CHRISTINE E. “CHRIS” BRIGHT

By From JT Staff Reports

Christine E. “Chris” Bright, a devoted wife, loving mother, and cherished grandmother, passed away peacefully on July 5, 2025, at Heritage Senior Living of Marysville. Born on December 25, 1940, in Columbus, Chris dedicated 24 years of her life to working in laundry and housekeeping services at ...

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Development plan to be updated

By Michael Williamson

July 16, 2025

Union County is starting the process of updating its Economic Development Strategy. Eric Phillips, director of economic development for both the county and City of Marysville, told the county commissi...

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Steam Threshers Show is this week

By From JT Staff Reports

July 16, 2025

The 76th Annual Miami Valley Steam Threshers Show begins this week in Plain City with an opening ceremony Thursday morning at 10 a.m. and the grand parade Friday evening starting at 6 p.m. The parade ...

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Man assaults coworker, fires shot in the air

By From JT Staff Reports

July 16, 2025

A Marysville man was arrested after punching a person in the face and discharging a firearm into the air at a business early Tuesday morning. Derrick Eugene Craycraft, 46, of Marysville, has been char...

Sports

Jonathan Alder’s Rayce Watson (left) sinks in underhooks against an opponent during a freestyle match at 120 pounds. The Pioneer went an even 2-2 in the freestyle national tournament, defeating Aaryan Sharma of Virginia (12-2) and Wyatt Zeller of Arkansas (pin at 1:13) while losing to Crason Blum of Michigan (5-1) and Eddie Figuero of New Jersey (10-0). The tournament is being held in Fargo, North Dakota. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kevin Behrens)

Grapplers compete at Fargo

By Aleksei Pavloff

July 16, 2025

Marysville’s Berkley Behrens (top) holds down his opponent during the 16U Freestyle tournament. The Monarch went 0-2 during his time competing at 138 pounds. He lost to Caden Woodall of Arizona, 11-0,...

Youngsters learning fundamentals at Lady Monarch tennis camp

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Marysville High School senior Ada Burhanna (background) directs a drill while young tennis players scramble to try and gain control of their tennis ball during the opening evening of the Lady Monarch youth camp. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)

Youngsters learning fundamentals at Lady Monarch tennis camp

By Tim Miller

July 16, 2025

The sun was bright and the temperature was high for the first evening of the annual Marysville Lady Monarch youth tennis camp. Approximately 60 campers (40 girls and 20 boys) in incoming grades 3-8 pa...

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North Union’s Trenor Kyte, Landry Dible and Gavin Potts participate in a tire flipping competition at Bucyrus High School during a linemen competition separate from the recent passing scrimmage. The Wildcats’ specialists did not compete in the 7-on-7 scrimmage over the weekend, but met up with Johnstown Monday for a passing scrimmage at Ohio Wesleyan University. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

Linemen get rolling

By Aleksei Pavloff

July 16, 2025