Prospect News

Steve Smith reported at the recent Prospect Merchants Association meeting that the four churches in the village will take care of the four corporation plantings at the entrances to the village.

MARION: Kenneth Robert 'Kenny' McEliece, age 66 of Marion died Monday afternoon, November 2, 2009 at the Riverside Methodist Hospital.

Two new members headed to Marion City Council. Marion City Council at Large Bowling Green Twp.

MARION - A last-minute effort to spur opposition to area levies is drawing criticism from both public officials and a few residents who received flyers.

Almost 10 months ago, a 14-year-old boy who was a student at Elgin Junior High School was flown to Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus to receive treatment for stab wounds he had sustained when getting off the bus for school the first day after Christmas break.

The Elgin community is very fortunate to have the opportunity to use both state and federal money to help build new facilities for the children of our district.

PROSPECT - Elgin Local Schools interim superintendent Jim Craycraft attended the recent Prospect Village Council meeting in support of the Nov.

Elgin Local Schools' interim superintendent figures he's talked to dozens of groups since he began educating the community about the district's upcoming bond issue.

MARION - Three more nuisance properties head for City Council consideration after the board of building appeals declared each a blight.

PROSPECT - Members of the Prospect Village Council heard a resident's complaint at their recent meeting.

Bad photographs notwithstanding, Ohio drivers will have to provide proof of residency to renew, replace or apply for a driver's license or state identification card, public information officer Lindsey Bohrer said.

Four people were transported to Marion General Hospital after being involved in a two-vehicle accident Friday afternoon south of Marion.

Out-of-town visitors to the new Smolen-Gulf Covered Bridge will have an easier time finding the mammoth structure, thanks to Plymouth Township trustees.

G. B. Community Theatre at the Ashtabula Arts Center will open the Ayn Rand classic "Night of January 16th" tonight and will play for three weekends.

A 29-year-old Callendar Road woman was beaten and choked into unconsciousness during an assault witnessed by her children early Saturday night, Ashtabula County Sheriff's Department reports.

H1N1 Flu shots expected in the first part of October. Preparations are underway across the heart of Ohio for what some say could one of the worst flu seasons in recent memory.

The Union Avenue Bridge project involving lowering the street to correct vertical clearance issues related to the railroad overpass also includes widening the intersections along Union Avenue at Ely and Main streets.

The Marion County Regional Planning Commission Subdivision Review Committee will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Prospect Conference Room at the Marion County Building, 222 W. Center St.

PROSPECT - During the meeting of the members of the Prospect Merchants Association, Steve Smith praised the operations of the recently opened Youth Center.

3:49 p.m. Richard Dusseau II, 24, of Perrysburg, was arrested for trafficking drugs when he was obtained while selling ecstasy within the 100th block of W. Wooster St.