GOP shootings show need to end hatred

By From JT Staff Reports

It was only a matter of time before the hatred that permeates this country escalated again into violence, this time in the nation’s capital.
On Wednesday, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, the third ranking Republican in the House, and four others were shot by a rifle-wielding gunman at a baseball...

Columns/Editorials

Mike Drops – AI at Wendy’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers

By Michael Williamson

July 12, 2025

If you’ve visited Wendy’s on West Fifth Street recently, you might’ve noticed the AI voice that now takes your order in the drive-thru. That location has joined others in the switch-over to embracing ...

Columns/Editorials

A Word To The Wise – Paramount payout a blow to free speech

By Chad Williamson

July 3, 2025

The $16-million settlement that Paramount has agreed to pay Donald Trump is trash. It’s bogus, a clear attack on free speech and it shows how the power of the federal government can be leveraged for p...

Columns/Editorials

an editorial – July Fourth holiday has double importance in 2025 and 2026

July 3, 2025

Friday is one of the six main holidays celebrated in the United States. It is July Fourth which marks the date in 1776 that independence from Great Britain was officially declared in the 13 colonies. ...

Education, Marysville School Board, News

Marysville facility plan approved by board of education

By Chad Williamson

July 18, 2025

It appears a new middle school and grade reconfiguration will lead the way as the Marysville School District plans for the future. Faced with bulging enrollment, the district asked the HPM consulting ...

Local News, News

Grassroots project

By Aleksei Pavloff

July 18, 2025

Crews working on Fairbanks' football field and track recently began installing sod onto the gridiron this past week. The new grass turf is to be completed prior to the start of the 2025 season while t...

News, Plain City News

Wastewater treatment facility serving Plain City progressing

By Jack Christian

July 18, 2025

Plain City is undergoing a period of significant growth and transformation, marked by a series of ongoing infrastructure projects through the village and the service area covered by the Mid-Ohio Water...

Local News, News

Break-in reported at Dave’s Pharmacy

By Kyle Meddles

July 18, 2025

The Marysville Division of Police is actively investigating a breaking and entering that occurred early Friday morning at Dave’s Pharmacy, which is a crime that police do not normally see in the city....

Wildcat gridders work on craft during passing scrimmage

Sports

North Union’s Nickolas Hajjar (orange) cuts off Fairbanks’ Cooper Phelps on a route leading to a Wildcat interception. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

Wildcat gridders work on craft during passing scrimmage

By Aleksei Pavloff

July 18, 2025

Off-season scrimmages of any kind offer opportunities for individual players to work on their craft. For two players on North Union’s football team, one is gearing up for his second season starting at...

Pioneer graduate earns 2025 Johnny Bench Award for top Ohio prep baseball catcher

Sports

Jonathan Alder’s Jace Schrock blasts a grand slam home run in this file photo. Schrock has earned the 2025 Johnny Bench Award for the best high school baseball catcher in the state of Ohio. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)

Pioneer graduate earns 2025 Johnny Bench Award for top Ohio prep baseball catcher

By Tim Miller

July 18, 2025

Cincinnati Reds Hall of Famer Johnny Bench has gone down in history as the greatest catcher ever to play Major League baseball. His career was such that the franchise named an award after him to be pr...