News, Plain City
March 21, 2025
Jerome Township and Union County officials are poised to approve a tax abatement for a developer planning to construct 42,000 square feet of speculati...
Education, News
March 21, 2025
Navin Elementary School fourth graders presented their music and art show called "Road Trip Through Music" on Wednesday. The road trip took them throu...
Local News, Marysville School Board, News
Elementary arts, 15 high school AP classes would go if levy fails; start time for K-6 would change
March 21, 2025
The teachers and courses that have their fate in the hands of district voters were finalized Thursday night at the Marysville Board of Education meeti...
Local News, News
The robbery suspect, pictured above, wore all black as he carried out two robberies, one at the Village Pantry Marathon at 303 E. Fifth St. and the other at Certified Oil Marathon at 809 Columbus Ave. The suspect used a black handgun – which police believe to be a Glock – to steal an unknown amount of money from the two stores. Anyone with information on the robberies have been asked to contact Det. Anthony Lollini at 937-645-7300. (photo submitted)
March 20, 2025
The Marysville Police Department is currently investigating two armed robberies that occurred in Marysville last night. At 8:37 p.m., Wednesday, polic...
Local News, News
March 20, 2025
The Union County Sheriff’s Office responded to U.S. 33 near the Beecher-Gamble Road overpass for a two-vehicle injury crash involving a Honda and a se...
Sports
Fairbanks seniors Holtz Maine (44-left) and Ryker Green (5-right) have been named to the Ohio Heritage Conference North Division first team for the 2024-2025 season. Maine was also named the division’s player of the year. (Journal-Tribune photos by Tim Miller)
March 20, 2025
Union County is the home of the Ohio Heritage Conference’s North Division boys basketball player of the year. Panther senior Holtz Maine has earned th...
News, Plain City
March 21, 2025
Jerome Township and Union County officials are poised to approve a tax abatement for a developer planning to construct 42,000 square feet of speculative building space on Industrial Parkway. At a rece...
Education, News
March 21, 2025
Navin Elementary School fourth graders presented their music and art show called "Road Trip Through Music" on Wednesday. The road trip took them through different genres of music with stops for soundt...
Local News, Marysville School Board, News
Elementary arts, 15 high school AP classes would go if levy fails; start time for K-6 would change
March 21, 2025
The teachers and courses that have their fate in the hands of district voters were finalized Thursday night at the Marysville Board of Education meeting. At least 14 teachers were given notice that th...
Local News, Marysville School Board, News
March 19, 2025
The Marysville school board is entering into contract negotiations with Dr. Zachary Howard to be the district’s next superintendent. After several interviews with finalists the school board voted 5-0 ...
Court News, Local News, News
Man gets 25 years for rape of young family members
March 19, 2025
“He is too dangerous and depraved.” A statement from the court describing Garry Lee Giles, 82, of West Mansfield, following his sentence of 25 years in prison last week after being found guilty of rap...
Local News, News
Commissioners continue to be unhappy with incentives
March 19, 2025
The Union County Commissioners are still not quite satisfied with some of the approaches to the new Economic Development Incentive Policy (EDIP). Board members told Economic Development Director Eric ...
Local News, News
March 19, 2025
The Union County Auditor’s Office is running out of space. That’s what Auditor Andrea Weaver told the county commissioners Wednesday during the board’s regular session. She said, not unlike the commun...
Education, News
March 19, 2025
The Marysville Elks Lodge recently made the first of two food donations to the Monarch Market at Marysville High School, a move made possible through the Elks Beacon Grant. The donations brought $3,00...
Education, News
March 18, 2025
Fairbanks is weighing all of its options ahead of its decision to fill the district’s top leadership role. The board of education met in executive session for part of Monday night’s regular monthly me...
Education, News
March 18, 2025
Members of the North Union school board are honoring a special employee. At the beginning of the 2025 school year, Vicky Clark accepted the role of Interim North Union Elementary School Principal unti...
Marysville City Council, News
Traffic boxes in Marysville’s Uptown may soon get a little more colorful like the ones pictured above. The city and Main Street Marysville are asking local artists to submit their designs for artwork for the 2025 Uptown Traffic Box Art Project. Chosen designs will be converted into a vinyl covering that will then be wrapped around the boxes. Artists have until April 9 to submit their work. (Graphic submitted)
March 18, 2025
Local artists have a little less than a month to submit their concepts for Marysville’s traffic box art project. Main Street Marysville and the City of Marysville recently put out a call to creative c...
Local News, News
March 18, 2025
A couple of characters find themselves in a precarious situation atop a collapsed platform in “The Play That Goes Wrong,” the latest production from local theater group, Silver Scene Players. The come...
Local News, News
March 17, 2025
The Union County Sheriff’s Office is working with local realtors to help stop scams targeting property owners in the area. County law enforcement agents spoke to a realty group recently about an inves...
