It was founded by Emmett Rodgers. Part of his message "From the Publisher" appeared in the first edition of June 24, 1954.
You have now in your hands the first edition of the Marion Reporter, dedicated to the high concepts of honest and fearless journalism and to the everlasting betterment of Marion and Crittenden County.
Our desire to publish a newspaper stems from one great ambition - community development. It cannot be that we anticipate the Marion Reporter being a source of great income, nor a personal device upon which we may exploit any selfish ambition. We also recognize the simple arithmetic of years in our calculation and cannot anticipate the wheels of journalistic fortune being discovered at this late date.
We must fully recognize the fact that Crittenden county, has been feeling the business pinch. It must be our business to bring new industries to our community, find an even greener pasture in our farmlands, organize into unselfish organizations for united strength.
In other columns of this edition you will be able to obtain the personal information about those with whom we have associated in this venture. We have absolute faith in their integrity and their abilities.
To others in the newspaper business in our community and in the state, we extend the hand of fraternal fellowship and goodwill.
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From the March31, 1955 edition: Reporter Consolidates With Press With This Final Issue.
To Our Patrons: The Editor wishes to announce that the Marion Reporter has been merged with the Crittenden Press, which was purchased several weeks ago by Mr. Charles E. Pepper of Henderson, Ky.
Mr. Pepper is now in the Army and expects to get his release by June 28. He and his wife are both graduates from schools of journalism and will make their home in Marion immediately upon termination of Mr. Pepper's military service.
The editor and staff of the Marion Report wish to thank those who have so generously advertised, its correspondents, and the 2,450 subscribers for splendid support.
As this is the final issue of the Marion Reporter, Mr. Pepper will spend his new newspaper to all subscribers of the Marion Reporter for the unexpired time to which they are entitled.
The Marion Reporter was initiated with the single purpose and sole idea of giving Crittenden and Livingston counties the type of weekly newspaper that they were entitled to and not as a money making venture.
Our motto of "If you don't want it printed, don't let it happen" has been strictly adhered to insofar as was humanly possible.
Thank you, Emmett Rodgers
My thoughts: The Marion Reporter was indeed an informative and community minded paper. I've read, on mirco-film, many interesting articles from the old paper. Two that I remember well was on the history of the Alexander Rock Quarry that was located on Hwy. 60 North and the Mi-Marker Company that was located in Marion. It did as Mr. Rodgers said, to try and promote our local businesses and make Marion look promising for the future. The papers was also full of local happenings and people that were in the community.
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