Such trucks make trash pickup something a single employee can do from the comfort of a truck cab. Marion typically sends one or two crews of two to three workers to pick up trash that a single worker ...

Jonah Gehring has seen a lot as the chairman of the county commission this past year. In about two weeks, commissioners will select a new chairman, and he emphasized it will not be him. The commission ...

“Going forward in 2026 we need to focus on urbanization. Rural is great, but there are not a lot of businesses here, and we need them.” “More housing availability is huge in this town.” “Some of the ...

Marion can put rhinos at county sites, but county won't pay for them, from Marion County Record for Dec. 30, 2025 ...

“A lot plays into shoulder width,” Terstriep said. “Paved, three-foot shoulders are a very cost-effective improvement when you have the embankment already there. If you have a hard shoulder out there, ...

The buffer was 497,811,317 square feet. The net protest area was 278,146,663 square feet. The 20% threshold was 55,629 square feet. With only one petition qualifying, protested property within the ...

Homeowners at the county lake could serve Marion’s purpose of attracting tourism by placing rhinos on their property if they so desire. Perhaps tourist attraction grant money could be better spent in ...

Appointing a new planning and zoning commissioner then rescinding the appointment and reappointing the commission’s chair has left county commissioners divided and on potentially shaky legal grounds.

Marion has been losing money in its trash collection service, leaving council members receptive to a presentation last week on privatizing the service. “We would be out of business if we were private, ...

In what was the single most-read story of the year and the fourth most-read overall topic, Sheriff’s deputy Caleb Tomlinson ran over a dead body at an accident on US-77. The sheriff’s department soon ...

In a flurry of legal motions to be heard Jan. 6, former Marion police chief Gideon Cody is attempting to block testimony and dismiss charges he faces of interfering with judicial process. Cody’s ...

Crediting his family and high school instructors as his motivation, Marion High School graduate Sam Ehrlich received a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering this month from the Georgia Institute of ...