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March 7, 2026

Departing engineer saw explosive growth

By Jack Christian

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 Coldwater, Ohio, a small village in Mercer County roughly 74 miles northwest of Marysville. He enrolle...

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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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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...

News, Sports

Hoop scuffle quelled

By Tim Miller

March 5, 2026

Jonathan Alder and Marion-Franklin school officials and law enforcement work to separate the two boys basketball teams during a scuffle late in the fourth quarter of Tuesday’s Division IV tournament g...

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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

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 ...

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Prosecutor targets alleged deadbeat dads

Grand jury indictments

By Kyle Meddles

March 6, 2026

Sports

Marysville cagers fall in tournament to P. Central

By Jack Christian

March 5, 2026

Marysville’s boys basketball season came to an end Tuesday night with a 59-40 loss to the Pickerington Central Tigers in the opening round of Division I tournament play. It was a physical game from th...

Marysville boys wrestlers will compete in D-I district tournament at H. Darby

Sports

Brian Waller, left, is in his stance in order to defend a shot during a 113-pound match at the Division I sectional tournament. Waller will compete in the Division I district tournament Friday and Saturday at Hilliard Darby. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kevin Behrens)

Marysville boys wrestlers will compete in D-I district tournament at H. Darby

By Tim Miller

March 5, 2026

The Marysville High School boys wrestling team will send 11 athletes into the Division I district tournament that will be held Friday and Saturday at Hilliard Darby High School. Monarch grapplers sche...