Marion County News

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Accepting a donation from the Marion County Youth Foundation for the local junior golf tour are Carol Markey, director Heart of Ohio Junior Golf Association, and Colin and David Chapman, River Valley Middle School students.

Marion City Council will consider ordinances and resolutions at its 7:30 p.m. meeting Monday that would authorize: allowing Marion Municipal Court to enter into an agreement with the Ohio Attorney General's Office to collect delinquent debt.

If you have not had your flu shot for the 2011-2012 season, there is still time to get one.

The Ohio District 5 Area Agency on Aging Inc. has announced four new members of the board of trustees and the 2012 officers of the governing body.

Ridgedale seventh-grader Evan Hunsicker receives the first place trophy from Ronda Uresti after correctly spelling "subterfuge" to win the 2012 Marion County Spelling Bee held in the Guthery Community Room at The Ohio State University at Marion.

An Ohio Highway Patrol trooper marks debris on the pavement after a man was killed Monday when the ATV he was riding collided with the back of an Elgin school bus.

A change in federal law in 2008 gave states until this year to begin reporting an official, four-year graduation rate.

I admire local columnists such as Dr. Barney and Phil Reid, who write a column for the Marion Star every week.

In western Ottawa County, several local governments share a fire department, and they are looking at sharing a law enforcement district.

Local governments have been hit hard by the recession, and as a result have delayed construction projects, cut services and laid off public safety personnel.

Troy Lee Jarvis, 26, 287 Edwards St., was indicted on 53 counts of illegal use of a minor in a nudity-oriented material or performance, fifth-degree felonies, two counts of compelling prostitution, third-degree felonies, and one count of tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony.

Angie Carbetta, director of the Marion County Recycling & Litter Prevention office, shared the details of the grant and future plans for the initiative that was started here two years ago and serves as a model for others around the state.

Ashley D. Vance, 24, a 2005 Marion Catholic High School graduate, missed a curve while driving on Dunbar at 11:22 p.m. and went off the left side of the road, the Ohio Highway Patrol's Marion post reported.

8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Prospect Senior Center, 318 N. Elm St., Prospect. Sponsored by the Prospect Lions Club.

The Marion Post of the State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal accident that occurred Tuesday at 11:22 p.m. on Dunbar Road north of Ohio 47 in Marion County.

Marion County Engineers said that they had implemented safety measures at an intersection where a number of people had been injured, but residents and school officials on Tuesday called for more to be done.

A public involvement meeting is set for today with the Ohio Department of Transportation to discuss plans to improve Ohio 95 from University Drive to Blevins Drive.

Some local residents feel the intersection at Hillman-Ford Road and Kenton-Galion Road should be a four-way stop.

Recently the AAA Great Vacation Expo offered a great opportunity for the Marion CVB to show off the community's destination assets.