monday by Governor Laura Kelly for 33 projects across the state. Exactly what improvements Florence plans and how much the city will have to contribute were unclear Tuesday. City and KDOT officials could not be reached before press time. [FULL STORY at http://marionrecord.com]

Florence Metcalf, beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed on August 14, 2026, in Enid, Oklahoma, at the age of 98. Florence lived in Jet, Oklahoma, where she went to Jet High School. When her parents Pete and Mary Harris decided to move to Lakin, Kansas, in 1943, Florence, at 15, decided to make her life in Jet to be near her grandparents, Ida and Pearl Hopkins. Florence was...

 Florence Marie Arbogast, 69 of Hume, Missouri passed away Sunday, August 9, 2026 at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas.  Cremation, with services and burial pending at the moment.  Arrangements entrusted to Mullinax Funeral Home, Butler (660-679-0009).  Messages of condolence may be left for the family and friends at www.mullinaxfuneralhome.com.   Florence Marie Bright Arbogast was born July 13, 1957 in Foster, Missouri.  The daughter

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