LaFleur named Chair of ETCOG Board
East Texas Council OfGovernment is pleased to announce new leadership for its Chief Elected Officials – Rural Transportation Planning Organization (CEO–RTPO) Board. At a recent meeting, the CEO–RTPO Board voted…
Suspects arrested in Friday evening shooting incident, JP unharmed
Two suspects have been arrested following a Friday evening shooting aimed at Marion County Justice of the Peace Lena Pope. Pope was not physically injured in the incident. According to…
Honoring Our Veterans
From left, local veterans Ron Keith, John Cooper, Father John Hines—of Christ Episcopal Church—and Marion County Judge Leward LaFleur joined The Jefferson VFW and American Legion and Auxiliary members for…
County, City Offices Delay Opening on Monday
According to a joint press release issued by Marion County Judge Leward LaFleur and Jefferson Mayor Rob Baker, “Due to the Winter Storm Warning Issued by the The National Weather…
Commissioners to Attend Virtual Continuing Education Course This Week
The Marion County Commissioners will be together this week, but not to conduct County Business. The Commissioners will be attending a virtual Continuing Education Class and will be in the…
COVID-19 Case Count Update, Increases by 2
From Marion County Judge Leward LaFleur Marion County received an additional (2) cases of COVID-19 reported by DSHS. Our cumulative count is at 67. • 26 considered recovered • 2…
‘Ark’ Opened at Ruth Lester Playhouse
The ‘Ark’ section of the Ruth Lester Playhouse was opened Friday morning in preparation for cleaning, blessing, and placement of a Torah, as the structure returns to regular use as…
From FaceBook Today: May 21, 2020
This is a new feature we’re trying out. It provides a summary of the posts we shared to our FaceBook Page. Enoch’s Wine and Coffee House posted an update to…
MC Gets Notified of 1st Cases, Reporting Error Delayed Notification
By V. Hugh Lewis II, publisher Marion County received notification of it’s first cases on Wednesday. One of the cases is already considered recovered with two still active. The delay…
Transcript of Judge LaFleur’s Executive Orders, County Update 03-31-2020
Note: This is auto generated by software which analyzes the audio track of the video recording. It’s not perfect and some edits have been made for clarification/correction of the ai…
Transcript of Judge’s March 27 COVID Update
Transcript (with Timestamps) 0:04 Good afternoon Marin County here to give you an update. I’m a little early. I’ve got a few conference calls I’m going to be on this…
County Releases COVID-19 Response Plan
Marion County Judge Leward LaFleur, Mayor Pro Tem Victor Perot, and Emergency Management Coordinator David Capps, jointly released the COVID-19 Response for Marion County. The nine page document puts into…
Commissioners to Hold Special Meeting on Disaster Declaration
The Marion County Commissioners Court will meet in special session at 10 a.m. Monday, March 23, 2020, in the Commissioners Courtroom. They will meet to consider approving renewal of the…
Marion County Declared in a State of Disaster, Judge Issues Statement
Marion County Judge Leward LaFleur formally declared Marion County in a State Disaster for the next seven days. LaFleur made the declaration after discussions with State and Local Officials, and…