State and Local News

The Grant County Council last night agreed to fill some vacancies in county departments, but only after department heads did some shifting of money and personnel to do so. Because of budget ...Read more

A federal bankruptcy judge has approved the sale of all of the Bon-Ton Corporation’s assets, means the remaining Carson’s and Elder-Beerman stores will likely close soon. The Marion Carson’s ...Read more

Meijer is planning to launch a self-scanning app to speed checkout. The shop and scan program will let users scan the bar codes on items as they shop and bag their groceries while they move through ...Read more

Seven people were arrested Wednesday afternoon when members of the Grant County Joint Efforts Against Narcotics unit raided two homes in Marion. JEAN Team members, along with State Police, officers ...Read more

The Marion General Motors Plant will hand out hundreds of Oak tree seedlings to help out the environment and to commemorate Earth Day this weekend. Officials from the Marion G-M Metal Center will ...Read more

State officials have awarded a 79-million dollar contract to widen a section of Interstate 69 to six lanes from Pendleton to the south side of Anderson. The project includes nearly nine miles of ...Read more

The Marion City Council last night rejected a proposed increase in several fees within the city’s building code. City officials wanted to increase some fees that Building Commissioner Jerry ...Read more

A preliminary report released Tuesday by the National Transportation Safety Board says the pilot of the corporate jet that collided with a small plane at the Marion Airport on April 2nd apparently ...Read more

Thursday is Kindergarten Roundup Day at all four elementary schools in Marion. Parents of children who will be five years of age by August first are invited to attend one of two informational ...Read more

If you’ve been considering attending Ivy Tech Community College to further your education but have questions, then Thursday will be a good day to visit an area Ivy Tech campus. College 101 Day is ...Read more