Local high school baseball players earn Union County-area honors for season

Sports

June 12, 2025

Jonathan Alder’s Ashton Martin delivers a pitch to the plate. Martin has been named the Union County-area baseball player of the year. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

Local high school baseball players earn Union County-area honors for season

By Tim Miller

The strength of many high school baseball teams starts with pitching.

The man on the mound often times has complete control over a good portion of what happens during any given game.

Pitching was a big reason why Jonathan Alder’s diamond squad won another Kenton Trail Division championship in the Ce...

Monarch lacrosse players earn conference accolades

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Marysville’s Hunter Sheldon (5) delivers a shot during a regular season home game against Westerville Central. The Monarch earned All-OCC Honorable Mention status following the 2025 spring season. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

Monarch lacrosse players earn conference accolades

By Aleksei Pavloff

June 11, 2025

Members of Marysville’s girls and boys lacrosse programs earned Ohio Capital Conference accolades for the 2025 spring season. The Lady Monarchs had two on the Cardinal Division’s All-OCC list. Senior ...

North Union grad recognized as “trail blazer” for Ohio girls track and field

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North Union High School graduate Rita Hamilton Somerlot is pictured after being recognized during the 2025 Ohio High School Athletic Association state track/field meet. Somerlot, who was the girls head track coach for many years at Centerville High School, was recognized for all of her efforts in promoting girls track and field over the years. The OHSAA observed the 50th anniversary this year of the girls state track meet. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)

North Union grad recognized as “trail blazer” for Ohio girls track and field

By Tim Miller

June 11, 2025

The Ohio High School Athletic Association marked a milestone during the 2025 state track and field meet on Saturday. The 50th anniversary of the girls state track and field meet was recognized at The ...

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Music tapped as Marysville AD

By Tim Miller

June 10, 2025

There will be a new Marysville High School athletic director this week, pending approval by the district’s board of education. The board will meet during its regular monthly meeting on Thursday. Distr...

Airport looks to ODOT for help with hangar cost

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The Union County Airport is preparing to construct 15-unit T-hangars after much deliberation, as officials at Tuesday’s meeting of the airport authority said that the construction contract has been executed. Shown above is the preliminary design for the new T-hangars (blue), which are slated to go next to the existing T-hangars (orange) along with future additions that the board is looking toward as part of its layout plan. (Graphic submitted)

Airport looks to ODOT for help with hangar cost

By Kyle Meddles

June 12, 2025

The Union County Airport board is now looking into an ODOT loan in order to avoid spending $200,000 of the airport’s own money on the gap in financing for the 15-unit T-hangars project – which is read...

Local News, News

Honda Marysville is set to have Acura vehicles for sale as soon as this weekend as part of the dealership’s plan to open a new Acura location in the city. Construction on the planned facility is anticipated to begin in July, with a completion date of late spring or early summer in 2026. (Photo submitted)

Honda Marysville brings Acura onboard

Sales to begin this weekend; new building planned for next spring

By Jack Christian

June 11, 2025

Big changes are coming to Honda Marysville, as the dealership announced it will soon open a new Acura location. Bruce Daniels, the dealer principal, envisions what he describes as a “Honda-Disney-like...

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Former N.L. fiscal officer on the hook for $40K after audit

By Chad Williamson

June 11, 2025

Officials never envisioned the fallout when the village of North Lewisburg parted ways with its former fiscal officer in March of 2024. The Ohio Auditor of State’s office has returned findings of negl...

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Fair assessment of Union County

Group digs into number, location of future events

By Michael Williamson

June 11, 2025

Should Union County have two fairs or only one? If just one, where should it be? Those were questions the team from the Union County Chamber of Commerce Leadership Institute offered to the county comm...

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Marysville board primed to reprimand Ferguson

By Chad Williamson

June 11, 2025

The Marysville Board of Education appears poised to vote on reprimanding one of its own. On the agenda for tonight’s school board meeting is a resolution to censure member Jermaine Ferguson in respons...

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NU grad pitches plan for Opera House

By Kyle Meddles

June 11, 2025

A small business owner and North Union graduate has made an offer on the Opera House and came before Richwood’s village council to discuss what his plans would be with the building if his bid is accep...