Court News, News
Grand jury indictments
March 17, 2025
A Toledo man is facing as many as 36 years in prison for allegedly trafficking methamphetamine in the vicinity of two local schools. The Union County Grand Jury is indicting James Ellsworth Henry III,...
Local News, News
March 17, 2025
Union County residents are going to hear the first statewide fire drill of the season this week a little earlier than usual. The Union County Emergency Management Agency (EMA), the Union County Sherif...
Local News, News
March 14, 2025
Marysville residents have questions about the planned roundabout at Five Points and the city engineer is offering some answers. Officials recently announced a revision of the site plan concept for the...
Education, News, Plain City
March 14, 2025
Residents in the Jonathan Alder school district can now get a full picture of the school’s finances. At the March board of education meeting, Treasurer Mark Ingles told members that, like many treasur...
Local News, Marysville School Board, News
March 14, 2025
The list of finalists for the Marysville superintendent’s job has been whittled to three, two of whom have local ties. According to school board president Bill Keck, Marysville High School Principal K...
Court News, News
March 14, 2025
Editor's note: This story has been updated from a previous version to include more information. Former Union County Humane Agent Steffen Baldwin has been sentenced to 15.5 years in prison and will nev...
News
The city prepared drawings for the airport board that showcase what the stormwater basin work will look like. Above, the city drawings are superimposed on a Google Earth image of the water basins. The Adena Pointe basin, filled with water at left, will be connected to the larger basin to the right by a swale, its pathway shown in purple. This will naturally move stormwater to the larger basin and avoid any flooding into the surrounding field. (Journal-Tribune graphic by Kyle Meddles)
March 13, 2025
The city will look to make stormwater improvements on a set of water basins at the Adena Pointe development as part of ongoing dealings with the City of Marysville and the Union County Airport Authori...
Sports
Fairbanks High School senior Claire Baker (18) blasts the ball over the net. Baker will continue her volleyball career at Otterbein University. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
March 18, 2025
For the past two fall seasons, Fairbanks High School’s Claire Baker established herself among the top volleyball players in the Ohio Heritage Conference. Now, she will put her skills to use on the col...
Sports
Marysville’s CJ Collins, left, and Allison Price, right, go up for baskets during the 2024-2025 season. Collins and Price have been named to first teams in the Cardinal Division of the Ohio Capital Conference. (Journal-Tribune photos by Tim Miller)
March 17, 2025
Despite the fact both teams had to replace solid players who graduated last spring, the Marysville High School boys and girls basketball teams came through with decent seasons. The MHS boys finished w...
Sports
Jonathan Alder senior Noah Hess goes up for a basket during a Division IV regional game at Bowling Green State University. ThePioneers finished as the regional runner-up. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)
March 15, 2025
Editor’s note: the Journal-Tribune, in order to commenorate the best season in Jonathan Alder boys basketball history, compiled a PDF flip book recap of the campaign. The flip book, which is being s...
Sports
These local girls high school basketball players have earned Central Buckeye Conference honors for the 2024-25 season. They are from left, Kennedy Harrah and Glory Blevins of North Union, both first-team honorees, and Natalie Walker of Jonathan Alder, who was named to the second team. (Journal-Tribune file photos)
March 14, 2025
Several local girls basketball players earned Central Buckeye Conference honors for the 2024-25 campaign. North Union, which won its fourth consecutive Mad River Division title, has two players on the...
Sports
North Union’s Cameron Ludwig (top) sprawls on an opponent during a junior varsity tournament at Marysville High School earlier in the regular season. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)
March 13, 2025
North Union’s boys and girls wrestling programs grew together in unique ways during the 2024-25 season. “I would say for a lot of kids it was growth in a couple of different ways,” NU head coach Garre...
Sports
Jonathan Alder senior Noah Hess, left, and North Union senior Miles Hall (23 to the right) both drive toward the basket during 2024-25 season games. Hess and Hall were named to the respective first teams in the Central Buckeye Conference’s Kenton Trail and Mad River divisions. Hall was named the Mad River player of the year. (Journal-Tribune file photos)
March 13, 2025
North Union senior Miles Hall was recently named the Central Buckeye Conference’s boys basketball player of the year in the circuit’s Mad River Division. Hall was the second-leading scorer in the enti...
Sports
DAMRON
March 12, 2025
Marysville’s boys bowling team competed during the recent Division I state tournament. The event was held at HP Lanes in Columbus. There were 16 teams that competed during the qualifying round. Marysv...
Sports
Marysville’s Audrey Spooner, second from left, stands on the awards podium at the Division I state indoor track and field meet. Spooner finished fourth in both the high jump and the triple jump. (Photo submitted)
March 12, 2025
The 2024-25 high school indoor track and field season concluded on Saturday. A number of Marysville athletes competed in the Division I meet that was held at the Spire Institute in Geneva. Audrey Spoo...
