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Today's News

  • Lady Knights honored at banquet

    Several members of the Marion County High School girls basketball team were honored recently at the post-season banquet.

    Senior Dee Johnson won the "Senior Award" as well as the "Defensive Award." Johnson also joined the career 1,000-point club earlier in the season against Ballard Memorial.

    Freshman Bre Elder won the award for best field goal percentage, finishing the season at 54 percent from the field. Makayla Epps was runner-up, shooting 50 percent from the floor.

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  • Fiscal court makes history museum proposal

    A short-handed Marion County Fiscal Court made a decision last week that could impact the proposed Marion County history museum. Magistrates John Arthur Elder III and Steve Masterson were not present for the March 19 meeting.

    Following a recommendation by Marion County Judge/Executive John G.

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  • Fiscal court to discuss dead animal removal Monday

    The Marion County Fiscal Court has scheduled  a special-called meeting to discuss and possibly take action regarding dead animal removal within the county.

    The meeting is scheduled for 5 p.m. Monday, March 23, at the David R. Hourigan Government Center.

    The county has not had dead animal removal since Feb. 27, when Nation Brothers ended its service in Marion and 21 other counties in response to an FDA regulation that will increase the cost of rendering animals.

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  • Four finalists named for superintendent position

    The Marion County Board of Education has announced the four finalists to replace outgoing Superintendent Roger Marcum.

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  • Cut for a Cause

    Justin Craig sat still in the barber's chair and waited as the stylist shaved his head bald.

    His mother, Martha Mattingly, was a few feet away, taking photographs through the tears of pride welling up in her eyes.

     

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  • Spring practice begins this week

    The Marion County High School football team began spring practice on Monday and will conduct 10 practices between then and March 27.

    Head Coach Jeff Robbins said the team has 15 days to conduct 10 practices. The practice schedule will depend largely upon the weather.

    "If we have 10 good days in a row then we'll be done in two weeks," Robbins said.

    Robbins is boasting big numbers for this year's spring practice. He said 44 players who will be sophomores through seniors next year will dress out for practice.

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  • It's spring calving season

    For the cow/calf producer this is a very important time of the year as far as calving goes. As spring is quickly approaching its easy to get too busy and sometimes forget about the basics.

    I recently read this article from the University of Kentucky and thought it would be appropriate for this time of the year.

    Spring-Calving Cows

    The spring calving season should be in full swing now, top priority should be to get a live calf and keep cows in sufficient body condition to rebreed early.

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  • More than 800 unemployed in Marion County

    When Rancho Poultry announced it would be opening a chicken processing plant in Marion County last year, Marion County Economic Development Director Tom Lund hailed it as an example of diversification in the local economy.

    "I've been saying for 15 years, if anything happened to the auto industry our economy in Lebanon will suffer," Lund said in an interview last month.

    There's no question that something is happening in the auto industry, and it hasn't been good news, at least not recently.

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  • Two charged with escape from MAC

    Two inmates at Marion Adjustment Center have been charged with second-degree escape by the Kentucky State Police after being apprehended Friday, March 13.

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  • Plant disease resistant cultivars

    Do you have problems with fire blight, black spot, powdery mildew, Fusarium wilt, early blight and late blight?

    If this is the case plant disease resistant varieties this year! Sure old time favorites are what you are used to but try something different with them this year.

    Mail order catalogues promise a bountiful harvest of fruits and vegetables without much work, but we all know that isn't how it works.

    However, there is one thing that we can do easily that will save us a lot of hassle this summer, variety selection.

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