The Screaming Orphans bring an evening of traditional Celtic music with a hint of their pop-rock sound to the Marion Palace Theatre Friday, March 23 at 8:00 p.m. Joan, Angela, Gráinne and Marie are a self-described pop-rock band of four fun, high-spirited, musically-obsessed sisters from Ireland.

The Marion County Historical Society will present the 6th Annual “A Night at Heritage Hall” Friday evening, March 23, and Saturday evening, March 24. This event gives visitors and re-enactors alike the opportunity to explore the past.

The Marion County Republican Club President, Ken Stiverson, has announced that Katie Eagan, Director of Americans for Prosperity’s Ohio Chapter, will be the guest speaker on Monday, March 19, 2012. Americans for Prosperity is a grassroots movement of over 1.9 million activists nationwide who advocate and promote limited government, lower taxes, and more freedom.

Today, Friday, March 16, is your last chance to purchase season passes to the City of Marion’s Lincoln Park Family Aquatic Center. Memberships may be purchased at the Rec Center, Utility Billing office in City Hall, and at most offices on the 3rd floor of City Hall.

Heart of Ohio Mentoring (formally Big Brothers/Big Sisters) a nonprofit organization serving the youth of Marion County has announced plans to fold most of their programs into the Boys and Girls Club of Marion County, a nonprofit organization that offers similar services.

Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor has announced that the Supreme Court of Ohio will convene in official session in Marion County on Wednesday, April 25. The visit is part of the court’s semiannual Off-Site Court Program, which is marking its 25th anniversary this year.

Scrap-metal dealers would be required to take a photograph of each person who sells to them under a bill that unanimously passed the Ohio Senate yesterday. Senate Bill 193 prohibits a dealer from purchasing or receiving scrap metal from anyone who refuses to take a photograph.

As Gov. John Kasich rolled out a mid-term budget blueprint highlighted by an income tax cut for Ohioans but a hike in oil and gas taxes, the sales job began to skeptical lawmakers.

Kasich's pitch to majority-party Republicans: Make sure Ohioans benefit from the oil and gas dollars expected to flow from the shale boom, not those in faraway area codes.

Marion Community Foundation says they will be putting themselves on the cutting edge of technology with the implementation and launch of Stellar Technology Solutions’ iPhi Product Suite, a web-based philanthropic management software system developed by Stellar of Stroudsburg, PA. Although MCF has been using management software for more than five years, they say this new technology will provide unparalleled online access to donors, grantees and scholarship applicants, as well as staff members.

The Marion Police Department is seeking Terry R. Weaver for an outstanding warrant. She is a 43-year-old white female with brown hair and brown eyes. She is 5-feet 6-inches tall and weighs 114 lbs. Her last known address was 1683 Marion-Waldo Road.