Sports
November 12, 2026
The Central Buckeye Conference has named its Kenton Trail and Mad River Division football teams for the 2026 season. Both divisions include several lo...
Local News, News
November 12, 2026
Some say decorating for Christmas in November is premature. Not the residents of this home on East Sixth Street. Drivers passing by the house will not...
Local News, News
The Union County Commissioners approved the creation of a community reinvestment area (CRA) district, shown above in blue, on the west side of the county. The area will encompass the newly announced Honda plant and allow for future tax abatement requests in this part of Allen and Liberty townships. (Graphic submitted)
Commissioner wants to cover costs of running abatement district
November 12, 2026
One Union County Commissioner is looking to make sure the county receives administrative fees associated with a new community reinvestment area (CRA) ...
Court News, Local News, News
November 12, 2026
A Marysville man has been charged after allegedly drawing a loaded firearm at a local bar and then crashing his car on Halloween night. The Union Coun...
Sports
Carson Price (6) of Fairbanks controls the ball near the sidelines at Granville High School on Sunday during the regional championship contest. The Panthers will face Xenia Legacy Christian today at 7 p.m. in the Division V state semifinals. The match will be played at Springfield High School. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
November 11, 2026
Xenia Legacy Christian Academy will take an impressive 21-1-1 record into this evening’s Division V boys soccer state semifinal match. The reason the ...
Sports
In the photo above, Fairbanks’ Sadie Miller (far right) is pictured competing in the Division IV girls state cross country race. (Photo submitted)
November 11, 2026
-- In the photo above, Marysville’s Cameron Cave displays her Division I All-Ohio certificate. Both Miller and Cave earned first-team All-Ohio accolad...
Local News, News
November 12, 2026
Some say decorating for Christmas in November is premature. Not the residents of this home on East Sixth Street. Drivers passing by the house will notice a large array of holiday-themed inflatables as...
Local News, News
The Union County Commissioners approved the creation of a community reinvestment area (CRA) district, shown above in blue, on the west side of the county. The area will encompass the newly announced Honda plant and allow for future tax abatement requests in this part of Allen and Liberty townships. (Graphic submitted)
Commissioner wants to cover costs of running abatement district
November 12, 2026
One Union County Commissioner is looking to make sure the county receives administrative fees associated with a new community reinvestment area (CRA) being established for Honda’s planned manufacturin...
Local News, News
November 11, 2026
Using a trained canine, the Marysville Police Department conducted a drug search of the Marysville High School during school session on Tuesday and did not find any drugs or other illegal substances. ...
Local News, News
November 11, 2026
The Marysville Police Division is issuing an urgent warning to local residents regarding a recent string of scams targeting individuals seeking garage door repair services online. Recently, the divisi...
Local News, News
This map shows the existing Innovation District Community Reinvestment Area (CRA) in yellow and the additional 876 acres approved by Marysville City Council in orange. The expansion includes land in the Marysville East development area between U.S. 33 and U.S. 36, bringing the total CRA to nearly 4,000 acres. The designation allows developers to seek future property tax abatements. (Graphic submitted)
November 11, 2026
Developments planned for Marysville East can now apply for tax abatements in a portion of the project area east of the city. Marysville City Council voted Monday night to expand the Innovation Distric...
Local News, News
November 10, 2026
A local man was charged after an investigation determined that the stray bullet that struck another man near the Union County Sports Complex last month was fired during target practice at a nearby loc...
Local News, News
Ken Bonnell is shown speaking at an event. Bonnell, longtime chairman of the Union County Military Family Support Group, announced that he and his wife, Bonnie, will step away from the organization at the end of the year after two decades of helping local veterans and their families. Retired Army Col. Homer Rogers will succeed Bonnell as chairman in 2027. (Photo submitted)
November 10, 2026
Longtime chairman of the Union County Military Family Support Group Ken Bonnell announced that he and his wife are stepping away from the organization after 20 years of service helping local veterans....
Local News, News
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine speaks Monday during Honda’s announcement of a new $3 billion automobile manufacturing plant in Union County. The facility, planned between Honda’s existing Marysville and East Liberty plants, is expected to begin production in 2029 and have the capacity to manufacture 240,000 vehicles annually. (Journal-Tribune photo by Michael Williamson)
Proposed payment plan would benefit Marysville, Hi-Point for next three decades
November 9, 2026
Local students stand to benefit from more than $50 million over the next 30 years from the new Honda plant. After the company confirmed Monday what the Journal-Tribune first reported in September, tha...
