Officials have said they are pleased with the city’s FYBR parking sensor system which has led to more turnover and better parking opportunities in the city’s Uptown. Officials stress that residents can use a Marysville parking app on their phone to find open parking spaces. Above, Dave Fahrenholz with FYBR works through the rain Friday to replace one of the parking sensors on West Sixth Street. (Journal-Tribune photo by Mac Cordell) —
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Donald Boerger will serve as Marysville council’s president and the city’s mayor. Boerger told the other council members that being elected president and mayor is “one of the greatest honors in my personal life.” He said he is very passionate and determined. Boerger said he has a plan for the city. “When I do take over the meeting in the next meeting, I will have a speech prepared as a president of what I would like to see moving forward and how we are going to guide public policy moving forward,” he told his fellow council members. “I am looking…
“You jumped into the hot seat real quick,” Marysville City Manager Terry Emery told city council’s three new members after Monday night’s meeting, the first for the three newly elected members. As part of the meeting, the body approved the rezoning and annexation for the first phase of Marysville East Section 1, tabled the rezoning for Marysville East Section 2, gave final approval for a development agreement that will provide for development in the area around the city’s former water treatment plant, the Heritage silo site and several other commercial properties. In a 5-2 vote, with new council members Steven…
The trial of Steffen Baldwin started Monday. Baldwin is the former executive director of Union County Humane Society. He is charged with cruelty to animals as well as lying to animal lovers who contributed to a variety of charities he was associated with. Baldwin took the stand Monday not in his defense but as part of a motion to have the Union County Prosecutor’s Office removed from the trial and a spe-cial prosecutor appointed. (Journal-Tribune photo by Mac Cordell) — After nearly four years of legal wrangling, the long-awaited trial of Steffen Evan Baldwin is underway. The trial for Baldwin…
A Raymond woman has been indicted after allegedly attacking her juvenile son and disabled husband. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Lucinda Kay Stinemetz, 44, of 21962 Route 347. Stinemetz is charged with two counts of domestic violence. According to court documents, on Dec. 17, the Union County Sheriff’s Office was called to the Route 347 home on a report of domestic violence. Investigators determined Stinemetz punched both her husband and her son. Stinemetz told investigators she “decked” her son. “I punched him in the face, I’m not going to say I didn’t do it because I did do…
My wife is a teacher. Each new year when the teachers at her building return from the Christmas holiday, they share a word of the year. Each teacher offers a word they intend to make theirs during the year, which will span the end of the current school year and begin the next year. The word is supposed to reflect where they are in their life and a direction they want to head in the coming year. Not so much a resolution to get something accomplished, but a sort of direction or mindset. Several years ago my wife read the…
A police investigation into an alleged assault video has led to a series of sex-related indictments for a Marysville man. A Union County Grand Jury has indicted Jason Matthew Boblitt, 19, of 690 Milford Avenue, Apt. 8B, charging him with one count each of sexual battery, unlawful sexual conduct with a minor and gross sexual imposition. According to court documents, in August police learned of a video that showed an alleged assault. The video shows Boblitt allegedly being attacked. A female can be heard telling Boblitt, “That’s what you get for touching me.” When police interviewed the girl, 16, she…
A man and woman from Logan County have been indicted, charged with allegedly shooting at a man in Jerome Township. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Teosha N. Reynolds, 34, and Jamyle T. Bell, also known as Ja’veion Jones, 18, of Bellefontaine. Jones is charged with one count each of felonious assault, having weapons while under disability, improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle, obstructing official business, falsification and tampering with evidence. Reynolds is charged with one count each of felonious assault, improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle, endangering children and tampering with evidence. According to court documents, on…
An area woman and her granddaughter are facing more than a decade in prison after allegedly burning down the home of another relative. A Union County Grand Jury has indicted Rosa M. McMillen, 84, of 127 Hemlock Drive, and her granddaughter, Ashley Lynn Harrington, also known as Ashley Lynn Diamond, 35, of 21913 Raymond Rd. McMillen and Harrington are each charged with one count of aggravated arson, one count of insurance fraud and one count of vandalism. Union County Prosecutor Dave Phillips said McMillen owned a mobile home on Rapp Dean Road. He said she allowed her son, Harrington’s uncle,…
One-year-old Evelyn Shrider and her mother, Courtney, braved the cold and snowy conditions Monday to take advantage of the Merry on Main iceless skating rink in Marysville’s Partners Park Pavilion, 125 E. Sixth St. The ice rink will be open from 2 to 8 p.m., everyday until Jan. 2, except Christmas. On Dec. 28, visitors will also be able to enjoy bounce houses, an inflatable slide, specials by Uptown merchants and a magical train ride as part of the annual Merrysville Winter Wonderland celebration. (Journal-Tribune photo by Mac Cordell) —
Growth — both philosophically and specifically — was at the heart of much discussion at Marysville City Council’s final meeting of the year. At the meeting, council held a public hearing for the annexation and rezoning of 351 acres north of U.S. 33, on both sides of Watkins Road, between The Crossing at Watkins Glen Condominiums and Wildwood Lane for the first phase of the proposed Marysville East development. The development would include several hundred multi-family units, about 55 single-family homes, a 251.31 innovation district with an anticipated 3.1 million square feet of building space and public and common space.…
An apparent dispute over guns has led to the indictment of a Columbus man. A Union County Grand Jury has indicted Jayden Alexander, 19, of Columbus, charging him with two counts of having weapons under disability and one count each of improperly furnishing firearms to a minor and receiving stolen property. According to court documents, on Nov. 18, Marysville police received a complaint from a resident in the area of Windmill Drive. The caller said there was a loud exchange of “multiple people fighting over guns.” The caller expressed fear that they or someone would get shot. As part of…
A Marysville man could be facing decades in prison after allegedly raping a woman and holding her against her will. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Christian Sayvonn Buchanan, 30, of 101 E. Fifth St., charging him with one count of rape and one count of kidnapping. Union County Prosecutor Dave Phillips said Buchanan and the victim connected on a social media app known as Roomster, often used to help individuals find rooms for rent or roommates to share a home. “It was casual,” Phillips said. “They were not dating, but they had known each other. They had gotten…
Marysville’s iceless ice skating, Merry on Main, has become an annual tradition in the pavilion at Partners Park, 125 E. Sixth St. The rink opened Saturday and will remain until Jan. 2. The rink will be open today from 5 to 8 p.m. Starting Saturday, the rink will be open each day from 2 to 8 p.m. through Jan. 2. The rink will be closed Christmas, but will remain open until 10 p.m. on New Year’s Eve. Skating is free to residents and visitors. Above, Elli Youngpeters with SuperGames works to arrange the ice skates, which are also provided. (Journal-Tribune…
Union County Sheriff Jamie Patton is asking drivers to “take a deep breath and take a time-out” after a pair of road rage incidents involving guns this week. “People are losing their temper and it is escalating and has escalated to violence,” Patton said. “We can’t have that. The roads are dangerous enough without this type of behavior.” The sheriff is referring to a pair of road rage incidents —one Tuesday and another Wednesday. “The one last night is separate from the one the day before,” Patton said Wednesday. At about 10:10 a.m., Tuesday, a 2023 Honda CR-V and a…