Marshall Mainstreet planned a Wonderland of Lights volunteer meeting last night.  The meeting was postponed due to a COVID-19 exposure, but prospective volunteers were not notified of the postponement, with several showing up to find no meeting, and locked doors.

Meeting Postponement

The Marshall City Council met on Thursday, when the council considered the 2022 City of Marshall annual budget.  They also discussed plans to raise the property tax rate.
A large portion of the hearing focused on the Historic T&P Depot after Christina Anderson, a member of Marshall Depot board of directors requested $22,500 from the city to go to the Depot.

T&P Depot

KMHT has spent weeks obtaining information and conducting interviews with dozens of people intimately involved in the wonderland of lights.  

From past volunteers, former employees, business owners past and present, even the woman who ran Wonderland for more than a decade, KMHT’s Ashli Dansby visited with many of them.  

We aren’t naming the majority of those people per their request, but you’ll be interested in the following report.

WOL Part 1

KMHT continues our series about Wonderland of Lights and Mainstreet.

WOL Part 2

Part Three of KMHT's series is available to listen to now.

WOL Part 3

State Representative Chris Paddie resigned from office on Tuesday.  Here is more information.

Paddie Resigns

Harrison County Sheriff Tom McCool spoke Monday morning about the continuing efforts to cap a natural gas well blowout that has caused 45 residents to be displaced, and staying in a local hotel.

Gas Well Blowout Update From Sheriff Tom McCool

There has been a lot of discussion regarding the downtown redevelopment plan.  The Harrison County Endowment Board met on Wednesday.  During the session, they discussed the plan and approved paying for a survey to determine ownership of a portion of the land in question.

Coverage Of HDIC Board On Downtown Plan

For weeks, people have been debating the ownership of much of the land involved in the Downtown Development Plan unveiled by City Manager Mark Rohr during November.  Now, the county has evidence they own the property in question.

Image from Harrison County website

UPDATE ON DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PLAN

For weeks, people have been debating the ownership of much of the land involved in the Downtown Redevelopment Plan unveiled during November by City Manager Mark Rohr.  Now, the County says they have evidence showing the County owns the property.

Image from Harrison County's Website

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