Marion News

Ask 2-year-old Jazlen Harden where her mother is, and she has two answers. The first person she points to is her mother's twin sister, Beth Carey, who has cared for her this past year.

There are no concerns for a current fire captain from a small town in northeast Ohio, who will soon oversee the largest township fire department in Marion County.

A man was arrested after attempting to break into a children's clothing and toy store.

The public is invited to join downtown businesses, government offices and community volunteers for the 12th Annual Downtown Earth Week Celebration at noon Thursday at the Marion County Courthouse, 100 N. Main St. Trash bags, work gloves and water bottles will be provided.

The Barlow Art Center is celebrating its first birthday, and local artists are invited to submit work for the spring art show and sale.

The Marion Township Fire Department has named a new fire chief. Capt. Brian Taylor, currently with a fire department in Cortland, was selected Tuesday evening by the Marion Township Board of Trustees to lead the township fire department.

North American Aerospace Defense Command will practice intercept and identification procedures over northern Ohio between noon and 2 p.m. Thursday.

Marion Public Health will receive less of its funding from the city and more from the county if the health agency's board follows the findings of a university study and the recommendation of health commissioner, Tom Quade.

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This morning around 1 am, Police officers responded to a residence in the 899 block of Robison Ave. For a report of a home invasion that had just occurred.

Classic Championship Wrestling Presents "The Birthday Bash," a celebration of the 80th birthday of Ox Baker, with a 7 p.m. start time Saturday at the Steve Hogg Rec Center, 775 North Main St. Tickets are $10 a seat.

The Marionaires Barbershop Chorus is preparing for its annual show "Barbershop, Then and Now," set for April 26 at the historic Palace Theatre in Marion.

Winter is on its way out, but the city of Marion already is planning to purchase salt for the remainder of 2014.

Today's sentimental journey is taking us to 1948, the same year the Cleveland Indians won the World Series.

Students in Sue Oakes' classes at The Ohio State University at Marion have neared completion of their assignment to retrieve and record local residents' memories of science, industry and technology in Marion and surrounding counties.

C.J. Dennis had never had a job until last year when he worked at Taft Elementary School as a janitorial aide.

Ox Baker , one of the most feared men in professional wrestling, was hospitalized recently after and episode with his heart required his having a defibrillator implanted to regulate his heart beat.

Since its inception in the early '70s, the Tri-Rivers Career Center has been devoted in its goal of providing a trained workforce to Marion and the surrounding counties.

State Issue One Language: "To fund public infrastructure capital improvements by permitting the issuance of general obligation bonds" What it would do: Reauthorize the state to issue bonds to pay for construction on local roads, bridges and water-supply systems.

In a community ravaged by drugs, one woman serves as an example of how to break the vicious cycle.