GALION, Ohio — The Galion Parent Teacher Organization is one of the many groups throughout Crawford County dedicated to collecting items for the county’s solid waste management recycling facility. The primary reason? To keep recyclables out of the landfill, nestled between Bucyrus and Galion on a plot of land north of the Old Lincoln Highway. […]
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Galion Building and Loan donates calculators to middle school
GALION, Ohio – Galion Building and Loan continued its support of education in the Galion community with its donation of calculators to the Galion Middle School on Tuesday, Dec. 8. This is the 24th year the bank has made the donation to the students. The Board of Directors, along with the bank’s President Don Barr, […]
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Galion High School presents one-act plays
GALION, Ohio – The Galion High School Performing Arts department will present two one-act plays at the Galion Community Theatre Dec. 11, 12 and 13. Act I, “The Real Housewives of Cricket Co.”, is a hilarious hillbilly romp into good-natured fun, involving a newly moved to the area big city couple, a quilting bee and […]
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Galion allocates funds to accommodate public information officer
GALION, Ohio — Galion’s financial outlook plan for the next fiscal year was revised to include funding for the city’s public information officer during Tuesday night’s meeting. Council unanimously approved the legislation with ease moving the plan through to the final reading. According to mayor Tom O’Leary, funding for the PIO was appropriated by moving […]
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Meet Galion resident, Bill Sells: The Squirrel Man
GALION, Ohio — Bill Sells and his wife, Paula, never thought squirrels would be a part of their lives. Until Lucky appeared. Around eight years ago, former ER nurse Sells and his wife, Paula, fell in love with a tree-dwelling, acorn-hiding critter. They named her Lucky and she’s “legally blind.” “From the time she (Lucky) […]
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Galion’s annual holiday event draws crowd to the city
GALION, Ohio — It was a great day to “come home to Galion” Saturday. The seventh annual Come Home to Galion event drew several people to the city, where an array of activities were occurring. Shawna Layland, event chairperson, was pleased with how the event was come together, noting the nice weather. “We were very […]
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Galion partners with mCore for voluntary athlete screenings
GALION, Ohio – The Galion Athletic Boosters have partnered with Mobile Cardiac Overview and Risk Evaluation (mCore) to screen Galion athletes for the cardiac conditions and abnormalities that may put them at risk of Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA). The screenings will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Galion High School conference room […]
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Galion man 1 of 2 arrested for Ontario KeyBank robbery
GALION, Ohio — (UPDATE) Taylor Crisman, 18, one of the two men arrested Wednesday in connection with last month’s KeyBank hostage-style robbery, is from Galion. Crisman’s home address is listed as 584 N. Union St., according to Galion police. Galion Chief of Police Brian Saterfield said Crisman has a history in the Crawford County Juvenile […]
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Galion 6th graders enjoy etiquette feast
GALION, Ohio – Students learn many different lessons throughout their academic careers. One lesson that the Galion Middle School sixth grade team is focused on is proper etiquette, and the sixth grade students enjoyed an “Etiquette Feast” as their culminating activity Nov. 24. The sixth grade students have been studying The 55 Essential Rules by […]