Newsletter-Late-Week

DMT Capital breathing new life into historical buildings

The former Call Leader offices at 317 South Anderson Street were purchased by DMT Capital, LLC in 2023. Since then, the company, operated by David Turk and Tyler and Miles Hiatt, has been hard at work renovating the space, re-purposing the historic downtown building into 13 efficiency apartments, climate-controlled storage units, and are planning to open a breakfast cafe.

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Asking Eric

Dear Eric: One of our neighbors has acquired backyard chickens, and a rooster. His chicken coop is not far from our bedroom window. Now that it’s getting warmer, we like to sleep with the windows open to cool off the house at night. The rooster wakes up at 5:20 a.m., so now we do as well.

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Frankton man arrested for child solicitation following joint law enforcement efforts

On Sunday, July 20, the Grant County Sheriff’s Office and the Marion Police Department announced the arrest of five men for child solicitation. According to a press release posted to the Sheriff’s Office Facebook page, four men traveled from outside counties with the intent to engage in sexual activity with a person they believed to be a 13-year-old girl.

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