There is a reason why contingency plans are a thing. They help keep a project practical and solvent by anticipating increased costs associated with a whole litany of reasons why a project may go over budget.

Small towns are unique when it comes to governance.

As the sun bakes the surface of our local lakes, microscopic bacteria fester below the surface.

A subheadline in Friday’s edition of the Chronicle-Tribune did not match the content of the article.

A big change is coming, and you’ve still got a chance to make your voice heard.

The current public meeting system in Marion is built in a way that allows the government to silence its critics and sanitize the issues that plague Marion. It’s good for public officials, but it’s bad for taxpayers.

What’s going on right now near Fairmount is a good example of good governance.

The hatred displayed toward a Mississinewa High School alumnus this week was abhorrent.

Marion Common Council did the right thing by asking its attorney to decide whether to represent the city or county, but not both.

Most of us remember where we were and what we were doing on the evening of June 17, 2015, when nine African American parishioners at Charleston’s Emanuel AME Church were gunned down during a Bible study.

The city of Marion has spent approximately $1.6 million in pursuit of $2 million in alleged damages resulting from the Old Y renovation.

The city of Marion has spent approximately $1.6 million in pursuit of $2 million in alleged damages resulting from the Old Y renovation.

A ball and a glove have brought great joy to countless fathers and children throughout time.

Our bodies are naturally wired to feel emotion, but it’s how you process these emotions that makes all the difference.

Fighting insanity with insanity doesn’t work.

Last weekend in Marion, we saw a beautiful scene.

Destruction of property and violence of any kind are wrong. This is elementary and needs little explanation.

The state of our union is at risk.

There is a point in time where a series of blunders no longer constitutes honest mistakes.

The coming weeks are a test, one that we must pass if we hope to keep our freedoms intact.

Fear over coronavirus is manifesting itself in various ways.

We shouldn’t act surprised that someone at Cafe Valley tested positive for COVID-19.

During this pandemic, it’s important to think about what we can do to protect the most vulnerable in our community.

Winter weather packed a punch in late February, but with the spring season approaching, there are other weather threats we should be prepared for.

When the typical U.S. citizen fails in their duties, they are either written up or fired.

We share our opinion each week, but do you?

Incarceration in Indiana is a problem, a big problem.

Marion Community Schools has a new e-sports team.

If Marion City Council approves a proposed tax abatement for Advanced Cabinet Systems, the company won’t pay an estimated $57,000 in property taxes over five years. Marion taxpayers will.

Be careful this weekend. It will be shorter than most.

The coronavirus isn’t anything to joke around with, yet members of the media and public officials aren’t doing their jobs correctly.

Many of our readers have asked a series of great questions that lack definitive answers.

San Francisco and six Bay Area counties, with a combined population of nearly 7 million, are under “shelter-in-place” orders directing everyone to basically stay inside their homes for the next three weeks in hopes of suppressing the rapid spread of COVID-19 across the region.

You might think the average American should be entitled to know information that could save their life, their family’s lives or their neighbors’ lives.

The U.S. now has the highest number of known coronavirus cases in the world, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

The picture of COVID-19 in Indiana is changing rapidly.

These are interesting times we live in. News seems to change by the hour, and the message coming from the White House changes depending on what the polls say.

While these past few weeks have brought fear, uncertainty and isolation, we all owe the people risking their health for our benefit more than we can imagine.

This weekend brought a breath of fresh air when it comes to the information being provided to the public regarding the novel coronavirus strain wreaking havoc on America.

As tax revenue is set to decline during this economic downtown, Grant County elected officials gave new meaning to the phrase “never let a good crisis go to waste.”

While protecting people's privacy is extremely important, HIPAA wasn't created for the way some health professionals are using it right now. 

The COVID-19 pandemic put an abrupt end to face-to-face interaction in schools across Grant County, but school administrations need to take the final weeks of the school year seriously to make sure students don’t fall behind.

A heartbreaking story emerged this weekend that has many in Marion praying for residents and staff working at Colonial Oaks Health and Rehabilitation after two residents died while battling COVID-19.

If people truly believe that “the media” is “the enemy of the people” as President Donald Trump continues to claim, then we’ve got a real problem in America.

President Donald Trump’s campaign against journalists grew to a crescendo this weekend as he devoted a majority of his tweets to scolding any media organization that isn’t acting fully as a propaganda arm to his reelection campaign.

Our insistence on calling out President Donald Trump for his dangerous campaign to paint journalists as “the enemy of the people” grew in significance this week.

No matter what happens in the courtroom, the taxpayers of Marion lost – big time.

Investor-owned utility companies want Hoosiers to pay for unconsumed energy to make their shareholders and their bank accounts happy.

Investor-owned utility companies want Hoosiers to pay for unconsumed energy to make their shareholders and their bank accounts happy.