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Lancaster Eagle-Gazette
Published January 25, 2012

By Jeff Barron

LANCASTER -- Fairfield County Commissioner Mike Kiger said now is the time to make a temporary sales tax increase enacted in 2010 permanent.

"I was one of the ones who voted to make it temporary before because I wanted to see how economic conditions would roll out," he said Tuesday. "We've had a $2.2 million cut in local government funds and we've faced other revenues that are going down. Without the increase in place, it's going to be about $3.7 million hit to the general revenue fund."

ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Published January 25, 2012

By Nate Ellis

OhioHealth's recent announcement of plans to build a health-care center along Refugee Road is being welcomed by Pickerington city officials, but it raises questions regarding the fate of a proposed $4-million indoor soccer complex.

On Jan. 13, OhioHealth officials confirmed they are in contract talks with three local landowners to purchase 70 acres just west of the Hill Road Plaza, which is anchored by Big Lots.