Marion County law enforcement were determined Eric Meyer would learn a lesson: Don’t go messing where you’re not wanted. So the entirety of the Marion Police Department and two sheriff’s deputies raided the home he…

At the age of 92, attorney and activist Clarence Jones reminds us of the life Martin Luther King Jr. might have enjoyed if he had been a simple church pastor or a seminary professor. Jones,…

It’s common for American presidents to grow in our estimation over time. Decisions once deemed unwise can look wiser or prescient with the perspective of decades. Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Ulysses S.…

One myth that Democrats and the press continue to peddle about Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election is that it came close to succeeding. But as the latest indictment in Georgia shows, it…

U.S. stocks took a header on Tuesday after fresh economic data showed a continued softening in China’s economy. Another reason for investor unease is the Chinese government’s suspension of youth unemployment data, which comes amid…

First the good news. Today’s youth are taking action to preserve the environment. The bad? Saving the planet has become a divisive issue. On Monday, a Montana judge ruled in favor of Montana youths ages…

Not long ago, I moved from a tiny town to a small city of about 8,000 people in central Illinois to be closer to the action. You know: band concerts, ice cream socials, veterans’ sandwich…

On Friday, local law enforcement raided the Marion County Record’s office, seizing personal and company-owned computers, cell phones, and reporting materials. Officers from the Marion police department and the county sheriff’s deputies also raided the…

Marion city police and the Marion County sheriff’s office did something on Friday that no government agency in America has any right to do.  They shut down a newspaper.  Those agencies raided the offices of…

County commissioners voiced interest in recycling at their meeting Tuesday.  Of tires and electronics. That’s certainly a blow to local volunteers who for the last year have been pleading with city and county officials to…