Columns/Editorials

December 27, 2024

The Way It Was – A canoe trip

By Bill Boyd

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information for his stories.

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Some time around 1970, I bought a canoe. I bought it at a sm...

Columns/Editorials

A Word to the Wise: War on drugs enters missile phase

By Chad Williamson

December 8, 2025

The United States is playing a low-rent game of Battleship with drug boats, but the goal is more about making cool videos than saving American lives. We have to be better people, because this isn’t ho...

Columns/Editorials

Newspaper staff embraces the grind for quality coverage

By From JT Staff Reports

November 25, 2025

Thanksgiving always provides a break in the calendar to reflect on the past year and look forward to what is yet to come. On the horizon, we see a different landscape for newspapers compared to TV or ...

Columns/Editorials

Residents already taxed too much

By From JT Staff Reports

November 17, 2025

Looking at the recent local election results is sometimes like taking medication that can be cyclical in nature. Consider someone who takes pills that cause a side effect that in turn creates the need...

NU Lady Cat hoopsters look to continue success

Sports

Members of North Union’s varsity girls basketball squad are from left, front row, Kailin McElroy, Gabby Lindsey, Kailyn Colegrove and Kennedy Harrah; middle row, Reeslyn Riffle, Chloe McElroy and Tinlee Martino; back row, assistant coach Taylor Day, Emma McElroy, Morgan Mask, Glory Blevins, Kale Kohler and head coach Mitchell Loomis. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

NU Lady Cat hoopsters look to continue success

By Bob Putman

December 11, 2025

Over the past few years the North Union girls basketball team has achieved much success. It has won four straight Central Buckeye Conference Mad River Division titles and were Central District runners...

NU football playoff run means later start for Wildcat boys hoops

Sports

North Union’s boys varsity basketball team is pictured from left, front row, Wyatt Arver, Trenor Kite, Josiah Stover, Trace Huff, Jaxon Jolliff, Brevyn Martino and Nickolas Hajjar; back row, Dylan Asher, Ethan Monroe, Max White, Xavier Gruber and Dainon Lindsey. (Photo courtesy of Lady Brio Photography)

NU football playoff run means later start for Wildcat boys hoops

By Bob Putman

December 11, 2025

It has been several years since the North Union boys basketball team faced a season in which it got off to a late start. As a result of the football team reaching the Division V regional finals, the W...

Local News, News

North Lewisburg council approves 2026 budget

By Chad Williamson

December 11, 2025

After budget fumblings in the past led to penalties from the state, North Lewisburg officials spent time Tuesday night listening to details of the 2026 budget. The budget was approved 4-0 by council, ...

Local News, News

Delay in solar payment may spell county windfall

By Michael Williamson

December 11, 2025

Union County officials said the news last month about the delay in revenue from Acciona’s Union Solar project might not be all negative. County Administrator Bill Narducci told the board of commission...

News, Plain City, Plain City News

A driver on U.S. 42 called in a barn fire on Wells Road at 3:34 p.m. on Nov. 28. Pictured above, smoke bellows from the building, which is a European-Union certified bull barn at Select Sires housing priceless, genetically-gifted bovines. Officials said the cause of the fire is still under investigation. (Photo submitted)

Saving the bulls

Firefighters, employees rescue high-value animals at Select Sires

By Kyle Meddles

December 10, 2025

For most people, Black Friday is a day to sit around with a belly full of turkey and do some online shopping, but for staff at Select Sires, the day after Thanksgiving was a race to save ten of its pr...

Sports

Fairbanks junior Carson Shope (center) carries the ball during a 2025 game. Shope has been named as an All-Ohio honorable mention running back for Division VI. Shope finished the season with 1,008 yards on 182 carries. He also scored nine rushing touchdowns. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)

FHS’ Shope earns All-Ohio honors

By Tim Miller

December 10, 2025