Looking ahead to 2025 surely must be more pleasant than looking back on 2024, a year in which unprecedented state and even national and international attention continued to be thrust upon Marion ...

County commissioners spent the bulk of an hour last week trying to come up with policies on how the county charges for special requests for wider culverts, additional road rock, and dust-settling sand ...

Potential disaster was averted Thursday after a machine boring to install fiberoptic cable hit an unmarked gas service line, ripping it away from a gas main. “Ooh, lots and lots of gas was escaping,” ...

If America wants to be great again, then Americans need to be great again.

I think it’s silly to think that “Warriors” is insulting to indigenous peoples of the state. What’s next? Change the name of the state or of numerous communities? But, if it must be, why not honor the ...

We rarely hear government resolutions on New Year’s Day, but we often hear them on Election Day, when candidates perennially promise, like dandelions popping up each year, to increase efficiency and ...

“I’d like to see less conflict and less fighting.” — Sybil Bowman “Development of great leaders to guide the community. Establish a family restaurant and replace Wendy’s in Hillsboro. Continued ...

Taylor J. Sutton, 25, no hometown listed. Jailed Dec. 23 for 20 hours on court orders. Previous jailed Aug. 13 and 14 on court orders and Feb. 1 to 3, 2022, for aggravated failure to appear in court.