Marysville officials are applying for money to replace the Fourth Street bridge over the Town Run, between Walnut and Plum streets. The bridge was built in 1948 and was expected to last 50 year. (Photo submitted) The city has received funding for one infrastructure project and is looking to secure funding for another. Marysville City Engineer Jeremy Hoyt recently announced the city was awarded $2 million from the Ohio Department of Transportation’s Small City Program to help finish the Route 31 widening project. Officials are applying for $500,000 from the Ohio Public Works Commission to replace the Fourth Street bridge…
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Mayor Henk Berbee is advocating for Marysville City Council to “keep an open mind and study the subject.” The “subject” is a photo of 25 senior members of the Marysville High School football team standing on a train engine, many of which are holding flags – two American flags, one Ohio flag, two school district flags and four others showing versions of the flags with blue, red or green stripes. The picture is meant as a promotional photo for the district’s football booster club. It has garnered both praise from those who say it is a show of support for…
Marysville’s income tax collections were better than expected this year. In fact, the numbers were so good that during a recent finance committee meeting, Finance Director Brad Lutz assumed the number was a mistake and told participants to ignore it. Committee members decided not to approve his report until the numbers were correct. When Lutz went back after the meeting, he discovered that a strong July pushed the city above expectations. He said that as of July 31, the city was about $491,000 “ahead of last year’s income tax collections.” The finance director said the good news means, “the city…
Just days before the start of school, Jonathan Alder school officials are taking steps to help the districts food service program stay afloat. At a special meeting Thursday, the district’s board of education approved a reduction in hours for all food service staff as well as the elimination of a part-time assistant cook position. District officials said they currently expend $43,284 a month on salaries and benefits in the food service department. Officials said that by cutting hours and eliminating the position they can reduce the overall food service operating expenses by 35%. Superintendent Gary Chapman said the decision was “incredibly…
Drop boxes, like this one in Union County from this year’s primary election, will be provided at every board of elections office in Ohio. Local election officials want residents to know they can request an absentee ballot and return it by mail or drop it into the drop box before Election Day. They can also vote early at the board office or in-person at their polling location on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3. (Photo submitted) As state and federal officials debate the process and security for the upcoming election, local officials are working to give voters as many options as…
A Florida man is in custody after breaking through this side door and allegedly abducting an elderly man from Prestige Gardens on Plum Street in Marysville. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) A local man is safe this morning following an apparent abduction. Deputy Chief Tony Brooks of the Marysville Division of Police said that police received a call at 2:42 p.m. Tuesday from Prestige Gardens, a rehabilitation and nursing facility, at 755 S. Plum St. The caller reported, “basically an abduction,” Brooks said. He said a man broke through the home’s glass front door and removed a 65-year-old man. Police…
Fairbanks Superintendent Adham Schirg said the district “turned a corner” Monday as schools welcomed teachers back into the buildings for the first time since March. He said teachers will be going through trainings as well as a health and safety walk through of each building, “so we can get everyone comfortable as they prepare to welcome students back next week.” Schirg told the board about the district’s annual teacher convocation. “We are here,” Schirg said as part of the convocation video. “We made it through an experience none of us could have foreseen happening in our careers. Rejoining our staff,…
A former Marysville resident is in Tri-County Regional Jail, charged with attacking a former roommate. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Cody Lane Ramey, 29, of Bellefontaine, charging him with one count each of burglary, assault, aggravated menacing and grand theft of a motor vehicle. RAMEY Union County Prosecutor Dave Phillips said Ramey and one of the victims had been roommates. He said that about 10 p.m., July 12, police were called to a home on Chestnut Street. They were told by the resident that Ramey, his former roommate, had threatened him. About two hours later, they were called…
In the photo above, storm damage can be seen on Friday to the temporary fencing in front of the Avalon Theater. In the photo below, a billboard off Clymer Road and Industrial Parkway is blown over by high winds. Additional photos on storm damage may be found on pages 5 and 8. Any one who wishes to share their storm photos can send them to the Journal-Tribune Facebook page or marysvillejt.com and click the submit a photo button. (Journal-Tribune photos by Chad Williamson) Property owners around Marysville are continuing to clean-up after a wind storm swept through the area Friday…
A man and woman are now facing charges after allegedly selling a fatal dose of fentanyl to a local man. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted James William Walden IV and his girlfriend Amanda Stigall, both of Springfield. WALDEN STIGALL Walden, 31, is charged with one count of involuntary manslaughter, one count of trafficking in drugs and two counts each of trafficking in a fentanyl-related compound and corrupting another with drugs. Stigall is charged with one count of trafficking in a fentanyl-related compound. Union County Prosecutor Dave Phillip said that on March 28, first responders were called…
Mental health professionals have said the global pandemic and subsequent lockdowns could cause an increase in domestic violence issues. Union County grand jurors are starting to see at least some of that. The grand jury recently indicted Danielle Olvera and Rodney Wilson on unrelated charges, both stemming from allegations they assaulted or threatened family and household members. WILSON Wilson, 47, of 123 W. Sixth St., Apt D, Marysville, is charged with two counts of extortion and one count each of abduction and aggravated menacing. Olvera, 40, of 51 ½ Rose St., Magnetic Springs, is charged with one count each…
Marysville officials are working to install an electric vehicle charging station at the northwest corner of Sixth and Plum streets. A pair of parking spots next to the station will dedicated for electric vehicles. Officials hope to have the stations in and operational soon. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kayleen Petrovia) Electric vehicle charging stations also in the works Marysville City Council member Donald Boerger has said he would like council to consider a noise ordinance. Earlier this year, Leon’s Garage, 326 E. Fifth St., announced it plans to expand the existing restaurant and add a new microbrewery at 129 N. Oak…
Marysville City Council is expected to hear legislation tonight that would clear the way for spec building to be constructed inside the city’s Innovation Park. Southgate asking to buy land so it can construct a building inside the park. Southgate does not have identified end users for many of the suites inside the building but hopes that once it’s built, users will come. (Photo submitted) For the third time in three years, Marysville officials are making an agreement to have a facility built in the Innovation Park in hopes that it will draw tenants. At tonight’s Marysville City Council meeting,…
The Union County Affordable Housing Task Force continues to meet, hoping to help solve the community’s lack of affordable housing. County Commissioner Chris Schmenk said she had a wake-up call after a meeting last year. In the February 2019 meeting, Building Industry Association of Central Ohio Executive Director Jon Melchi presented a Housing Need Assessment report. The report highlighted what Melchi called a significant housing shortfall for the entire region. According to the study, Central Ohio will need to add more than 14,000 housing units per year to accommodate an estimated 500,000 new jobs and 1 million new residents by…
Protesters and victims gathered Wednesday outside the Union County Courthouse. They were there for the first court appearance of Steffen Baldwin, former chief humane agent for the Union County Humane Society. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) $200,000 bond set for Steffen Baldwin Nearly a dozen protesters gathered outside the Union County Courthouse Wednesday in preparation for Steffen Baldwin’s first court appearance. Baldwin, the former chief humane agent for the Union County Humane Society, is charged with engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, bribery, 15 counts of telecommunications fraud, 13 cases of cruelty to animals, six counts of tampering with…