The Marion Palace Theatre will show the new comedy film The Guilt Trip, rated PG-13 on January 11, 12, and 13, 2013. Andy (Seth Rogen) is a romantically challenged 30ish inventor of an eco-friendly cleaning fluid. He is guilted into bringing his long-widowed mother, Joyce (Barbra Streisand), on a cross-country road trip during which he […]
Precautionary Boil Advisory Issued for Marion, Prospect, Caledonia, Martel
January 11, 2013 by
Aqua Ohio Water Company’s (Aqua) Marion District is issuing a boil water advisory for customers Marion service area after a water main break at approximately 7:00am on Friday, January 11, 2013. As a precaution, Aqua has issued a precautionary boil order for customers in the area to boil their tap water before drinking. This precautionary […]
Water Service Disrupted Around Marion
January 11, 2013 by
Water service was disrupted in and around the City of Marion Friday morning. Aqua Ohio officials say a water main break occurred on Fountain Street and caused the pressure to drop throughout the area. Once crews isolated the break at about 8:00am, pressure began to recover throughout the system. There were still some homes near […]
Marion County Auditor Elected to District Office
January 10, 2013 by
Marion County Auditor Joan Kasotis has begun work as Vice President of the Northwest District of the County Auditors’ Association of Ohio (CAAO) for 2013 during their annual Winter Conference. The Honorable Thomas A. Januzzi, Oberlin Municipal Court Judge, installed Kasotis during a ceremony on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at the Renaissance Hotel Columbus. The […]
Muzzleloader Deer Hunters’ Harvest Up 12 Percent
January 10, 2013 by
Successful hunters checked 21,555 white-tailed deer during the 2013 muzzleloader season, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). Muzzleloader season concluded on Tuesday, January 8. Marion’s numbers were down from 2012. Crawford, Hardin, and Wyandot Counties were also down, but Delaware, Morrow, and Union Counties saw increases. The 2013 harvest total represents a […]
Record Number of Absentee, Provisional Ballots Cast in 2012 Presidential Election
January 10, 2013 by
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted has released reports for absentee and provisional ballots cast in the 2012 Presidential Election. These reports show that a record number of absentee ballots, 1.86 million, were cast and counted, and a higher percentage of provisional ballots were counted than in prior presidential elections. The reports also breakdown the […]
OCC says Columbia Gas Agreement will Protect Money-Saving Choice
January 10, 2013 by
Residential customers of Dominion East Ohio Gas (Dominion) and Columbia Gas of Ohio (Columbia) will continue to have the option of a “standard offer” to purchase their natural gas through their respective utilities for at least the next few years. The Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel (OCC) helped protect this consumer choice in separate […]
Ohio Online Income Tax Filing Season is Underway
January 9, 2013 by
Ohio income tax filers have begun sending in their 2012 state returns using two of the paperless filing options: TeleFile and Ohio I-File. Those filers who use commercial tax preparation services or software can begin filing their Ohio and federal tax returns Tuesday, January 22nd. More than 81 percent of Ohio taxpayers are expected to […]
Strickland Not Running for Governor, Other Democrats Still Deciding
January 9, 2013 by
Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland unfroze the Democratic field for his old job Tuesday, opting against a 2014 rematch with Republican incumbent John Kasich. The thaw might well end with Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald atop the party’s ticket. Strickland, in a statement, said his decision was “very difficult” but offered no reason for taking […]
2012 Officially the Hottest on Record
January 9, 2013 by
A brutal combination of a widespread drought and a mostly absent winter pushed the average annual U.S. temperature last year up to 55.32 degrees Fahrenheit, the government announced Tuesday. That’s a full degree warmer than the old record set in 1998. Breaking temperature records by an entire degree is unprecedented, scientists say. Normally, records are […]
