Police Beat

March 24, 2026

Police Beat – 3/24/26

By From JT Staff Reports

From Union County Sheriff’s Office reports:

At 12:40 a.m., Friday, a deputy went to the Franklin County Jail to take custody of Patrick L. Gallucci, 47, of Akron, for outstanding arrest warrants and then transported him to the Tri-County Regional Jail.

A deputy responded to Route 739 near Baldwin Ro...

Police Beat

Police Beat – 3/23/26

By From JT Staff Reports

March 23, 2026

From Marysville Division of Police reports: In the 100 block of South Main Street at 12:13 p.m., Friday, an officer responded to a business office for a report of criminal trespassing and the case is ...

Police Beat

Police Beat – 3/21/26

By From JT Staff Reports

March 23, 2026

From Marysville Division of Police reports: Cletus D. Edwards, 43, of Woodstock, was cited for having no operator’s license and operation of vehicle at stops on Mulberry Street at 1:25 p.m., Thursday....

Police Beat

Police Beat – 3/20/26

By From JT Staff Reports

March 20, 2026

From Marysville Division of Police reports: Police were dispatched to a school in the 300 block of Damascus Road at 4:14 p.m., Wednesday, for a well-being check on a 55-year-old female resident and th...

Local News, News

Dispatchers in the Union County Sheriff’s Office 911 center, shown above, handle several calls on a daily basis. Dispatchers in the center on March 13 during the wind storm handled four-times the call volume of a typical afternoon. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kyle Meddles)

Wind shear chaos

Dispatchers describe being in the 911 center as March 13 winds hit

By Michael Williamson

March 24, 2026

Once calls started coming into the Union County Sheriff’s Office 911 center on March 13, they didn’t quit for nearly three hours. The day started out normally for dispatch supervisors Rachel Kerr and ...

Court News, Local News, News

Fork threat leads to domestic violence charge

Grand jury indictments

By Kyle Meddles

March 24, 2026

A Marysville man with prior convictions of domestic violence faces a third-degree felony charge after allegedly threatening to stab his mother with a fork. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Ree...

News, Plain City, Plain City News

A March hail in Plain City

By Michael Williamson

March 23, 2026

Quarter-size hail pieces land with a bang on rooftops and walkways in Plain City Sunday night. A thunderstorm system passed through the area into the evening hours, bringing thunder, lighting, rain an...

Monarch hoopsters earn conference accolades

Sports

Cole Brewer (left) and Jenna Hackworth (right) of Marysville have earned first-team basketball honors in the Ohio Capital Conference Cardinal Division for the 2025-2026 season. (Journal-Tribune photos by Tim Miller)

Monarch hoopsters earn conference accolades

By Tim Miller

March 23, 2026

Several Marysville High School basketball players have earned Ohio Capital Conference honors for the 2025-2026 season. Cole Brewer earned first-team accolades in the circuit’s Cardinal Division for th...

Cagers earn Ohio Heritage Conference honors

Sports

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

March 23, 2026

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...

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...