Sports

Registration Begins for Defending Little League Football Champs

Last season, the Marlin Bulldogs Bantam Little League football team pulled off several different accomplishments.

By Raymond Moore

Headed to the big show

The Chilton Lady Pirates 4x 400 meter relay team are on their way to the Conference 2A Championship finals on May 13, at 12:00 p.m. at Mike A. Myers in Austin.

Bulldogs Earn Post Season District Honors

All season long the hometown Marlin Bulldogs basketball team worked hard, practiced hard and played even harder.

By Raymond Moore

Opinion

Cola meditation master

Fluff-Ums, the cat, is either a pioneer in a new meditation style or simply a “half-bubbleoff-plumb.” We’ve gotten used to her fascination with plastic grocery sacks and finding suspicious tooth-ma

By Helene Burnett

Clean, rinse, please don’t repeat

Hangman, our good friend and purveyor of birthday manure, also does a great job as a consultant on home repairs and machine maintenance.

By Burnett’s Banter

Winged wackos bar the way

I’ve concluded the birds have it out for me, especially when I’m driving. To my knowledge I haven’t done anything to any birds (lately anyway), so what’s the deal?

By Burnett’s Banter

News

Tomlinson Hill took a step back into history

The Old Settlers and Veterans Association spent last weekend bringing the Civil War back to life.

By Liz Kennedy

Court turns down towing contract

Earlier in the month a proposal for a towing contract between the Sheriff’s Office and one of the three towing companies in Marlin was presented to the court.

By Raymond Moore

Trinity Memorial celebrates 60 years of service

In 1957, the First Baptist Church of Marlin had a dream.

They wanted to start a mission for people that wanted to attend a small family gathering. In June, their dream came true.

By Gloria Briggs

The Marlin Democrat

211 Fortune St.
P.O. Box 112
Marlin, TX 76661
Phone: 254-883-2554
Fax: 254-883-6553