Latest Updates
- GALION POLICE REPORTS - 10:05 am
- PBA bowling returns to Galion - 7:00 am
- Galion kindergarten registration open through April 13 - 1:55 pm
- GALION AREA NOTEBOOK - 8:00 am updated: 1:45 am.
- Saving money on meals using slow cookers - 10:00 am
- Mid-Ohio ESC names new director of achievement & leadership - 4:00 pm
- Comic valentines popular in early 1900s - 8:00 am
- Hear the train a-coming - 6:00 am
- GALION POLICE REPORTS - 10:00 am
- Ohio venue capacity rules eased - 9:30 am
- GALION AREA NOTEBOOK - 2:20 pm updated: 9:23 am.
- Freese Grant applications now being accepted - 10:01 am
- COLLEGE NEWS - 10:00 am
- Campbell makes her mark - 6:00 am updated: 10:11 am.
- Galion City Schools staff to receive COVID-19 vaccine Friday - 9:23 am
- Games available at Galion Public Library - 6:00 am
- GriefShare program begins March 15 - 4:05 pm
- Avita now offering COVID-19 rapid tests - 4:00 pm
- GALION AREA NOTEBOOK - 10:00 am updated: 12:00 pm.
- Brown: No Wall Street-first recovery - 8:00 am
- Mobile food pantry returns Feb. 24 - 7:00 am
NEWS

Mid-Ohio ESC names new director of achievement & leadership
MNASFIELD — The Mid-Ohio Educational Service Center Board of Governors hired Dr. Mark Burke as the new executive director of Achievement & L...

Comic valentines popular in early 1900s
There should be some comic valentines in any valentines collection. The one shown today is from our family accumulation.Most valentines are frilly, se...

Hear the train a-coming
GALION — Friends of the Big Four Depot is using social media to educate people about the history and future potential of passenger rail service ...

GALION POLICE REPORTS
Feb. 19Police seized marijuana plants after being dispatched to a residence in the 1200 block of Oliver Street for a welfare check. No one was at the ...

Ohio venue capacity rules eased
COLUMBUS — Gov. Mike DeWine announced that restrictions will be eased for Ohio’s sports and entertainment venues.“The vaccines have ...

GALION AREA NOTEBOOK
Pickle Run seeks craft vendorsOrganizers of the Pickle Run Festival are seeking homemade craft vendors to participate in the 2021 festival, which is s...
February 25th, 2021 updated: February 26th, 2021. |
SPORTS

Boys basketball: St. Paul edges Crestline 58-55 in OT
NORWALK — An extra period of play was needed to determine a winner between Norwalk St. Paul and Crestline in a boys Division IV sectional title ...

Boys basketball (photo gallery): Colonel Crawford vs Van Buren – Feb. 26, 2021
Boys basketball: Colonel Crawford 78, Van Buren 44Division III Sectional Championship GameFriday, Feb. 26, 2021Mac Morrison Gym • North Robinson...

Boys basketball: Eagles soar past Van Buren 78-44 to win sectional title
NORTH ROBINSON — Colonel Crawford picked up yet another sectional championship on Friday night with their win over Van Buren.The Eagles (23-0) d...

Volleyball: Galion’s Jaden Ivy signs with Terra State
GALION — Galion High School volleyball standout Jaden Ivy has decided to continue her academic and athletic career at Terra State Community Coll...

Girls basketball: Margaretta edges Colonel Crawford 55-54 in district semifinal
SHELBY — The Colonel Crawford girls basketball team saw their season come to an end Thursday night in one of the best games you could find aroun...

Girls basketball (photo gallery): Colonel Crawford vs Margaretta – Feb. 25, 2021
Girls basketball: Colonel Crawford vs MargarettaThursday, Feb. 25, 2021Division III District SemifinalShelby High School • Shelby, OHPhotos by D...
LIFE

Early voter turnout large in Morrow County
MOUNT GILEAD — Board of Elections Director Penny Porter said both early voting and absentee voting are triple what they have ever been in the genera...
October 29th, 2020 updated: October 29th, 2020. |

Check out the just released Locally Owned tabloid, a product of the Galion Inquirer and Morrow County Sentinel
Follow this link to see the 2020 Locally Owned magazine, a product of the Galion Inquirer and the Morrow County Sentinel http://www.pbiprinting.com...

Beginning Nov. 1, Crawford-Opoly
CRAWFORD COUNTY — As businesses to continue navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, and much of the public considers how to support their local businesses, ...
October 28th, 2020 updated: October 29th, 2020. |

Ohio State, Nebraska deal with ‘weird’ circumstances
COLUMBUS — It was different. It was historic. It was weird. And it was quiet. Very quiet.Ohio State’s 52-17 win over Nebraska on Saturday ...

Crawford County Veterans Hall of Fame announces 2020 inductees
CRAWFORD COUNTY — The Crawford County Veterans Hall of Fame has selected the class of 2020. Because of Covid-19 there will not be a ceremony Nov...
October 26th, 2020 updated: October 26th, 2020. |

Avita purchases former Sears property at Richland Mall
ONTARIO — Avita Health System has purchased the former Sears property at the Richland Mall in Ontario.The property consists of a vacant two-stor...
OPINION

Preacher’s Point: Heart, mind and soul
Jesus had a way of having the last word. A good example is when the scribes and Pharisees brought to Jesus the woman “taken in adultery.” ...
Critique of conservative columns
Soon after the Kahle family sold the Inquirer it has moved away from “just the facts” to a conservative bent. They stopped running Doonesb...

Greatest of all time: Celebrating Presidents’ Day 2021
The 2021 Super Bowl fueled conversations and debate about the legacy of Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ quarterback Tom Brady. When he finally hangs up hi...

Great numbers recorded during deer season
One of Ohio’s most successful white-tailed deer hunting seasons concluded Sunday, Feb. 7, with 197,735 deer harvested, according to the Ohio Dep...

God feels, listens, understands, responds to our needs
Isaiah 53:4-5 — “Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. ...

De-radicalizing: Experts in political extremism share ideas
The most urgent civic project of the next few years will be deradicalizing Americans who believe that in the absence of success at the ballot box, arm...
BUSINESS

Beginning Nov. 1, Crawford-Opoly
CRAWFORD COUNTY — As businesses to continue navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, and much of the public considers how to support their local businesses, ...
October 28th, 2020 updated: October 29th, 2020. |

Richland County launches second round of small business grant program
RICHLAND COUNTY — The Richland Area Chamber & Economic Development today announced a collaboration with Richland County to launch a second r...

Update: Harding Way paving project in Galion
GALION -- Weather permitting, Koskosing Construction will pave the parking lots in Park Square on Wednesday, Oct. 28. The Harding Way project is expec...
October 26th, 2020 updated: October 26th, 2020. |

$125 million grant program will help ohio small businesses
COLUMBUS — Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted announced a $125 million grant program to help small businesses that have been ...

Restaurants, bars can apply for assistance program
COLUMBUS — The state of Ohio has created a $37.5 million fund to help bars and restaurants that have been hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic. The fun...

Avita purchases former Sears property at Richland Mall
ONTARIO — Avita Health System has purchased the former Sears property at the Richland Mall in Ontario.The property consists of a vacant two-stor...