By Jackie HuntSpecial to The Gazette Editor’s Note: This is the seventh installment of the When Marion Played Sports series. Click the link to see all the articles in the series. While still basking in the glory of a state football championship and watching their girls’ basketball `team race out to an 18-0 record and the boys 17-2, Eastside athletes were on …

Ramonia Jean Davidson Smith (September 25, 1937 – October 16, 2023)Jean was one person who never met a stranger, one who would alwaysgive the shirt off her back to someone whom she felt needed it more, andalways made sure everyone was well-fed and well-loved when she wasaround. To know her and all her quirks was to love her. She could …

When President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, it is often said, the United States lost its innocence. Not only because the president was murdered, but because Americans were forced to consider the possibility that his death was orchestrated by conspirators within his own government. Author Gary Savage will discuss his 1993 book, “JFK –  First Day Evidence” at 5 p.m. …