Jonathan Alder students meet with astronaut during Space Night
Education, News, Plain City, Plain City News
April 11, 2025
Ohio astronaut Don Thomas talks to students at Canaan Middle School April 4 as part of the district’s second annual Space Night. Visitors got to explore rocket building, a simulation of Mars exploration and interactive learning about planets and constellations. (Submitted photo)

Jonathan Alder students meet with astronaut during Space Night

By From JT Staff Reports 

Jonathan Alder Local School District students and families reached for the stars at the Second Annual Space Night on April 4 at Canaan Middle School. The community event, sponsored through Amazon’s partnership with the school district, celebrated space exploration while showcasing how Amazon&#...

A bad night for Goodyear
Local News, News
Above are a sampling of Journal-Tribune newspaper clippings from the days surrounding the 1976 worker uprising at Goodyear. (Journal-Tribune photo by Michael Williamson)
A bad night for Goodyear
Former worker recalls tensions behind riot ahead of 50th anniversary
By Chad Williamson 
March 7, 2026
What has long been remembered locally as the “Goodyear riot” of 1976 may have been less an organized uprising and more the boiling over of years of frustration among workers at the Marysville Goodyear...
Departing engineer saw explosive growth
Local News, Marysville City Council, News
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...
Drive-by shooter pleads guilty
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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 ...
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A bad night for Goodyear
Local News, News
Above are a sampling of Journal-Tribune newspaper clippings from the days surrounding the 1976 worker uprising at Goodyear. (Journal-Tribune photo by Michael Williamson)
A bad night for Goodyear
Former worker recalls tensions behind riot ahead of 50th anniversary
By Chad Williamson 
March 7, 2026
What has long been remembered locally as the “Goodyear riot” of 1976 may have been less an organized uprising and more the boiling over of years of frustration among workers at the Marysville Goodyear...
Departing engineer saw explosive growth
Local News, Marysville City Council, News
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...
Drive-by shooter pleads guilty
Court News, Local News, News
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 ...
Prosecutor targets alleged deadbeat dads
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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...