2024

Police Beat
Police Beat – 11/16/24
By From JT Staff Reports 
November 18, 2024
From Marysville Division of Police reports: At 3:33 p.m., Wednesday, police responded to a residence in the 100 block of Northcrest Drive for a well-being check. Police responded to the 700 block of K...
Obituaries
REBECCA “BECKY” JANE CARDINE
By From JT Staff Reports 
November 18, 2024
Rebecca “Becky” Jane Cardine, 72, of Marysville, passed away early Tuesday morning, November 12, 2024, at her home with her loving sons by her side after months of failing health. Becky was born Septe...
FHS senior will reunite with sister on collegiate softball diamond
Sports
Fairbanks High School softball player Jenna Dee is pictured blasting a home run at Triad during the 2024 season. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
FHS senior will reunite with sister on collegiate softball diamond
By Tim Miller 
November 16, 2024
The opportunity to play softball once again with her sister was too good to pass up for Fairbanks High School sister Jenna Dee. With a few strokes of a pen earlier this week, Dee committed to playing ...
Fairbanks girls soccer team has new coach, pending board OK
Sports
Fairbanks girls soccer team has new coach, pending board OK
By Aleksei Pavloff 
November 16, 2024
Fairbanks High School’s girls soccer program will have new leadership next season. Sam Warye will, pending approval by the district’s board of education, become the new head coach. “I am very excited ...
Council rejects medical waste facility
News
Council rejects medical waste facility
By Mac Cordell 
November 15, 2024
A proposed medical waste sterilization facility in the city has been rejected. At its meeting Tuesday, Marysville City Council rejected a proposed change to the city’s zoning code to add the term “Bio...
North Lewisburg angles for $750K grant
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North Lewisburg angles for $750K grant
By Chad Williamson 
November 15, 2024
A community income survey completed in recent years could benefit North Lewisburg to the tune of $750,000. Mary Richards Oakley, a senior planner for Columbus-based Community Development Consultants, ...
View inside city Christmas tree
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View inside city Christmas tree
By Mac Cordell 
November 15, 2024
Holiday decorations continue to fill Marysville’s Partners Park in the Uptown. The city Christmas tree was assembled and erected Friday and soon, Santa’s house will make its appearance in the park. Th...
P.C. revisiting sidewalk maintenance program
News, Plain City
P.C. revisiting sidewalk maintenance program
By Michael Williamson 
November 15, 2024
Plain City is in the early stages of considering a sidewalk maintenance program that could mean repairs to some of the village’s pathways through town. At a council meeting earlier this week, Village ...
FHS grad Miller earns MVP accolades for hoop tourney
Sports
Macy Miller, left, drives to the basket during a Fairbanks High School game. Miller, who plays for Ohio Wesleyan University, was recently named MVP of an early-season tournament. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
FHS grad Miller earns MVP accolades for hoop tourney
By Tim Miller 
November 15, 2024
Fairbanks High School graduate Macy Miller continues to move up the college basketball ladder. Miller, a sophomore at Ohio Wesleyan University, was recently named the MVP of the Yonnie Kauffman Blue J...
Columns/Editorials
Feed your head – Dude, what’s in your car?
By Kyle Meddles 
November 15, 2024
I have only driven two cars that I called mine, my late grandfather’s 2001 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS and a 2008 Mazda6, which is the one I drive today. My grandpa’s Monte Carlo was a beast to drive. It...
Columns/Editorials
The Way It Was – The caddie
By Bill Boyd 
November 15, 2024
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...
Police Beat
Police Beat – 11/15/24
By From JT Staff Reports 
November 15, 2024
From Marysville Police Division reports: Police responded to a home in the 900 block of McAuliffe Place at 3:48 p.m., Wednesday, on a report of interference with custody involving three juveniles. The...
Holiday lights emerging
News
Holiday lights emerging
By Mac Cordell 
November 15, 2024
Uptown Marysville is beginning to look like Christmas. As November approaches its midpoint, city officials are beginning to decorate sidewalks, streets and parks in preparation for the upcoming holida...
City, schools discussions continue
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City, schools discussions continue
Residents urge council to help find solution after levy failure
By Mac Cordell 
November 14, 2024
City officials want residents to know they are having conversations with school officials following the recent defeat of the school levy request. “Our community feels broken right now, and we need you...
Charges stem from argument involving pistol
Court News, News
Charges stem from argument involving pistol
By Mac Cordell 
November 14, 2024
A Richwood man could be facing more than a decade in prison after allegedly burglarizing a home with a handgun. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Christopher Michael Stevens, 24, whose court-li...
No movement made in Pigskin Pickers race
Sports
No movement made in Pigskin Pickers race
By Tim Miller 
November 14, 2024
There wasn’t any movement in the Pigskin Pickers this past week. There was an abbreviated slate of games as the high school season concluded for teams in the Journal-Tribune coverage area. Each of the...
