Police Beat

January 22, 2024

Police Beat – 1/20/24

By From JT Staff Reports

According to Marysville Police Department reports:

Police responded to a suicide threat in the 900 block of Kenmore Crossing at 4:04 a.m. Thursday.

Police responded to the scene of an accident involving Michael Daniel Martin, 28, of Columbus and a hit-skip driver that occurred on U.S. 33 at 7:39 a.m. ...

Police Beat

Police Beat – 3/6/26

By From JT Staff Reports

March 6, 2026

From Marysville Division of Police reports: An officer was dispatched to a home in the 200 block of Cypress Drive at 9:54 a.m., Wednesday, for a death investigation. In the 900 block of Coleman’s Cros...

Police Beat

Police Beat – 3/5/26

By From JT Staff Reports

March 5, 2026

From Marysville Division of Police reports: Zachary Mason Taylor, 20, of Richwood, was arrested for theft in the 500 block of Coleman’s Crossing Boulevard at 10:15 p.m., Tuesday. Police responded to a...

Police Beat

Police Beat – 3/4/26

By From JT Staff Reports

March 5, 2026

From Marysville Division of Police reports: An officer was sent to the 1800 block of Welsh Place at 11:03 a.m., Monday, for a report of telecommunications harassment. The case is closed. In the 200 bl...

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Departing engineer saw explosive growth

By Jack Christian

March 7, 2026

Marysville City Engineer Kyle Hoyng has stepped away from his role with the city to become Hilliard’s city director, the community where he currently resides. Hoyng’s path to Marysville began in Coldw...

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Pictured above is footage from city cameras of the truck that McPherson shot out of on Sept. 14, 2024. (File photo)

Drive-by shooter pleads guilty

By Kyle Meddles

March 7, 2026

A man involved in the 2024 drive-by shooting of Marysville’s Uptown has entered a plea of guilty just a few days before his scheduled jury trial. In a plea hearing at the Union County Court of Common ...

Lady Monarchs fall to New Albany in D-I regional semifinal contest

Sports

Marysville’s Kelsey Strahm (left) applies defensive pressure to a New Albany ball handler. The Lady Monarchs’ season came to an end with a loss in the Division I regional semifinals. The game was played at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus on Wednesday. (Journal-Tribune photo by Bob Putman)

Lady Monarchs fall to New Albany in D-I regional semifinal contest

By Bob Putman

March 6, 2026

It may not have been thought when the tournament started that the Marysville girls basketball team was going to make a tournament run to a Division I regional semifinal. But that is exactly what the L...

FHS hoopsters’ tourney triumph hands Freddies lone loss of season

Sports

Alek Orders of Fairbanks goes up for a shot at Fredericktown Wednesday evening. The Panthers handed the Freddies their only loss of the 2025-2026 season during the Division V tournament game. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)

FHS hoopsters’ tourney triumph hands Freddies lone loss of season

By Tim Miller

March 6, 2026

Fredericktown’s boys basketball team stepped onto its home court Wednesday evening feeling pretty good about itself. The fourth-seeded Freddies had met opponents on 23 different occasions this season ...

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Prosecutor targets alleged deadbeat dads

Grand jury indictments

By Kyle Meddles

March 6, 2026

The Union County Grand Jury has separately indicted five fathers locally for not providing child support to their children. In a recent batch of indictments, the court has charged five men with multip...

Sports

Marysville cagers fall in tournament to P. Central

By Jack Christian

March 5, 2026

Marysville’s boys basketball season came to an end Tuesday night with a 59-40 loss to the Pickerington Central Tigers in the opening round of Division I tournament play. It was a physical game from th...