Sports
Triad’s Awsom Mitchell (back) levitates Barnesville’s Hines Ford (front) during the Division III semifinals. The Triad senior advanced to the Parade of Champions following a 12-2 major decision. The Cardinal cemented his career with his second straight runner-up medal after falling short to Edison’s Luke James, 7-5. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)
March 11, 2025
Sunday evening’s Parade of Champions at The Ohio State University’s Schottenstein Center presented an opportunity for the Union County area wrestling world to see a trio of state champions crowned. As...
Sports
JA senior Noah Hess (13) holds up the Division IV regional runner-up trophy. Also pictured for the Pioneers is senior Sam Cramer (32). (Journal-Tribune photo by Bob Putman)
March 10, 2025
Faced with having to overcome a double-digit deficit, Jonathan Alder did not back down on Saturday during its Division IV regional final against Gates Mills Hawken at Bowling Green State University. T...
Sports
In the photo to the left, Marysville’s Addy Lyon (left) hooks up against Olentangy Orange’s Chloe Tompkins in the match for third place in the girls 135-pound weight division. Lyon won the bout, 4-0. In the photo to the right, Monarch Carson Mize defends a single against Colin Wooldridge of Cincinnati LaSalle. Mize lost the match by a 5-4 count and went on to finish fourth in the boys Division I 175-pound weight class at the state tournament. (Journal-Tribune photos by Aleksei Pavloff and Kevin Behrens)
March 10, 2025
A handful of local high school wrestlers placed third-through-seventh during the 2025 Ohio High School Athletic Association state tournament that concluded on Sunday. Marysville garnered a third-place...
Sports
March 10, 2025
It was a mixed bag of success and non-success for area wrestlers during the Division III and Division II sections of the first day of wrestling on Friday at the Ohio High School Athletic Association s...
Sports
Jonathan Alder’s Chase Muetzel, right, collides with a Napoleon opponent on a drive to the basket. Muetzel led JA with 12 points during a 56-45 victory during the Division IV regional semifinals at Bowling Green State University. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)
March 8, 2025
Rough shooting by members of Jonathan Alder’s boys basketball team during the first half did not impact them once play resumed after the 10-minute halftime break. The Pioneers shot an abysmal 16.7% f...
Sports
March 7, 2025
Jonathan Alder senior Ryan Mark celebrates the team’s 56-45 victory over Napoleon during Thursday’s Division IV regional semifinal game. Mark was one of three JA players in double-figure scoring with ...
Sports
Marysville High School track and field athletes who will compete in the upcoming state indoor meet are from left, front row, Lyla Channell, Bailey Gross, Maggie Foust and Audrey Spooner; back row, Evan Donahue, Adam DeSutter, Paxton Herring and Mack Weithman. Nøt pictured, Caylee MacAdow. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
March 7, 2025
Several Marysville High School track and field athletes are preparing for the state indoor meet. Championship competition will be held Saturday for Division I at the Spire Institute in Geneva (northea...
Sports
Jonathan Alder’s Ethan Kuhns secures a double leg takedown on an opponent during the first round of championship matches at the Division II district tournament. The senior is being accompanied by two more grapplers representing the Scarlet and Black this weekend at the OHSAA state wrestling tournament. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)
March 7, 2025
Jonathan Alder’s boys wrestling team will have three representatives this weekend during the Division II state tournament. Seniors Ethan Kuhns (150) and Trenton Moodispaugh (126) will accompany sophom...
Sports
Triad’s Wyatt Smith (right) ties up with an opponent from North Union during a regular-season dual meet. The sophomore Cardinal will compete at 132 pounds at the Division III state tournament this weekend. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)
March 7, 2025
Triad’s boys wrestling team will double its state tournament participation this weekend. Last season, the Cardinals had only one grappler competing in the boys Division III state tournament. Senior Aw...
Sports
Jonathan Alder’s Ashton Martin slides into home during a 2024 contest. A pitcher-infielder, Martin will continue his career at Wright State University. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
March 6, 2025
Preseason practice is underway for high school baseball teams. Most squads will begin their 2025 regular season toward the end of the month. The Jonathan Alder Pioneers hope they can take a step up fr...
Sports
Marysville’s Katie Hammersmith (right) tries to secure a takedown on Gahanna-Lincoln’s Jordan Mills (left) during the championship semifinals at the district tournament. The junior 170-pounder is among five Lady Monarchs set to take the stage at this year’s state tournament. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)
March 6, 2025
Experience and veteran leadership are strong points for Marysville’s girls wrestling program. That culminated in five Lady Monarchs punching their tickets to the third edition of the Ohio High School ...
Sports
Marysville’s Oliver Fox (right) celebrates, along with assistant coach Curtis Thompson (background), after defeating Olentangy Orange’s Tyler Della Rocco during the consolation quarterfinals at the Division I district tournament last weekend. The 120-pounder is slated to compete in the Division I state tournament this weekend, along with five of his teammates. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)
March 6, 2025
Newcomers and veterans of Marysville’s boys wrestling program have lofty goals heading into the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division I state tournament. Out of the six qualifiers, half of th...
