Prosecutor explains state’s new sentencing idea

By From JT Staff Reports

Dear Editor:
The TV theme song from the 1970’s crime show Baretta popularized the phrase, “Don’t do the crime, if you can’t do the time.” Now, a state bureaucrat in charge of Ohio’s prisons has composed different lyrics, “Do the crime, yet do no time.”
This new jingle is called Targete...

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...

Letters to the Editor

House Bill 335, biennium budget a critical moment for public education

June 14, 2025

Dear Editor, The Ohio biennium budget is one of the most significant processes impacting public education, though I will admit, before serving as a superintendent, I didn’t fully understand its depth ...

Letters to the Editor

Local trustee calls for income tax reform

May 31, 2025

Dear Editor, In an ocean of opportunities for economic growth, Ohio’s income tax rate is the unyielding sea wall holding back a landfall of prosperity. As it stands, our tax structure penalizes hard w...

Local News, News

Mural dilemma

By From JT Staff Reports

February 4, 2026

Temperatures climbed above freezing on Tuesday and the ensuing melt served to lengthen icicles already forming in the area, like the ones shown above on the mural near Hatfield Corner Park at the inte...

Local News, Marysville City Council, News

Future plans for YMCA facility discussed

By Michael Williamson

February 4, 2026

The CEO of the YMCA of Central Ohio said making some changes to the Union County YMCA could increase community involvement but those changes have to be locally led. Tony Collins, the organization’s CE...

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Sheriff’s office announces winners of yearly awards

By From JT Staff Reports

February 3, 2026

The Sheriff’s Office held their annual awards banquet at the Automotive & Mobility Innovation Center to recognize the accomplishments of their employees and others for the calendar year of 2025. The a...

Local News, News

Mental health service provider leaving

Maryhaven to close Mills Center facility in May

By Michael Williamson

February 3, 2026

Maryhaven at the Mills Center will be leaving Union County later this year. Adam Negley, director of the Mental Health and Recovery Board of Union County, said the addiction and recovery services prov...

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UC prepares for reduction in SNAP, other programs

By Michael Williamson

February 3, 2026

Changes coming from the federal and state levels that Union County officials warned about in November are set to hit locally later this year. The county commissioners approved the annual funding allot...

Local News, News, Plain City, ...

Annexation of old Ranco property delayed

By Michael Williamson

February 3, 2026

The approval process for the former Ranco property just outside of Plain City has been held up slightly as property owners work through surveying issues. The Union County Commissioners recently moved ...