Today's News

Joe Mattingly resigned as the attorney for the Marion County Board of Education last week after one of his employees was elected to the board.
Kaelin Reed, who works at the Mattingly and Nally-Martin law firm, was elected as the District 2 board member during the Nov. 4 election. Reed previously resigned from his position as assistant county attorney on Oct. 31, noting in his resignation letter that he was prohibited from being the assistant county attorney as a school board candidate.

The Marion County Farm Service Agency would like to remind producers that Dec. 15 is the final date to report fall seeded small grain crops.  Producers are urged to report the crop as soon as planting has been completed prior to Dec. 15. You may contact the office at 270-692-3341 for additional information.
 

The 2014 General Election — and (nearly) all the advertising that came with it — is now behind us. No one sounded more pleased that the campaign was over than Terry Mills, who won re-election as the 24th District state representative with 8,254 votes. His opponent, Alex LaRue of Hodgenville, received 6,860 votes.
Mills thanked Marion County voters for their support.
"I'm bruised and battered but still standing," he said.