FAIRMONT – From 1938 through the late 1970s, the Friday night lights couldn’t have glowed brighter across Fairmont and Marion County. The county then boasted seven high schools, and all occasionally played their “home” games at East-West Stadium. East-West is the masonry marvel on ...
FAIRMONT – Marion County’s Board of Education convened its first meeting of the new fiscal year Monday under a microscope. A corrective action plan ordered by the state Department of Education in March – after the debate over the renewal of current Superintendent Donna Heston’s ...
FAIRMONT – Wednesday is the last day of classes in Marion County for the 2025-26 academic year, but don’t look for people to stay down during the summer, Superintendent Donna Heston said. Contractors and maintenance crews will soon be climbing the ladder, in fact, to replace the aging ...
FAIRMONT – By the time it’s all done, East Fairmont High School will have undergone a roof-to-floor makeover by the Marion County Board of Education. Make that, below the floor. Board members on Monday inked a contract to begin site analysis at the school’s Airport Road campus ...
FAIRMONT – For the Marion County of Education earlier this week, it was all about raising the roof – and razing the roof. First, the raising: BOE members opened their meeting Monday by putting the spotlight on three students from White Hall Elementary who took the top trophies in ...