Officials and business owners are trimming all fat and some lean to be better able to cope with the sober economic times. In the midst of such a setting, there is a bright spot in Marion County, Anderson Brothers Bank, a regional bank based in Mullins, is slowly changing the town’s downtown landscape, reinventing older building to house a growing, financially secure, homegrown business.

Marion business celebrates first anniversary.

The Cato store in Marion, relocated to the Wal-Mart Supercenter off U.S. Highway 76, will reopen on Nov. 12.

Kevin and Connie the owners of a newly opened bed-and-breakfast in, The Gateway are welcomed by the local business community

This past week Marion Chamber of Commerce members and Mayor Bobby Gerald welcomed Fun in the Sun to the local business community with a ribbon cutting ceremony.