Marion County News

The Marion County Unit of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will host its annual banquet at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov.

A car ran into a garbage truck in Wyandot County on Friday morning, injuring two men.

MARION - Not so fast, my friend. The catch phrase from ESPN College Game Day analyst Lee Corso exactly describes the case for anyone thinking the Marion Township Trustee race is headed for an automatic recount.

A drunken driving offender expressed feelings of remorse at his judicial release hearing Monday for killing two men in a 2007 crash.

MARION - The Boo-Tacular event held at bluefusion entertainment in partnership with the United Way of Marion County determined best costumes winners in two categories on Saturday at the Marion fun center.

About five years after discussions began, the Northwest Industrial Connector will reach a milestone Thursday.

MARION - A shoplifter at Kohl's on McMahan Boulevard ran from sheriff's deputies Friday afternoon but was caught about half an hour later, said Marion County Chief Deputy Al Hayden.

MARION - An indictment against a local man who shot his ex-girlfriend's husband does not include a death specification or qualification and the prosecutor does not anticipate pursing one, he said.

A drunken driving offender expressed feelings of remorse at his judicial release hearing Monday for killing two men in a 2007 crash.

MARION - 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.

LOUISVILLE - A Louisville Courier-Journal sports writer reported on Courier-Journal.com Friday morning that University of Louisville women's basketball coach Jeff Walz has landed another highly-ranked prospect with a verbal commitment from Marion Harding High School's Shawnta' Dyer.

MARION - The Governor's Highway Safety Office has awarded the local sheriff's office a $43,188.91 grant for the year 2010, states a press release from Marion County Sheriff Tim Bailey.

MARION - If you haven't received that poke in the arm you get every flu season, you may get another chance - but it will take some searching.

MARION - A 47-year-old white male shot multiple times in an altercation with his wife's boyfriend died Sunday night.

This unknown couple pictured above are believed to be from western Marion County, circa early 1900s.

MARION - The Marion County Health Department is awaiting more H1N1 flu vaccine and has run out of adult seasonal flu vaccine.

MARION - Work began Wednesday at the entry to what will be the Marion Tallgrass Prairie Trail.

MARION - The official unemployment rate is down in all 88 Ohio counties, and a closer inspection of the numbers shows Marion County is an exception in its marked improvement.

Charles Vanbuskirk, 39, is accused of touching a 8-year-old girl on the buttocks at the Target store, then touching a 10-year-old girl at Best Buy.

MARION - More than 200,000 acres of Marion County is cropland, 22,519 acres is deciduous forest, and 9,843 acres is residential.