Twenty-five years ago, the last National Guard soldier to be killed from Marion since Maj. Billy Joe Williams in the Vietnam War, died from a bolt of lightning while training at Fort Campbell. Eight other area men were also injured in the incident.
Read more about this almost-forgotten tragedy and find news on the hopes of some cattle farmers that Friday's auction of the livestock market in Marion will eventually again bring sales back to the area in this week's edition of The Crittenden Press.