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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine speaks Monday during Honda’s announcement of a new $3 billion automobile manufacturing plant in Union County. The facility, planned between Honda’s existing Marysville and East Liberty plants, is expected to begin production in 2029 and have the capacity to manufacture 240,000 vehicles annually. (Journal-Tribune photo by Michael Williamson)
Governor DeWine, company officials announce plans for new auto plant in Union County
November 9, 2026
Honda officially confirmed Monday that it will invest $3 billion in a new Union County automobile manufacturing plant, providing additional details about a project previously reported by the Journal-T...
Local News, News
November 7, 2026
The county is on track to make another $5 million in interest income by year’s end. During Union County’s third-quarter investment advisory committee meeting, Treasurer Andy Smarra told the commission...
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The 165-acre farm that is looking to be brought into Jerome Township’s commerce district, identified above within the red border, is owned and operated by longtime farmer and township resident Carl Mitchell. With no heirs to pass the farm to, Mitchell is looking to sell the land to be developed under the township’s commerce district, which could open it up to many development uses including data centers if it is rezoned from rural residential district. (Graphic submitted)
Residents worry it could lead to a data center
November 7, 2026
Jerome residents aired concerns about a map amendment that looks to rezone 165 acres of farmland into the township’s commerce district, which could open up the land for a litany of development uses in...
Local News, News
November 7, 2026
Marysville officials are hoping to work with the Union County Commissioners to find the best routes through the city for farm equipment. With many of the streetscape updates in recent years, everythin...
Local News, Marysville City Council, News
November 7, 2026
With all the staffing changes happening at the City of Marysville in recent months, officials are making an effort to pause and assess, to see what needs to happen to get back on track. Marysville Cit...
Local News, News
November 6, 2026
Editor’s note: The following article was submitted by Marysville student William Ramge, class of 2028, on behalf the Marysville FFA program. ––– The Marysville FFA Chapter partnered with the Ohio Depa...
Local News, News
November 6, 2026
A hungry whitetail deer is pictured munching on some leaves just off the trail in Schwartzkopf Park recently. Deer begin to grow their winter coats this time of year, which can lead to some shaggy-loo...
News
November 6, 2026
AEP Transmission and Ohio Power Company have selected a preferred route for a proposed transmission project in Madison County that would add two substations and nearly 25 miles of new high-voltage pow...
Local News, News
November 5, 2026
A serious injury crash on Route 31 resulted in over 120 gallons of diesel fuel leaking from a semi-tanker. Early Thursday morning, units with the Marysville post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol respo...
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November 5, 2026
As budget talks continue this week, the Union County Commissioners and sheriff’s office are at odds on how to handle staffing needs next year and into the future. During another round of annual budget...
Local News, News
November 4, 2026
Voters in all of Marysville’s 20 precincts approved the ballot measure amending the city’s charter. According to the unofficial results from Tuesday’s general election, the measure passed with nearly ...
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Election roundup
November 4, 2026
Republican Ben Weber will be the next state representative for the Ohio House of Representatives District 86 after defeating Democratic challenger Kent Halloran in the November general election. He wi...
Sports
November 12, 2026
The Central Buckeye Conference has named its Kenton Trail and Mad River Division football teams for the 2026 season. Both divisions include several local high school gridders. Those athletes are as fo...
Sports
Fairbanks’ Ty Schroeder (24) delivers a header during Sunday afternoon’s Division V regional championship match against Berlin Hiland. The Panthers defeated the Hawks 4-1 during the match that was held at Granville High School. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
November 11, 2026
Here’s the “sorta, kinda” bad news after Fairbanks’ Division V boys soccer regional championship match. The Panthers saw their streak of 27 unanswered goals in the post-season end Sunday afternoon at ...
Sports
Jonathan Alder’s Audrey Lange (20) tips the ball past an Ottawa-Glandorff blocker on Saturday afternoon at Lexington High School. The Lady Pioneers’ season came to an end during the Division IV regional championship match. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
November 11, 2026
Ottawa-Glandorff’s school nickname is the Titans and that’s how the volleyball team played Saturday afternoon when it met Jonathan Alder during the Division IV regional finals at Lexington High School...
Sports
Jonathan Alder’s Audrey Lange sends the ball over the net for a kill against Eastwood on Thursday. Lange helped lead the Lady Pioneers to a Division IV regional semifinal victory at Lexington High School. (Journal-Tribune photo by Josh Kaeser)
November 9, 2026
Jonathan Alder’s volleyball team is one win away from the state semifinals after defeating Pemberville Eastwood in four sets Thursday night during the OHSAA Division IV Region 16 semifinals. The Pione...
Sports
Jonathan Alder’s Audrey Lange sends the ball over the net for a kill against Eastwood on Thursday. Lange helped lead the Lady Pioneers to a Division IV regional semifinal victory at Lexington High School. (Journal-Tribune photo by Josh Kaeser)
November 9, 2026
Jonathan Alder’s volleyball team is one win away from the state semifinals after defeating Pemberville Eastwood in four sets Thursday night during the OHSAA Division IV Region 16 semifinals. The Pione...
