$Marysville baseball players earn conference, district accolades for 2025 spring season$

Sports

June 17, 2025

Marysville’s Mason Springs (42) delivers a pitch during a regular season game against Olentangy this past spring. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

Marysville baseball players earn conference, district accolades for 2025 spring season

By Aleksei Pavloff

A selection of Marysville baseball players were awarded conference and district awards for their production this season.

The Monarchs produced a 14-12 overall record along with 6-9 record in the Ohio Capital Conference’s Cardinal Division.

Griffin Scheiderer took home the most accolades earning Firs...

Jonathan Alder lacrosse athletes claim All-State honors for 2025 spring season

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Jonathan Alder’s Wyatt Clemons (8) and Maddox Kingry (5) celebrate with fellow teammate Kaiden Snyder (middle) after the senior notched the game winning goal against Kettering Alter during the postseason. Clemons and Snyder earned All-State accolades for the 2025 season. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

Jonathan Alder lacrosse athletes claim All-State honors for 2025 spring season

By Aleksei Pavloff

June 16, 2025

The spring season that was 2025 seemingly keeps on giving for Jonathan Alder’s boys lacrosse program. The Pioneers had a wealth of award recipients the Journal-Tribune reported earlier this month duri...

Members of JA diamond squad take home All-Ohio awards

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Jonathan Alder’s Ashton Martin (10) throws to first base during a regular season home game against North Union. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

Members of JA diamond squad take home All-Ohio awards

By Aleksei Pavloff

June 16, 2025

On top of a 25-3 overall record, Jonathan Alder’s baseball program has much to celebrate with the releasing of the 2025 All-Ohio honorees. Voted on by the Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Association...

Coaches react to prep grid playoffs cutting back to 12 teams per region

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Fairbanks’ Evan Wiedmann (14) gets tackled by a pair of Jonathan Alder Pioneers during the 2024 fall season. Wiedmann is a junior who will be preparing for the 2025 campaign, a season in which the Ohio High School Athletic Association has scaled back the state playoffs to 12 (down from 16) teams in each region of each division that will qualify for the post-season. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

Coaches react to prep grid playoffs cutting back to 12 teams per region

By Aleksei Pavloff

June 14, 2025

Changes are coming to the Ohio high school football scene in 2025. The Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) announced late this week that state playoff qualifiers from each region will shrink...

Plain City, Plain City News

Chief: Officer shootings could hurt recruiting

By Jack Christian

June 17, 2025

A string of officer-involved shootings across the region may be contributing to lower-than-expected applications to the Plain City Police Department. During a discussion at the Monday meeting of villa...

Court News, News

Domestic incidents result in felony charges

Grand jury indictments

By Kyle Meddles

June 17, 2025

Two local domestic incidents led to felony charges after two Marysville men were indicted separately on allegations of strangulation and abduction of female residents. The Union County Grand Jury indi...

Education, News

Above, a mock drawing of North Union’s new scoreboard, including some of the new features it comes with. The bottom portion contains a more traditional scoreboard style, while the upper-half is a video screen that can display everything from athlete names and statistics to full length videos. The sponsor-funded scoreboard is slated for construction in the second week of July. (Graphic submitted)

NU football field to get new scoreboard

By Kyle Meddles

June 17, 2025

The North Union Board of Education approved a contract that will install a brand new, sponsor-funded scoreboard at the stadium. The board voted unanimously to approve two scoreboard contracts at its m...

Local News, News

A large, water-filled bladder catches debris from the demolition of the bridge near Magnetic Springs earlier this month. The project started as a repair and turned into a full replacement set to be finished this fall. The bridge is one of close to $100 million in roadway projects the Ohio Department of Transportation is working on around Union County now and into the future. (Photo submitted)

$100M in ODOT projects underway

By Michael Williamson

June 16, 2025

Drivers may notice a few more orange construction signs going up as Union County is looking at just shy of $100 million in roadway projects now and into the future. Ohio Department of Transportation r...

Local News, News

An early rendering shows a possible design for a commercial building being proposed on Delaware Avenue in front of Lowe’s. The project applicant went to the Marysville Board of Zoning Appeals Monday night looking to get a variance on the amount of glass allowed on the building’s front. (Graphic submitted)

Area of Lowe’s to get plaza

By Michael Williamson

June 16, 2025

The shopping center on Delaware Avenue, home to Lowe’s and Goodwill, could eventually get some company. A project applicant is looking to put a commercial building on the East Pointe Plaza lot just we...

Education, News

Local second grader wins statewide engineering contest

Beats out more than 10,000 other students

By From JT Staff Reports

June 16, 2025

James Owens, a second grader at St. John's School in Marysville, has placed first in the 2025 Imagine Engineering Coloring Contest out of a record breaking 10,030 students statewide. On, Saturday, Jun...