Cagers earn Ohio Heritage Conference honors

Sports

March 23, 2026

Mara Vicari, left, and Evan Wiedmann, right, of Fairbanks have been named to the Ohio Heritage Conference first-team basketball squads. Wiedmann was also named the circuit’s North Division boys player of the year. (Journal-Tribune photos by Tim Miller)

Cagers earn Ohio Heritage Conference honors

By Tim Miller

The Ohio Heritage Conference has named its boys and girls basketball teams for the 2025-2026 season.

Fairbanks junior Evan Wiedmann has been named the boys player of the year in the OHC North Division.

He is the lone Union County area boys player to be named to the OHC North first team.

Other local boy...

MHS graduate Connor Smith captures NCAA Division III national indoor high jump title

Sports

Marysville High School graduate Connor Smith displays his NCAA Division III national indoor high jump championship trophy. Smith cleared 6-11 1/2 during the recent national indoor meet that was held in Birmingham, Alabama. (Photo submitted)

MHS graduate Connor Smith captures NCAA Division III national indoor high jump title

By Tim Miller

March 23, 2026

Marysville is the home of a new NCAA college sports national champion. Connor Smith, who is a junior member of the Ohio Wesleyan University men’s track and field team, won the NCAA Division III indoor...

Union County YMCA looks at management agreement with YMCA of Central Ohio

Sports

Among the many services the Union County YMCA offers is a fitness center. Patrons can take part in cardio workouts (above photo) and/or work out with weights (bottom photo). (Journal-Tribune photos by Tim Miller)

Union County YMCA looks at management agreement with YMCA of Central Ohio

By Tim Miller

March 19, 2026

A management agreement is underway between the Union County Family YMCA and the YMCA of Central Ohio. It’s a pact that will leverage shared expertise and infrastructure to continue the YMCA’s mission ...

Marysville’s Leng, Jonathan Alder’s Thomas finish as girls state wrestling runners-up

Sports

Cami Leng, right, of Marysville tries to ward off Olentangy Orange’s McKenzie Carder during the state championship match in the 120-pound weight class. Leng finished the 2025-2026 season with her third consecutive state runner-up finish. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)

Marysville’s Leng, Jonathan Alder’s Thomas finish as girls state wrestling runners-up

By Tim Miller

March 18, 2026

A pair of area girls wrestlers brought home state runner-up honors during Sunday evening’s finals at The Ohio State University’s Schottenstein Center. Cami Leng, Marysville’s 120-pound junior grappler...

Sports

MHS graduate Connor Smith captures NCAA Division III national indoor high jump title

By Tim Miller

March 23, 2026

Columns/Editorials

A word to the wise: My yearbook, writing a wrong

By Chad Williamson

March 23, 2026

A few years before I stepped onto my path as a professional writer, I sat down to cook up the first collection of words that I knew would exist beyond my lifetime. The memories you record below your s...

Columns/Editorials

Feed your head: A Fairbanks full-circle moment

By Kyle Meddles

March 23, 2026

Since a group of Fairbanks students visited the newsroom on Thursday, I have had a strange full-circle feeling regarding where I am in life now and my high school alma-mater. Over seven years ago, I w...

News

Domestic violence call leads to abduction charges and arrest

By From JT Staff Reports

March 23, 2026

A Marysville man is in police custody and being charged with abduction and domestic violence after he was arrested early Monday morning. According to the Marysville Division of Police, officers arrest...

Court News, Local News, News

“I did commit the murder”

Man who killed father with knife in Mill Valley admits guilt

By Kyle Meddles

March 21, 2026

“I did commit the murder.” Those were the words of 28-year-old Micaiah Swindler, the man charged with stabbing his father to death at a Mill Valley home in April of 2025, during a plea hearing in the ...

Education, Local News, Marysville School Board, ...

Schools plan for AI surge

By Chad Williamson

March 21, 2026

Officials with the Marysville Exempted Village School District are exploring how artificial intelligence could eventually be used in classrooms, by teachers, students and, eventually, by the school bu...