Sports
North Union senior Kailin McElroy is pictured competing during the 2026 Fairbanks cross country invitational. McElroy will run in the girls Division III state race today in Columbus. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
November 9, 2026
Coming so close to something a person strives to achieve but not reach can be disheartening but also motivating. As a junior, North Union’s Kailin McElroy missed by just a few places of reaching the O...
Sports
North Union senior Kailin McElroy is pictured competing during the 2026 Fairbanks cross country invitational. McElroy will run in the girls Division III state race today in Columbus. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
November 9, 2026
Coming so close to something a person strives to achieve but not reach can be disheartening but also motivating. As a junior, North Union’s Kailin McElroy missed by just a few places of reaching the O...
Sports
Members of the Fairbanks High School girls cross country team are from left, front row, Hadley Premuda, Zoe Camboni, team mascot Vivi Van Winkle, Prairie Bailey and Lilly Smith; back row, Alice Ford, Corinna Seaborn, Ava Lahmers, Lanay Sommers and Sadie Miller. The Lady Panthers will compete in the Division IV state meet today, 3:30 p.m. at Fortress Obetz & Memorial Park in Columbus. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
November 9, 2026
It’s getting to be part of the Union County high school sports fall culture. It’s also getting to be business as usual for the Fairbanks High School girls cross country team to earn a berth in the Div...
Sports
November 9, 2026
For the third time in the last five years, Marysville High School’s girls cross country team will compete in the Division I state race. The Lady Monarchs qualified for the state after their sixth-plac...
Sports
November 9, 2026
Triad’s magical volleyball season came to an end Wednesday during the Division VI regional semifinal match. The Lady Cardinals (21-5) dropped a 25-27, 23-25, 10-25 verdict to Rockford Parkway during t...
Sports
November 9, 2026
Try as hard as it could, the Fairbanks volleyball team was not able to find any momentum during its Division VI regional semifinal match against Sugarcreek Garaway. The contest was held Wednesday even...
Sports
Ty Schroeder (23) and Reid Hockman (10) contend for possession of the ball. The Panthers posted a 4-0 shutout over Lynchburg-Clay during a Division V regional semifinal contest at Chillicothe High School. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
Will play Sunday with trip to state Final Four on line
November 9, 2026
Ty Schroeder scored a goal during the opening minutes of the match and Fairbanks’ boys soccer squad went on to defeat Lynchburg-Clay 4-0 during the Division V regional semifinal contest on Wednesday. ...
Sports
Jonathan Alder’s Trey Bentley (3) picks up yardage despite being surrounded by Granville defenders. The Pioneers finished the 2026 season with a 7-4 record. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson)
November 5, 2026
If there was ever a local high school football team that had a “Jekyll-Hyde” type of season, it was the squad from Jonathan Alder. The 2026 campaign began on a very strong note as the Pioneers won the...
Sports
Marysville High School junior Berkley Behrens is pictured in a scramble against New Jersey’s Jean Bonnette during a match at the USA wrestling national tournament in Des Moine, Iowa. The Monarch grappler won the bout, 10-1. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kevin Behrens)
November 5, 2026
A pair of local high school wrestlers recently competed in 2026-2027 preseason national tournaments. Berkley Behrens, a Marysville High School junior, won a trio of his five matches during the USA wre...
Sports
November 4, 2026
The 2026 high school football season has ended for Union County-area schools. North Union fell at Vermilion 35-21 during its Division V, Region 18 state playoff game. The Wildcats finished the campaig...
Sports
In the top photo, Fairbanks Lexie Grant (left) and Livi Maine go up for a block. In the bottom photo, Triad’s Avery Eaton (7) passes the ball to a setter. Also pictured for the Lady Cardinals is Haven Cantrell (5). Grant, Maine, Eaton and Cantrell have all earned first-team honors in the Ohio Heritage Conference. (Journal-Tribune photos by Tim Miller)
November 4, 2026
-- -- Several local high school volleyball players have been honored by the Ohio Heritage Conference. First-team honorees in the OHC North Division are Livi Maine and Lexie Grant of Fairbanks and Have...
Sports
In the photo above, Jonathan Alder’s Kylie Trout passes the ball to the setter. In the photo below, North Union’s Katelyn Zimmerman blasts the ball for a kill. Trout and Zimmerman were respectively named players of the year in the Kenton Trail and Mad River Divisions for the 2026 season. (Journal-Tribune photo of Trout by Tim Miller and the photo of Zimmerman submitted)
November 4, 2026
-- -- Kylie Trout of Jonathan Alder and Katelyn Zimmerman of North Union each received Player of the Year honors as the Central Buckeye Conference recently announced its all-league volleyball teams. T...
