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The Marion County Adult Probation Department is asking for the public's help in locating 35-year-old Robert Burd, Jr., for violating the conditions of his parole.
Burd is described as a white male, 6'0" tall and 157 lbs with brown eyes and brown hair.
A generous gift of $400,000 from the estate of long-time Marion resident Mary H. Holloway has made possible the creation of four new funds to benefit Marion area organizations.
Separate funds have been created with Holloway’s gift to support the Humane Society of Marion County, the Marion Palace Theatre and the Marion Family YMCA, as well as the creation of a donor advised fund which will make grant awards based upon suggestions made by the fund’s donor advisor.
Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray announced today that his office has received a federal grant that will help county sheriffs keep better track of registered sex offenders.
The $155,546 grant will pay for two new programs.
Thomas Edison is a step closer to Washington. A panel of state lawmakers voted Thursday to recommend that the inventor born in northern Ohio be the subject of a new Ohio statue in the U.S. Capitol.
Project Playground, located in McKinley Park, will be closed this weekend, August 28 and 29. The playground will receive a new coat of stain by the First Church of The Nazarene during their Restoration Weekend.
Ohio Department of Development Director Lisa Patt-McDaniel wants to remind Ohioans who are elderly or have health problems that funding to assist eligible households with summer cooling costs through the Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) Summer Crisis Program is available through August 31, 2010.
During the recent Bike-A-Thon at The Salvation Army in Marion, Rocky’s Cyclery raffled off a scooter. The winner was Dominic Johnson.
The Salvation Army says they would like to thank all who participated and sponsored the event.
Marion WIC is holding a Farmer’s Market for WIC clients on Tuesday, August 31, from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm at the Marion County Fairground’s Coliseum.
The Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel (OCC) criticized a decision today by state regulators that failed to secure the lowest possible standard service rates for FirstEnergy’s customers by approving the utility’s rate plan.
One of the least acknowledged and least addressed concerns in our society is grief, the normal and natural reaction to loss. Marion General Hospital Hospice is offering an outreach program to help guide those who wish to resolve their loss issues and move beyond their grief to a richer quality of life.
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