Author: Mac Cordell

Tony Hernandez, on the ground, and Jack King, with Miller Cable Company, work to hang cable across Route 31, just south of the U.S. 33 exit ramps Wednesday afternoon. The lines will feed a set of traffic lights at the intersection. The work is part of series of Ohio Department of Transportation improvements to the Route 31 Bridge to be made over the next year. During these improvements, traffic will be limited to a single lane in each direction through the work zone, with temporary traffic lights installed to direct motorists. According to city officials, the project is entirely funded…

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Above, a rainbow stretches over the Union County Airport as the sun sets on the All Ohio Balloon Fest Saturday night. The gift from Mother Nature was little consolation, as downpours held down attendance at the event Saturday night. (Photo submitted) –––– All Ohio Balloon Festival (AOBF) organizers are seeing the silver lining in this weekend’s dark clouds.

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Despite three personal records set by North Union girls’ golfers, Fairbanks came out ahead during Friday’s head-to-head match Mill Creek Golf Club in Ostrander. The Panthers came out in front of the Lady Cats by a score of 354-389.

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More than a dozen local farmers have come to the aid of Calvin Low who was injured in a tractor accident earlier this year. Neighbors and friends tended to his fields, cared for his animals and cut, baled and stacked three cuttings of hay from Low’s fields. Above, from left, Roy Adams, Darrison Cook, Tim McCarty, Greg Westfall and Kevin Kilfain work to stack the bales of hay in Low’s barn. (Journal Tribune photo by Mac Cordell) –––– Everyone knows you make hay while the sun shines. Through making hay, one local farmer recently learned it’s more than just sunshine…

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