Sports
Jonathan Alder’s Cailyn Glick (22) blasts the ball over the net during an earlier Division IV tournament match.The Lady Pioneers won their second straight Division IV district tournament. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
November 4, 2026
A three-set sweep over No. 7 Heath gave Jonathan Alder’s top-seeded volleyball team its second consecutive Division IV district championship. The Lady Pioneers (23-2) scored a 25-23, 25-20, 29-27 vict...
Sports
November 4, 2026
Pending approval by the district’s board of education, the Triad High School athletic department is announcing the hiring of Harold Travis as the new varsity girls basketball coach. -- Travis -- Travi...
Sports
Fairbanks’ Livi Maine sends the ball over the net against Columbus Tree of Life.The Lady Panthers won their third straight district title with a four-set victory. (Journal-Tribune photo by Josh Kaeser)
November 3, 2026
Fairbanks captured its third consecutive Division VI Central District volleyball championship Saturday, overcoming an opening-set loss to defeat No. 2 seed Columbus Tree of Life in four sets. The top-...
State/Area News
November 12, 2026
COLUMBUS – State Representative Tracy Richardson (R-Marysville) today voted in support of Senate Bill 214 – legislation to remove firearm suppressors, short-barreled rifles, and short-barreled shotgun...
State/Area News
Soccer state semifinals are Tuesday and Wednesday; Volleyball begins at noon Thursday
November 9, 2026
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced the pairings for this week’s soccer and girls volleyball state tournaments. The soccer state semifinals are Tuesday and Wednesd...
State/Area News
Higher seeded teams will host games for the final time this season
November 9, 2026
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio High School Athletic Association announced the football regional semifinal pairings on Sunday afternoon. Unless otherwise noted, all regional semifinal games kick off at 7 p....
State/Area News
Glenville removed from playoffs; OHSAA will continue to work with Cleveland Metropolitan School District
November 9, 2026
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Eighth District Court of Appeals issued a decision Thursday that allows the Ohio High School Athletic Association to sanction Cleveland Metropolitan School District and Glenville ...
State/Area News
Glenville removed from playoffs; OHSAA will continue to work with Cleveland Metropolitan School District
November 9, 2026
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Eighth District Court of Appeals issued a decision Thursday that allows the Ohio High School Athletic Association to sanction Cleveland Metropolitan School District and Glenville ...
State/Area News
November 4, 2026
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio High School Athletic Association has issued the following response to Tuesday afternoon’s order issued by the Court of Common Pleas in Cuyahoga County regarding the prelimina...
State/Area News
November 4, 2026
Springfield – On November 3, 2026, at approximately 06:58 AM, troopers from the Springfield Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol were dispatched to a non-injury crash involving a school bus. The cras...
State/Area News
Field hockey and cross country state tournaments are this week; volleyball and soccer enter regionals
November 4, 2026
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced the qualifiers for the cross country state championships and the pairings for the field hockey state tournament. Cross country ...
State/Area News
Seeds 1 through 4 will host winners from the regional first round
November 4, 2026
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio High School Athletic Association announced the football regional quarterfinal pairings on Sunday afternoon. Unless otherwise noted, all regional quarterfinal games kick off a...
State/Area News
October 30, 2026
COLUMBUS – State Representatives Tracy Richardson (R-Marysville) and Kevin Miller (R-Newark) recently introduced a bill to appropriate $10 million to support medical residents focusing on psychiatry a...
State/Area News
School was removed from the playoffs in 2018 for the same violations related to student participation
October 30, 2026
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio High School Athletic Association has removed Cleveland Glenville High School from the 2026 football playoffs as part of an ongoing investigation into Cleveland Metropolitan S...
State/Area News
October 29, 2026
SPRINGFIELD- The Springfield Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal traffic crash that occurred on Interstate 70 near Milepost 64 eastbound. The crash occurred on October 29, 2...
State/Area News
October 28, 2026
Xenia, Ohio – Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Jared Smith has been selected as the 2026 Xenia Post Trooper of the Year. The selection of Trooper Smith is in recognition of his outstanding service t...
State/Area News
October 28, 2026
COLUMBUS — Week 10 of the 2026 high school football season is in the books. Football players from all over Ohio put up some amazing performances in the tenth week of the season. Here, the Ohio Prep Sp...
State/Area News
October 28, 2026
COLUMBUS – State Representative Tracy Richardson (R-Marysville) is pleased to share that Governor DeWine recently announced $92 million in awards through the Rural Health Transformation Program to exp...
