Sims Offers Free T-shirt & More to Celebrate Earth Day

To celebrate Earth Day 2014, Sims Brothers Recycling is making it easy to show off your green – and get more green, too. Starting Monday, April 21st, when customers bring in their scrap metal into any Sims location in Marion, Delaware, Columbus and Bellefontaine, they will receive cash, Sims Savers Reward points, and a free […]

Free Show Highlights Reclaimed and Restored Art

The Mid-Ohio Fine Art Society will present Reclaimed and Restored (a one day, one person showing) featuring the art of Steve Roseberry on April 18, 2014 from Noon to 6:00 pm. A regionally well-known artist, Steve integrates found, reclaimed, and recycled materials into much of his work. The showing is one of a monthly series […]

Patrol: Woman Killed After Car Swiped Semi

Troopers from the Marion Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol are investigating a fatal crash that occurred on April 16, 2014. An Ottawa woman was killed in the crash that occurred at about 1:30 pm on State Route 309 in Montgomery Township in Marion County. A 2002 Pontiac Grand Am driven by Hope Okuly, […]

Ohio’s Wild Turkey Season Kicks Off with Youth Hunt

For many hunters, spring in Ohio brings the unmistakable sound of gobbling wild turkeys and Ohio’s annual hunt of this popular game bird. The 2014 Ohio spring hunting season opens Monday, April 21, with the youth wild turkey season on Saturday and Sunday, April 19-20, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). Wild […]

State Says Ohioans More Tax Refunds this Year

Ohioans due a refund on their state income tax are getting about 43 percent more money this year than in 2013. Data gathered by the Ohio Department of Taxation, based on returns already filed with the state as Tuesday’s deadline approached, showed that the average refund was $505. For tax year 2012 (last year’s tax […]

Spirit Of Hope Fund Benefits from ATHENA

2014 ATHENA recipient Phyllis Butterworth, second from the left, recently received the Marion Woman’s Business Council and Modern Woodman check for her non-profit Spirit Of Hope Fund. The $3,200 was raised through the silent auction the day of the ATHENA Luncheon and matched by Modern Woodman. The Spirit Of Hope Fund helps those who are […]

Campbell Joins OhioHealth Marion Area Physicians

After 18 years in private practice, local Marion resident, Bradley Campbell, MD, has joined OhioHealth Marion Area Physicians. Dr. Campbell will continue to practice in his current location with his same staff and office hours. He said that he looks forward to his continued care in the Marion area and the opportunity to provide extended […]

Some City Services Curtailed for Good Friday Holiday

Marion Mayor Scott Schertzer is announcing that in observance of the Good Friday holiday, offices located in City Hall will be closed on Friday, April 18, 2014. Due to City Hall being closed on Friday, the weekly early closure day will be observed on Thursday, April 17, 2014. Therefore, on April 17th most offices in […]

“ABCs of Safe Sleep” Aims to Save Infant Lives

As part of the agency’s priority to reduce infant mortality, the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) today announced the launch of a statewide awareness campaign to help reduce the number of Ohio babies who die in unsafe sleep environments. Three Ohio babies die in unsafe sleep environments each week, with 819 infant deaths from 2007-2011. […]

Fighter Jets Expected Over Marion on Thursday

North American Aerospace Defense Command will conduct exercise flights Thursday, April 17, 2014, as they practice intercept and identification procedures. The exercise will occur over northern Ohio between 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. EST. The flights are scheduled to take place in northern Ohio in the area between Marion and Toledo.  People in this area […]