As sweltering summer fades into fabulous fall between Labor Day and Old Settlers Day each year, thoughts naturally turn to sports and the heroics of dedicated young people who do their communities ...

Marion County Democrats will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday in the basement of Marion Community Center to discuss plans for appointing precinct officials and electing officers. After a business meeting, a ...

Avoiding yet another opportunity to question specific spending, Marion City Council seemed to agree Monday night to raise the city’s tax levy by 3.9% instead of 9.8%, as originally advertised.

After Monday night’s Marion City Council meeting, reporter Phyllis Zorn sought out council members to introduce them to new Record reporter Finn Hartnett, who started work earlier in the day. She ...

Keeping Vader company on the porch are Michael Myers from the movie “Halloween” and a “Ghost Face” character. A skeletal bat with glowing red eyes rides a skeleton horse. Denise Crabb adds to her ...

Friday night lights are back, with all five county schools kicking off their season Friday. Two of the five teams walked away with victories. The Warriors began the season with a 46-20 victory on the ...

History, music and sights of the county — all part of a tour presented Saturday by Flint Hills Counterpoint at Peabody, — brought 37 tourists to learn about Marion County and listen to original music ...

Marion High School’s class of 1979 will gather for its 45th reunion Old Settlers weekend. Class members tentatively will meet Saturday morning at Danny Snelling’s house on N. Walnut St. to ride in the ...

I came to Marion for the first time earlier this summer. It was good timing, really. I was at a point where my hometown of New York City was driving me up the wall. New York’s the greatest if you get ...