Spikers fall in tourney
Sports
Sophie Little (31) tips the ball over the net during her 2022 senior season at Fairbanks High School. Little and the rest of the Washington & Jefferson team fell during their conference tournament on Tuesday. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
Spikers fall in tourney
By Tim Miller 
November 14, 2024
The 2024 volleyball season came to an end on Tuesday for the Washington & Jefferson collegiate team. The No. 6 Presidents concluded the campaign with a 3-2 setback to fourth-seeded Westminster during ...
Area gridders earn district accolades
Sports
These local high school football players have earned first-team honors for their respective divisions in the Central District. They are from left, Nate Russell, Holtz Maine and Ryker Green, Fairbanks; Tyler Krebehenne, North Union; and Zach Gantz and Grant Horne, Jonathan Alder. (Journal-Tribune file photos)
Area gridders earn district accolades
By Tim Miller 
November 14, 2024
In his first year as the head football coach at Fairbanks, Dave Carroll led the Panthers to a 7-4 season mark and their first playoff appearance since 2021. Fairbanks went 2-8 in 2023. Carroll was rec...
St. Paul honors veterans
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St. Paul honors veterans
By Mac Cordell 
November 14, 2024
While there are fewer and fewer World War II veterans every day, a pair of them were in attendance at St. Paul Lutheran Church for the Golden Eagles Senior Ministry ceremony to honor veterans. Major G...
Police Beat
Police Beat – 11/14/24
By From JT Staff Reports 
November 14, 2024
From Marysville Division of Police reports: Dajenique Jones, 27, of Marysville, was arrested at 1:44 p.m., Tuesday, for an outstanding misdemeanor warrant at 1250 West Fifth Street. Police responded t...
School coming down
News, Plain City
School coming down
By Michael Williamson 
November 14, 2024
All that remained of Jonathan Alder’s former elementary school building at 340 W. Main St. Wednesday morning was the first floor facade and piles of rubble. School officials said the goal is to have t...
City puff, puff, passes weed ban
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City puff, puff, passes weed ban
After voting down ban on dispensaries, Marysville Council reverses course
By Mac Cordell 
November 13, 2024
One meeting after rejecting a proposed ban on recreational marijuana dispensaries in the city, Marysville City Council reconsidered the vote and this time voted to support the prohibition. In a 4-2 vo...
Jerome Fire Department to add truck
News, Plain City
Jerome Fire Department to add truck
By Michael Williamson 
November 13, 2024
Jerome Township’s fire truck fleet will soon be getting a little larger. The township trustees voted last week to move forward with the purchase of a new truck from Sutphen, the Dublin-based fire truc...
Union County Airport dealing with a pair of issues
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Union County Airport dealing with a pair of issues
By Kyle Meddles 
November 13, 2024
The Union County Airport Authority is looking to fix water drainage and fuel line issues at the Airport. At the regular meeting of the Airport Authority Tuesday, Board President Steve Koenig said ther...
No sophomore jinx for former FHS spiker; Little leads Washington & Jefferson in kills for regular season
Sports
Fairbanks High School graduate Sophie Little blasts the ball over the net in this file photo. Little is a sophomore at Washington & Jefferson University. She was named the Presidents’ Athletic Conference offensive player of the week three times during the 2024 campaign. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
No sophomore jinx for former FHS spiker; Little leads Washington & Jefferson in kills for regular season
By Tim Miller 
November 13, 2024
Fairbanks High School graduate Sophie Little continues to make a name for herself in collegiate volleyball circles. The 2023 FHS grad recently completed her second regular season as a member of the Wa...
Last day set for SROs
News
Marysville Exempted Village School District has given notice that it will end an agreement with the city to provide School Resource Officers in each of the buildings. The move was part of a contingency plan enacted last week when the school levy failed. In addition to providing security for the buildings, the officers served as ambassadors for the police department with community students and families. Above, Officer Jason Nichols, one of the community SROs, interacts with students. Officials have said the eight resource officers and the sergeant that oversees the program will be absorbed by the police department.
Last day set for SROs
Nov. 27 will be end of the line for officers in schools after levy failure
By Mac Cordell 
November 13, 2024
City officials are looking at next steps for police officers assigned to the schools after the recent levy failure. “We knew this was a possibility and we have a plan we are going to be implementing,”...
Obituaries
DOLORES ARLENE PETTIT
By From JT Staff Reports 
November 13, 2024
Dolores Arlene Pettit, age 86, peacefully passed away on Saturday, November 9, 2024, at Green Hills Community in West Liberty. She was born on February 27, 1938, in West Mansfield, Ohio, to Luther “Du...
Police Beat
Police Beat – 11/13/24
By From JT Staff Reports 
November 13, 2024
From Marysville Police Division reports: Estefany Suarez Melendez, 28, of Columbus, was cited for driving under suspension following a traffic stop at 11:53 a.m., Monday, near the intersection of West...
Obituaries
ANTHONY LEE “TONY” HUCLE
By From JT Staff Reports 
November 13, 2024
Anthony Lee “Tony” Hucle, 66, of Marysville, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, November 9, 2024, at Memorial Hospital. Known for his unshakable work ethic, deep loyalty, and selfless dedication to...