Clay target teams in the area

A number of local high schools are among 15 statewide taking part in the 2019 Indiana State High School Clay Target League, which began earlier this spring. Area teams participating in the league include Oak Hill, Mississinewa,

Marion Council: CIE vote

The Marion City Council, on an 8-to-1 vote Tuesday night, appeared to have avoided a conflict that threatened to scuttle a tax increment financing package involving expansion of the CIE plant west of Marion. The plan, which

WW2 veteran returned home

A Marine Corps honor guard from Grissom Air Reserve base participated in the transfer of Marine Corps Private Fred Freet of Marion at the Indianapolis International Airport yesterday. Freet was killed in action November 20, 1943 during

Marion, Ball State grad wins Pulitzer Prize

Marion High School graduate Dan Swenson has won a Pulitzer Prize for his work in community journalism. Swenson, who is the graphics editor for the Advocate in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was part of a reporting team that

Madison County solar farm public meeting

A proposed solar farm in Madison County will be discussed at a public open house this evening. Chicago-based Invenergy is planning to construct this solar farm on at least 700 acres in northern Madison County.  Preliminary designation