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While their voices won’t be counted among the official results this election day, third graders at Starry Elementary School in Marion are nonetheless casting ballots for the presidential candidate of their choice.

Marion police aren’t saying much as they work a case involving a dead body at Marion High School.
“We aren’t releasing any information at this time,” said a spokesman for the department. “We expect to make a press release this afternoon.”

It’s 6:30 p.m. and people are continuing the file in the door of the gymnasium at Vernon Middle School in Marion. It’s difficult to say how many are here tonight as more than one precinct is sharing the area.
This Marion precinct, my home precinct, encompasses downtown and is primarily a blue collar area. While it [...]

Nearly 300 undecided caucus-goers and supporters of former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards braved unseasonably warm temperatures when they filed into Vernon Middle School’s gymnasium in Marion on Saturday afternoon. Many were expecting to hear the Democratic hopeful’s patent message of hope. No one, however, was expecting him to be accompanied by arguably the campaign’s [...]

Democratic presidential hopeful Chris Dodd dished out his plan for universal health care during a kitchen table discussion today in Marion at the home of Jerry and Marvalee Vuichard.

“What I’m advocating is a totally universal program with 100 percent of the American people involved,” Dodd told the seven people gathered around the table. “This is [...]