you see signs for either of those two, you’ll just have to put up with them for a couple more weeks]

Just a reminder: The election is over, so all of you political candidates can go ahead and collect your campaign signs that have been cluttering up our streets for months. [ Editor’s Note: You are correct, but just as a public service and for the sake of clarity, the 2024 election season isn’t quite over. The race for the Marion City Counci Position 1- 1 seat is going to a runoff.

Incumbent city councilwoman Kelsey Hensley will be facing Gene Hardin ( who just happens to be the father of your favorite local newspaper editor) in the Dec. 3 runoff. So, if

*** I never got a response to my text. [ Editor’s Note: Sorry about that. Just FYI, this would have been a great time to resend the message. But as long as we’re on the subject, it might have gotten lost. Our trusty old Text the Times hotline phone died on me after years of faithful service, so I’ve had to set up a new one, and with it comes a new phone number, which you can see in the banner above…]