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Deadline Nearing to Apply for Homestead Tax Exemption
|Marion County Auditor, Joan Kasotis, is reminding Marion County taxpayers that the deadline for applying for both real estate and manufactured home tax savings through the Homestead Program is Monday, June 4, 2012.
Marion Unemployment Rate Lowest Since November 20008
|The unemployment rate for Marion County dipped a half percent in April 2012 to 7.9 percent down from 8.4 percent in March. The rate is at its lowest point since it stood at 7.7 percent in November 2008. A month later, the rate jumped to double digits where it remained for 28 months and reached a high of 12.4 percent.
Watchdog Urges Rejection of FirstEnergy Rate Proposal
|FirstEnergy’s customers could be subjected to higher electricity rates than necessary if a new proposed rate plan is approved, the Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel (OCC) said Monday.
- Watchdog Urges Rejection of FirstEnergy Rate Proposal
- State Patrol Kicks Off Annual Click It or Ticket Campaign
- Two Marion Students Awarded $40k Scholarships
- Five City Council Committees to Meet Tuesday
- Sheriff’s Office Apprehend Suspects in Several Burglaries
- Last Week of Spring Hydrant Flushing Set
- Church, Volunteers to “Paint the Town” in Downtown Marion
- Marion YMCA Offering Youth Summer Camps
- Unemployment Rate Down Slightly as More Leave Workforce
- Marion General Hospital Volunteers Recognized
- Goodwill Industries Names Kaiser to Board
- Turning Point Holding Annual 5K Run/Walk
- Ohio AG Warns Older Ohioans about Job Opportunity Scams
- State Republicans Back Off Welfare Drug Testing - For Now
- Ohio Senate Passes Pension Overhaul
- Boyz II Men, Thompson, Journey Tribute Announced for Popcorn Fest
- OSUM Students Learn Giving Through Grant
- Brandy Winfield Memorial Poker Run Set for 8th Year
- Smith Wanted for Three Warrants
- Palace Theatre Showing "October Baby"
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National Headlines
- Women gain four new 'seats' in U.S. House
- Crisis called for calm, Bush says
- Automakers, Obama agree to mileage goal
- Recession fears growing
- Slain rebel leader was betrayed
- Funerals begin for victims of anti-Islam massacre
- Egyptian Islamists rally
- Cuba allows charter flights from nine more U.S. cities
Recent News and Opinion
Two Marion Students Awarded $40k Scholarships
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05/21/2012 - 4:43pm
Last Week of Spring Hydrant Flushing Set
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05/21/2012 - 9:33am
Sheriff’s Office Apprehend Suspects in Several Burglaries
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05/21/2012 - 9:35am
Watchdog Urges Rejection of FirstEnergy Rate Proposal
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05/22/2012 - 10:19am
