Marion’s holiday season kicks off Saturday with the Lighted Truck Parade and tree lighting downtown, part of a weekend full of festive events.
Marion City Council Committees will convene a unified meeting on Dec. 1, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. in the Second Floor Council Chambers at City Hall to discuss key agenda items.
The Ohio Division of Liquor Control and State Highway Patrol are urging Ohioans to designate sober drivers and practice responsible alcohol use after five fatal crashes last Thanksgiving involved alcohol or drugs.
The Marion Palace Theatre is holding open auditions on January 7 and 8, 2026, for boys and girls ages 8 and up for its non-musical stage comedy, Bringing Down the House.
Work Week Weather: Rain is likely Monday night and Tuesday with a high of 56, followed by gusty winds and a cold Thanksgiving Day forecast with a partly sunny high near 33.
OhioMeansJobs Marion County has released its final Weekly Job List and Open Interviews for the week of November 22-29, noting that the service will pause next week for the Thanksgiving holiday.
ODOT has scheduled a full weekend closure for U.S. 23 southbound at the State Route 231 interchange in Marion County, starting at 9 p.m. Friday, November 21, and running through Monday morning.
Marion Mayor Bill Collins announced that most City of Marion offices, including City Hall, and non-essential services like sanitation and transit, will be closed on Thursday, November 27, and Friday, November 28, 2025, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.
Five-time Grammy Award winner “Weird Al” Yankovic will bring his Bigger & Weirder 2026 Tour to the Ohio State Fair on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, marking the first concert announcement for the summer event.
The Marion County forecast features a sunny start today before a chance of rain and a brief rain/snow mix on Tuesday transitions the region into a much warmer and wetter pattern for the end of the week.