Arkansas museum expands to better tell the story of the Sultana shipwreck • Arkansas Advocate
The country’s biggest maritime disaster happened just a few miles north of Memphis, Tennessee, when a steamboat caught fire at the end of the Civil War and more than half of its 2,300 passengers drowned in the Mississippi River. Now a museum dedicated to the disaster is being upgraded to better tell the story. About […]
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Marion City Council Meeting set for Dec. 27 | #citycouncil
A view of the new Marion City Hall façade Dec. 5. File A City Council Meeting will be held at Marion City Hall beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 27. The consent agenda is listed below. Approve the recommendation of the Superintendent to hire Cohen Carter as a Seasonal Laborer at $15.50/hour per the CBA. […]
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City Council holds first meeting since raid on Marion County Record | #citycouncil
MARION, Kan. (KWCH) – Marion city leaders are holding their first meeting since the raid of the city’s newspaper more than a week ago. According to the meeting agenda released on Friday, the council will not be commenting on the ongoing investigation. The Marion mayor said he would not be a the meeting due to […]
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Marion Mayor Hinton: ‘The only thing that will hold us back is ourselves’ | Black Belt News
Marion Mayor Dexter Hinton said the “only thing that can hold us back is ourselves.” Hinton said he wants to attract more business to Marion in 2023, but in the past, he said he met with resistance against some companies when he announced they were considering locating in the city. “We’re going to constantly bring […]
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Marion City Council set for Dec. 5, public meeting set for Nov. 28 | Black Belt News | #citycouncil
The next Marion City Council will be held on Monday, Dec. 5 at 6 p.m. after a public meeting on a possible change of selling alcoholic beverages takes place on Nov. 28. The public meeting on Nov. 28 will be held at 7 p.m., following a public safety meeting in the council chambers at 6 […]
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Marion City Council holds special meeting on gun violence | #citycouncil
MARION COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF) – Marion City Council held a special meeting Friday to raise awareness of the rise of gun violence in the city. The meeting was called in the aftermath of an incident last week where a man was shot and killed with witnesses telling officers that multiple people were seen shooting guns. […]
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