Residents in a pair of Union County townships will soon have the ability to see how officials there are spending money.
Author: Mac Cordell
Plain City officials are working to create a plan for capital expenses and improvement projects.
COOMER –––– Arson was attempt to cover mother’s alleged embezzlement The local man convicted of starting a 2013 fire that destroyed a business is back in Ohio and already in prison.
This home at 2227 Derby Drive, shown Wednesday, is preparing early for Halloween and trick-or-treaters. Marysville officials have announced Trick-or-Treat events will be held from 6-8 p.m., Monday, Oct. 31, this year with Scarysville in the Uptown from 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday Oct. 29, and the annual pumpkin drop scheduled from 1-5 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 30, at the Decker Fire Station. The Journal-Tribune will be updating Halloween related schedules as they become available closer to the events. (Journal-Tribune photo by Mac Cordell)
Union County officials are beginning to prepare for the 2017 budget.
Jerome Township resident Mark Spagnuolo has been named the new zoning inspector for the township.
A proposed referendum to a rezoning of the Jacquemin Farm rezoning in Jerome Township will not be moving forward.
Lucas Bender, right, speaks with his attorney Dennis Belli. A jury was selected Monday for trial before Bender decided to plead guilty to charges that he created and operated a meth lab in Marysville Mill Valley subdivision. (Journal-Tribune photo by Mac Cordell) –––– The local man operating a meth lab in Mill Valley has pleaded guilty and will likely spend seven years in prison.
MILLER –––– A local man who assaulted his six-week-old son, will spend the next three years in prison.
Officials frustrated by third new test in as many years, lower scores School officials around Union County are saying the recently-released Ohio Department of Education Report Cards are relatively worthless information.
Kenny Baker, in green, and John Ellison, in orange, of the Columbus-based testing lab Intertek, are shown in the soybean field off Mill Road near the Mill Valley housing development Thursday. The men said they were there to drill for and test soil samples on the site. City officials say the field, just west of the access road to Turkey Hill and Burger King, will be a private preschool. (Journal-Tribune photo by Mac Cordell)
90s Fest has me remembering This weekend in Columbus is 90s Fest, a music festival featuring musicians from the 1990s.
While trash, water and sewer rates are all increasing, users in Plain City will actually see a reduction in their bills.
Work at the Millcreek Wastewater Treatment Plant in the Millcreek Estates Subdivision, off Watkins Road in Dover Township, began earlier this week. The project, funded by an Ohio Public Works Commission, will upgrade the plant to provide “a higher quality effluent into Mill Creek” according to Union County Engineer Jeff Stauch. Officials from the county engineer’s office say they plan to have all work completed by Feb. 1 and do not expect any disruption in service. Stauch is asking anyone with questions about the upgrade project to call the Union County Engineer’s Department, (937) 645-3018. (Journal-Tribune photo by Mac Cordell)
At Monday’s council meeting, Plain City officials announced a proposed housing development.