Writers support Fairbanks upcoming Nov. 8 ballot issue

By From JT Staff Reports

Dear Editor:
Union County is one of the fastest-growing counties in Ohio, and the Fairbanks Local School District has experienced that growth firsthand. The district is running out of space, and the current middle/school high school is more than 50 years old.
Richard Lewis
Executive Director
Ohio School...

Letters to the Editor

Writer: Leave Timberview Golf Course alone

July 12, 2025

Dear Editor, Last week, thanks to Jennifer Brock in city administration, I was able to watch live the planning and zoning committee meeting held July 1 at City Hall. Todd Faris of Faris Design spoke o...

MHS boys swimming records set during Northwest Classic

Sports

Marysville’s Brady Cordonnier is pictured competing in this file photo. Cordonnier was a part of two new MHS boys swimming records during the recent Northwest Classic. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)

MHS boys swimming records set during Northwest Classic

By Tim Miller

January 7, 2026

A pair of Marysville High School swimming records were broken during the recent Northwest Ohio Classic. The boys’ 400 yard freestyle relay team of Rylan Brown, Brady Cordonnier, Patrick Filbert and Ca...

Sports

Local athletes of week named

By Tim Miller

January 7, 2026

Trent Sharp has been named Marysville High School’s athlete of the week by the Journal-Tribune. Sharp, a senior, won the 144-pound weight class of the Olentangy Liberty Classic. He tallied 16 team poi...

Consultants: Resident concerns not unique

Local News, News

Economic Development Director Eric Phillips introduces consultants with Boyette Strategic Advisors during the Marysville City Council work session Monday evening. The company, which joined the meeting virtually, is helping the city and Union County with the area’s economic development strategy update. (Journal-Tribune photo by Michael Williamson)

Consultants: Resident concerns not unique

By Michael Williamson

January 7, 2026

Consultants working with the city and county on the area’s economic development strategy (EDS) update said they are nearing the end of the data collection process. During the first city council work s...

Court News, Local News, News

West Mansfield man faces vehicular homicide counts

By Kyle Meddles

January 6, 2026

A man from West Mansfield has been charged with vehicular homicide in the traffic deaths of two Columbus residents. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Kevin Scott Arrowood Jr., 55, of West Mansf...

Education, Local News, Marysville School Board, ...

Board has until Feb. 4 to pick new member

By Chad Williamson

January 6, 2026

The Marysville Board of Education must select a new member and the clock is ticking. On Monday night’s organizational meeting, the board held the oaths of office for two new members, picked a new pres...

Local News, News

Official unsure housing summit addressed base problem

By Michael Williamson

January 6, 2026

While Union County officials agreed their first ever housing summit was overall successful, one county commissioner said it lacked a key component to truly address the area’s housing crisis: solutions...