The Marion County Record is a weekly newspaper in the town of Marion, Kansas, population 1,922 in the 2020 census. Marion is the county seat of Marion County, which had a population of 11,823 in the census. So, the Marion County Record is a small-town newspaper with a tiny staff. However, it is rather remarkable because it remains family-owned and has a long history, founded under a different name in 1869.
In 1874 it was purchased by the Hoch family, which owned it until 1998, when it was sold to the Meyer family, which…
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