Columns/Editorials

June 23, 2023

Lean On Me – Any hype is good hype, when it comes to books

By Kayleen Petrovia

On a recent trip to the bookstore, I was greeted by the typical, “Hi there! Can I help you find anything?”
Before I could even decline, the employee said, “If you’re looking for Colleen Hoover’s books, we have a display on a table right past this section.”
If you haven’t heard of her, Co...

Columns/Editorials

Chip Hubbs has cemented his legacy in the community

By From JT Staff Reports

January 20, 2026

When people talk about the local car business having the worst month of November in 10 years and bars closing their doors permanently because drinking has now jumped the shark, we can be thankful in o...

Columns/Editorials

Feed your head: ICE tactics need reformed

By Kyle Meddles

January 12, 2026

I think U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is beginning to operate more in line with Nazi Gestapo agents than an American law enforcement agency. This Wednesday, a 37-year-old woman was sho...

Columns/Editorials

A word to the wise: Reporting the news as it happened

By Chad Williamson

January 5, 2026

The story of newspapers over the last 20 years is less about how the news is delivered and more about how it is consumed. The days of people waiting for bundles of papers to be dropped at newsstands t...

Sports

Local athletes of week named

By Tim Miller

January 21, 2026

The Journal-Tribune has named its athletes of the week. Junior wrestler Cami Leng is Marysville’s top athlete. Leng helped lead the MHS girls team to a 77-6 triumph over Olentangy. She scored a 19-3 t...

Sports

Cole Brewer (24) of Marysville goes up for a basket in this file photo. Brewer scored 10 points during a loss to Springfield. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)

Cagers on wrong end of scores

By Tim Miller, Bob Putman

January 21, 2026

A basketball team that has played a game nearly once every two days experienced fatigue during a recent setback. Marysville’s boys varsity hoopsters fell to Springfield 52-34 in what was their ninth c...

Former NU grappler officiates Wasserbeck Classic, named after his grandfather

Sports

Former North Union wrestler Alec O’Reilly, grandson of former and well-known NU head wrestling coach Don Wasserbeck, officiates during a match at the 2026 Wasserbeck Classic at North Union High School. (Journal-Tribune photo by Bob Putman)

Former NU grappler officiates Wasserbeck Classic, named after his grandfather

By Bob Putman

January 21, 2026

During a good part of the Don Wasserbeck Classic wrestling tournament, the Wasserbeck family has played an integral role. Starting in 1974, the tournament has been a fixture each year at North Union a...

Girls wrestling teams compete in Heart of Ohio event

Sports

Jonathan Alder’s Allison Funk (right) scrambles with Benjamin Logan’s Addie Anderson (left) during a match at 140 pounds. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

Girls wrestling teams compete in Heart of Ohio event

By Aleksei Pavloff

January 21, 2026

A total of four area programs tested their skills at the recent Heart of Ohio girls wrestling invitational. Teams from Jonathan Alder, Triad, Fairbanks and Benjamin Logan ventured to Mechanicsburg Hig...

Education, News, Plain City News

Jonathan Alder officials are in contract with a property owner for three parcels of land, shown above outlined in yellow, located just behind Plain City Elementary School. The newly acquired land totals just over 25 acres with two larger parcels to the north and south and a third narrow strip going through the center. (Graphic submitted)

JA buys 25 acres in village

$1M purchase will give district site for expansion

By Michael Williamson

January 20, 2026

Jonathan Alder is expanding the district’s footprint in Plain City. Board of education members approved a resolution recently to enter into a contract to purchase land just behind Plain City Elementar...

Education, News

NU board debates buying driver’s ed car

By Kyle Meddles

January 20, 2026

North Union’s Board of Education debated a request to buy a new car for the district’s driver education programming. At the regular meeting of the board of education on Monday, Superintendent Justin U...