Plain City

July 24, 2019

Steam show

By From JT Staff Reports

Left, a line of Oliver tractors rolls down Main Street in Plain City for the annual Steam Threshers Grand Parade on Friday. Oliver was the 2019 feature tractor for the Miami Valley Steam Threshers Association Show and Reunion, held at Pastime Park. It was the association’s 70th annual show. Living...

AWS-linked company buys 155 acres in Jerome Township

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Magnus Development LLC, a company linked to Amazon Web Services, purchased 109 acres of land at 12030 Industrial Parkway, circled in yellow above, for $9.7 million in July. The land is under Jerome Township’s zoning for commerce district. (Graphic submitted)

AWS-linked company buys 155 acres in Jerome Township

By Kyle Meddles

August 15, 2026

A company linked to Amazon Web Services (AWS) quietly purchased over 100 acres of land on Industrial Parkway in Jerome Township last month. According to Union County GIS, on July 1, Magnus Development...

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Plain City hits pause on data centers

By Sarah Vollrath

August 12, 2026

Plain City Village Council has approved a temporary moratorium on data center development within the village. Council met Aug. 10 with unfinished Ordinance 37-2026 on the agenda, establishing a tempor...

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Chicken farm going up west of Plain City

By Michael Williamson

August 8, 2026

A local agricultural operation looking to build a chicken farm west of Plain City is making its way through the permitting process. Pleasant Valley Pastures filed an application through various Madiso...

Sports

Alder girls capture match

By Tim Miller

August 19, 2026

Jonathan Alder’s girls soccer team began the 2026 season with a 1-1 stalemate against Worthington Christian. Kennedy McGrath tallied the Lady Pioneers’ goal. The score came on an assist from Hadley Li...

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JA, NU golfers win

By Tim Miller

August 19, 2026

Jonathan Alder’s boys golf team turned in a 153-166 verdict over Bellefontaine. Cam Barton of JA shot a medalist round of 37. He was followed by Austin Meriweather-38, Parker McBride-38, Rylan Cron-40...

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Triad will host Ridgedale Rockets to kick off season

By Tim Miller

August 19, 2026

The 2026 football season will open at home for the Triad Cardinals. They will host Ridgedale in a non-conference game with the kickoff set for 7 p.n. on Friday. The Rockets will present Triad’s defens...

Triad Cardinal gridders under leadership of new coaching staff

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Members of Triad’s football team are from left, front row, Logan Simms, Cayd Herron, Blayk Thomas, De’Von Minor, Landon Tomlin, Caleb Jordan, Wyatt Smith, Baylor Bahan, Waylin Holtsberry and Duncan Funderbaugh; second row, Jackson Williams, Connor Hayes, Jayden Minor, Luke Botkins, Silas Newland and Jordan Bland; third row, Hayden Ferguson, Carson Groves, Yuriel Guillen, Dallas Ross, Andrew Laughbaum, Karter Sarrazine, George Hartman, Ty Botkins and Dawson Hess; fourth row, Layton Mullins, Bentley Simpson, Galen Smith, Levi Hartman, Brady Funderbaugh, Westin Bahan, Liam Herron and Corbin Goehring; fifth row, Ashton Groves, Justin Haser and Bria Reid; sixth row, assistant coaches Braden Stambaugh and Erich Hopkins, head coach Tim Melvin and assistant coaches Brayden Webb and Eastin Huffman. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sarah Vollrath)

Triad Cardinal gridders under leadership of new coaching staff

By Tim Miller

August 19, 2026

There will be a new look to the Triad High School football squad for the 2026 campaign. Tim Melvin, a former assistant coach at Urbana High School the past five years, has taken over the program. He h...

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Colorful spaces

By Kyle Meddles

August 19, 2026

Seniors at Marysville Early College High School were out painting their parking spaces during a brief break from the summer showers on Tuesday. Above, Audrey Eddleman (blue shirt) and Ethan Keifer (pu...

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East Fifth Street project to start next month

By Mike Williamson

August 19, 2026

Both directions of East Fifth Street will be closed starting next month as the roadway improvement project gets underway. Marysville will begin the four-month improvement project on East Fifth Street ...