Marion News

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Dec. 15--Andy Webb says accusations against him are nothing more than a politically motivated smear campaign.

Andy Webb says accusations against him are nothing more than a politically motivated smear campaign.

The N.C. Highway Patrol is investigating a traffic accident this morning near Marion in McDowell County.

Bad weather hit Marion, North Carolina, on Wednesday. I work at the local Marion Walmart and have to be outside for most of the day; this means that I had to get a first-hand look at the approaching winds and was forced to work in them the entire day.

A new street is now open in Marion while an old railroad crossing will soon be closed.

When Bella arrived at the prison, she was afraid of her own shadow, probably the work of an abuser.

Investigators say it wasn't difficult to pin a residential break-in on a trio after finding one of their names on pawn tickets.

The Marion Christian Academy Knights began Blue Ridge Christian Conference play by breezing past Haywood Christian 67-20 last Friday.

On Thursday, the McDowell Chamber of Commerce presented the first ever Tom Johnson Entrepreneurial Award.

Authorities say a Marion man decided to sell drugs to pay for prior indiscretions.

The Pilot Club of Marion held its annual Christmas tree-lighting ceremony Sunday in front of the McDowell County Courthouse.

If it wasn't Christmas shopping season yet, it is now; today is the official opening of the Blue Ridge Artisans' Show and Sale at the MACA Gallery on Main Street in Marion.

The rain wreaked havoc for motorists Wednesday, sending a tractor-trailer barreling into the Interstate 40 guardrail and tying up eastbound traffic; sending a vehicle careening head-on into an empty school bus; and sending power lines toppling to the ground after a pickup hit a guy wire, authorities say.

STAFF REPORTS * communitynews@citizen-times.com * published December 4, 2009 9:15 am MARION North Carolinas longest running, claywork-only show and sale will be held 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at McDowell High School in Marion.

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This Sunday, the Pilot Club of Marion will hold its annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony on the courthouse lawn.

An era in Marion's city government came to an end Tuesday evening and a new one began.

On Thursday, young and old can enjoy the Christmas season in downtown Marion with the annual Melodies on Main celebration.

Authorities arrested a Marion man they say molested a distant relative. Detective Jennifer Trantham of the McDowell County Sheriff's Office charged Bobby Dean Robinson, 56, of Sugar Hill Road with two counts of taking indecent liberties with a child.

Authorities say they caught a shoplifter Saturday after he scuffled with a security officer and fled into another store a ' a store where the manager recognized him as the person who had stolen from them days earlier.