The annual Pop N Drop will ring in the New Year in Downtown Marion on Wednesday, December 31, 2014. The free event will feature singing, dancing, popcorn, and hot chocolate starting at 10:00pm with fireworks and a ball drop at the stroke of midnight. It all takes place in the parking lot at 172 West […]
Police arrest two for committing several local burglaries
December 30, 2014 by
The Marion City Police Department, Marion County Sheriff Office, and MARMET Drug Task Force, with the assistance of the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office, said they have arrested two females in connection with local burglaries. The burglaries occurred in the City of Marion as well as Marion County. In the early morning hours of December 29, […]
Seniors urged to know the facts and protect themselves from the flu
December 30, 2014 by
According to data from the Ohio Department of Health, nearly half (48 percent) of the 1,919 hospitalizations due to influenza to date in Ohio are residents age 65 or older. The Ohio Department of Aging is joining with the Department of Health to strongly urge all older Ohioans – as well as those who care […]
Somerlot named JFS Director of the Year for Ohio
December 29, 2014 by
Marion County Department of Job and Family Services Director Roxane Somerlot has been recognized as the Association 2014 Director of the Year. Each December, the Ohio Job and Family Services Directors’ Association recognizes a CDJFS Director who, through dedicated efforts throughout the span of their career, exemplifies the professional qualities and achievements of an outstanding […]
Ohio Attorney General announces national $90 million cramming settlement with T-Mobile
December 29, 2014 by
Attorney General Mike DeWine announced recently that Ohio has joined the other 49 states, the District of Columbia, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Federal Communications Commission in a settlement with T-Mobile USA Inc. that includes at least $90 million in payments and resolves allegations that T-Mobile placed unauthorized third-party charges on consumers’ cell phone […]
Marion unemployment rate holds steady, but fewer report as employed
December 26, 2014 by
The unemployment rate for Marion County remained unchanged at 4.9 percent in November 2014. Unfortunately, that steady number comes with 200 fewer people in the available workforce and 200 fewer people reporting as employed. The rate is still far below where it stood a year ago at 7.5 percent. The counties surrounding Marion had similar […]
Marion Palace Theatre offering new round of yoga for the New Year
December 26, 2014 by
The Marion Palace Theatre offers Yoga classes for adults year round. The next session of Yoga will begin January 5, 2015 for beginning students and January 7, 2015 for advanced students. Students also have the opportunity to enroll in a one-day, three hour workshop on January 24, 2015. Interested participants are asked to register by […]
Governor signs 40 bills into law in end-of-year wrap up
December 26, 2014 by
With his signature, over and over again, Ohio Governor John Kasich signed 40 pieces of legislation into law this week, including: Sub. H.B. 5 (Grossman, Henne) revises the laws governing income taxes imposed by municipal corporations. Sub. H.B. 9 (Stautberg) adds to and clarifies receivership laws and specifies that a lease of natural gas and […]
Marion CAN DO hires new director
December 24, 2014 by
Marion CAN DO, the non-profit economic development organization for the Marion community, has hired Gus Comstock as their new Director. Comstock comes to Marion with an extensive background of economic development experience in Chillicothe and Delaware. The CAN DO board voted to hire him at their regular board meeting last week and Comstock plans to […]
Target of joint MARMET, FBI drug investigation sentenced in federal court
December 24, 2014 by
A man who was part of a large round up of alleged drug dealers in February of this year was sentenced last week in federal court after he plead guilty to two charges. On December 19, 2014, Alan Graves, 46 of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced in U.S. Federal District Court for the Northern District of […]
