County officials and others are asking Marysville City Council not to extend an existing Tax Increment Financing Agreement in the city. Earlier this week council held a public hearing for an ordinance that would extend the Tax Increment Financing (TIF) agreement for the City Gate/Coleman’s Crossing areas. A Tax Increment Financing (TIF) agreement diverts property tax payments, approved by the voters for things like schools, libraries, mental health and other entities that rely on property tax revenue, to the city for projects in the area. The state recently created an opportunity for communities to extend commercial TIFs that meet certain…
Author: Mac Cordell
City officials are preparing to update Marysville’s thoroughfare plan. As part of the plan, engineers considered natural growth as well as projected development to determine what areas will likely need attention to keep goods and people moving smoothly in the city for the next two decades. Areas of growth are shown in pink. Officials have said roadways and intersections in yellow, orange or red (with red being the worst) will see substantial delays in the future if nothing is done to address the growth and infrastructure. (Photo submitted) — City Council is getting an opportunity to consider a plan to…
Like many children, Walt Henderson didn’t know everything about his dad. Even as an adult, there was a lot about his father Walt didn’t know. Walt, who is active in the community and school district, knew the basics. His father, William Paul “Bill” Henderson, was born in Western New York on Nov. 19, 1919. Walt knew his father was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1942, shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor and served as an infantry rifleman with a unit known as Merrill’s Marauders. He knew his father was injured, but beyond that, didn’t know much. Walt said…
Next year, Marysville City Council will look very different and the land on Route 245 will look the same. According to unofficial results from the Union County Board of Elections, Marysville voters apparently have rejected three of four incumbent city council members and overturned a council decision to annex 265 acres on Route 245 for housing. According to unofficial results from the Union County Board of Elections, in Marysville’s Ward One, write-in candidate Steven Wolfe has apparently defeated incumbent Aaron Carpenter. Board of Elections officials said Wolfe had 1,013 of the 1,071 write-in votes. The remainder went to candidates not…
According to unofficial results from the Union County Board of Elections, as of Wednesday morning, it appears as though Steven Wolfe, who ran as a write-in candidate, has defeated incumbent Aaron Carpenter for Marysville’s Ward One Council seat. Board of Elections officials said Wolfe has 1,013 votes and Carpenter has 998 votes. Officials said there are 26 provisional and eight potential absentee ballots to be counted in Ward One. Michelle Forrider, deputy director of the Union County Board of Elections, left, and Brandon Clay, director of the Union County Board of Elections, right, work Wednesday morning to count the write-in…
Avalon Theater officials have presented a plan to create a parklet in front of the theater at 121 S. Main St. The plan was first presented in 2020, but has been scaled back to occupy just two on-street parking spaces. (Photo submitted) — City and theater officials are once again discussing the potential of adding a parklet in front of the Avalon Theatre. At Monday night’s City Council work session, Liz Martin and Tim Schacht, with the Marysville Uptown Theatre board presented a plan to create a “parklet” in the street in front of the Avalon Theatre, 121 S. Main…
City and school officials are working to revise a long-standing property tax sharing agreement. At Monday’s city council work session, officials presented a revision to the city’s Tax Increment Financing (TIF) agreement with the school district. A TIF is an economic development tool that diverts a property’s tax payments, approved by voters for things like schools, libraries, mental health and other entities that rely on property tax revenue, to the city for projects related to that property. Marysville City Manager Terry Emery said that when the residential TIFs were implemented between 2006 and 2008, the city needed to build a…
A Pennsylvania man is dead and another man is in custody following a police chase Thursday that ended near 19906 Bear Swamp Road. The two men stopped in the area and fled on foot. The driver apparently committed suicide while the other man was taken into custody. Law enforcement officials from a variety of agencies inside the county and from surrounding communities searched area homes and fields looking for another suspect who was eventually located in Marysville. (Journal-Tribune photo by Mac Cordell) — Law enforcement and first responders are pictured on Bear Swamp Road after…
Law enforcement and first responders are pictured on Bear Swamp Road after an individual was reported dead following a vehicle pursuit. The male was reportedly a suspect in a murder in Pennsylvania and died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. (Journal-Tribune photo by Mac Cordell) — A Pennsylvania murder suspect is dead and several other individuals are in custody following a police chase in Marysville. Shortly after 2:30 p.m. Thursday, the Marysville Police Department was notified that a vehicle, reported stolen out of Pennsylvania, was spotted in Marysville. Officials from police said the suspected car thief was wanted in connection with…
The Union County Coroner’s Office has ruled that it does not have enough information to make a determination on how two women died, in unconnected cases. The coroner’s office recently released reports on the death of Joyce Wickline, whose body was found July 29, and Roxanne Wood, who died Aug. 25. The deaths of the two women were unrelated. Separate coroner reports for Wood and Wickline list both the causes and manners of death as “undetermined.” “In a nutshell, it just means we didn’t have a definite cause of death,” said Lance Emberling, an investigator with the Union County Coroner’s…
Police are investigating after this 1995 Chevy S-10 Blazer crashed into the Big Darby Creek off Middleburg-Plain City Road on Tuesday morning. The driver was found dead inside the vehicle, though police are not releasing the man’s name or how he died. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff) — Investigators are not releasing the name of or details surrounding a deceased man whose body was found inside a car in the Big Darby Creek. According to a release from the Champaign County Sheriff’s Office, an unidentified man was found dead inside a car following a crash Tuesday morning. “This incident remains…
More than 26,000 names in Ohio, 149 in Union County, have been purged from the voter rolls just weeks ahead of the November election. On Sept. 26, the Secretary of State’s office removed 26,600 names from the state’s list of registered voters. Brandon Clay, director of the Union County Board of Elections, confirmed that 149 of those removed were registered in Union County. Clay stressed that the process to remove names is something that happens annually. “This is just part of the process we do yearly to make sure the roles are up to date and clean,” Clay said. According…
Children young and old celebrated in Marysville’s Uptown on Saturday at the city’s annual Scarysville event. Businesses and organizations lined the sidewalks passing out treats and information. Above, Grace Augenstein isn’t sure she trusts the Grinch, played by Jill Johnson, though eventually the lioness decided to take the candy. Below, left, Isabella Neighoff delivers a piece of candy to her sister Eloise who chose to wait in her carriage. Below, right, cowboy Jack Lyon poses with his brothers, Duke, at the head of the slinky dog, and Henry, behind. Marysville’s Trick-or-Treat will be held tonight from 6-8 p.m., rain or…
Despite the cool, rainy weather, the streets of Marysville were filled with ghouls, ghosts, aliens, cowboys, princesses and thousands of other characters Saturday morning as residents and visitors celebrated with the Uptown Scarysville. Businesses and organizations passed out candy and gifts as well as information at the annual pre-Halloween celebration. For more photos from this year’s Uptown Scarysville, see Tuesday’s Journal-Tribune. (Journal-Tribune photo by Mac Cordell) —
Marysville schools were closed Friday as the district dealt with transportation issues. Shortly after 7 p.m., Thursday, district officials began notifying parents of the closure. “Due to staff shortages and unexpected absences due to illness in our transportation department, Marysville Schools will be closed tomorrow, Friday, October 27,” according to a social media announcement. “We have been dealing with a critical staffing level, off and on, all year,” Superintendent Diane Allen said, explaining that bus drivers are routinely driving multiple routes. She said that because drivers are doubling up routes, if one driver is out, it impacts multiple routes. “It…