Residents want council to make sure it protects MacIvor Woods before permitting an adjacent development. At Monday’s public hearing for the Residences at Bethel Woods, Mela Kircher expressed concern for the MacIvor Woods conservation easement. “I do think more needs to be done to protect the preserve,” Kircher said. Residences at Bethel Woods is a 51-home, development planned for 14 acres behind the Kroger Marketplace and adjacent to the MacIvor Woods. The development will be a mix of 31, freestanding condominiums and 20 townhome style homes in eight buildings. Kircher addressed a variety of concerns with the plan including lighting,…
Author: Mac Cordell
It appears that owners of a children’s roller coaster will be seeing their gator sooner rather than later. Officials from the Union County Sheriff’s Office have announced that the Go Gator carnival roller coaster has been found and recovered. “We received a tip from the public, from someone who had seen all the reports,” said Union County Sheriff Jamie Patton. He said an eagle-eyed tipster led investigators to a business parking lot in Cardington, a village on U.S. 42, about 40 miles northeast of Marysville. The 50-foot ride was stolen from the Union County Fairgrounds between Aug, 27 and Aug.…
On Wednesday Doug Chivington will bicycle from the Cincinnati Zoo to the Toledo Zoo, and he is hoping to do it quickly. The former Honda associate is hoping to establish a state record for his age group, 50-59, for the World UltraCycling Association. But the ride is part of something even bigger, Chivington says. He explained the trip is his way of combining a passion for ultra-distance cycling and supporting military veterans into a yearlong quest to educate others about traumatic brain injuries and the mission of the Resurrecting Lives Foundation. “God has given me the talent to sit on…
Raymond Elementary School is closed today and district officials are working on a way to supply potable water to the building. Marysville Superintendent Diane Mankins confirmed that Friday afternoon, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) contacted Marysville Schools about the water supply at Raymond Elementary School. On Aug. 20 and Aug. 30, the EPA tested the water at the school. The tests revealed the building’s water system, “exceeded the USEPA Health Advisory Level (HAL) for antimony.” According to an EPA notice, “antimony is a natural occurring element.” EPA officials cited a World Health Organization statement that “antimony is not normally a…
I want to declare bankruptcy. I am overwhelmed and under water. It’s not my finances, but my e-mail account that I want to purge. I have had the same e-mail address for more than a decade. In my younger years, I had a variety of email addresses — school addresses, work addresses, an address I put on all sorts of applications and forms, a spoof address, ones for my friends. But 10 years ago, I purchased the original Android phone, the Dream, even moving to T-Mobile so I could have access to the phone through Vodaphone, T-Mobile’s European arm. The…
Union County could soon be getting another funeral home, this one for man’s best friend. Faithful Companion Pet Cremation Service has expressed interest an interest to open a pet crematorium in Jerome Township. The company has said it would like to build a 7,100 square feet facility at 8220 Memorial Drive, Plain City. The location is zoned commercial, which does allow funeral homes and cremation services. Officials wondered, however, if the permitted use designation for funeral services extended beyond people to pets. Township Director of Departments Doug Stewart said the zoning code did not specifically allow for pet crematoriums, but…
Jerome Township officials are in the process of replacing the official in charge of growth in the township. Last month, former zoning inspector Mark Spagnuolo resigned abruptly. Township Director of Departments Doug Stewart said the township received 20 resumes for the position before Friday’s close of the application period. “We have selected several applicants to get more information from” Stewart said, noting he believes there are nine applicants in that process. He explained the hiring process began even before the deadline. “We sorted the applicants through the process so we didn’t have so many to go through all at one…
Dozens of doggies went to Marysville Municipal Pool Tuesday for the annual dog swim. The pool closed to people Monday evening, but pooches get one final swim for the season. Above, a pair of golden retrievers spring into the water. Right, 6-year-old Bennett McKinley helps his Aussiedor puppy, Bexley, out of the water. An Aussiedor is a cross between an Australian shepherd and a Labrador retriever. Below, Krista Hall works to push Tucker, her golden retriever, into the water while Shawn Sigafoos tries to encourage the dog. (Journal-Tribune photos by Mac Cordell and submitted)
A local man has been charged in connection with the death of his girlfriend. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Quentin T. Snodgres, 42, of 8011 Rickard Road, Plain City, charging him with one count of involuntary manslaughter, one count of possession of heroin and two counts of trafficking in heroin. Snodgres and Jennifer Ann Moore, 40, of Plain City were in a relationship. Prosecutors say that on May 17, Snodgres went to Columbus to purchase heroin. At some point, he gave heroin to Moore. She allegedly took the drugs, overdosed and died in the Rickard Road home. A…
The Union County Prosecutors Office and grand jury are working to keep local correctional facilities safe. “When you have a penal institute, they are crowded or sometimes overcrowded,” Phillips said. “You have to be able to maintain control and order.” Phillips added that corrections officers and other prison staff members have a job to do. When drugs or violence are added to the environment, it makes it difficult, even dangerous for them to do their job. “When an inmate assaults a corrections officer, or spits at them, or when there are drugs involved, we will prosecute,” Phillips said. “We have…
Pictured is Jonathan Andrew Rideout. A Delaware man could be facing nearly a decade and a half behind bars after allegedly driving to Marysville and shooting into a home. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Jonathan Andrew Rideout, 21, of Delaware, charging him with one count each of improperly discharging a firearm, improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle and tampering with evidence. According to court documents, on Aug. 24, Rideout and a Union County resident got into an argument over Facebook. “There were some back and forth messaging,” Union County Prosecutor Dave Phillips said. He said Rideout drove…
Pictured is Amy E. Resch. A Portage County woman has been sentenced to 30 months in prison after threatening to murder the local prosecutor. In June, Amy E. Resch, 28, of the Dayton Correctional Institute, pleaded guilty to one count each of retaliation and intimidation of an attorney, victim or witness in a crime. Recently she was sentenced to 30 months in prison. Resch was upset with Union County Prosecutor Dave Phillips because he had opposed her petition for judicial release in 2017. Shortly after her petition was denied by the judge, Resch wrote Phillips a letter, which started kindly,…
Marysville City Council recently heard plans for The Residences at Bethel Woods, a gated community of freestanding and townhome style condominiums. The project will be south of the Kroger building and bordered by MacIvor Woods Park to the south and west. (Photo submitted) Residents will have an opportunity to have their say on plans for a proposed gated community on West Fifth Street. Residences at Bethel Woods is a 51-home development planned for 14 acres behind the Kroger Marketplace and adjacent to the MacIvor Woods. The development will be a mix of 31 freestanding condominiums and 20 townhome style homes…
The Plain City Police Department and the Pleasant Valley Joint Fire District responded to a diesel fuel spill about 4 p.m., Tuesday on N. Chillicothe Street. Officials worked to make sure the leaked fuel was contained to the parking lot and roadway and did not enter the ditches or drainage system in the area. (Journal-Tribune photo by Mac Cordell)
Fresh off the success of the Marysville Bicentennial celebration, city officials are already working on plans to increase the number of community celebrations. City officials and residents spent much of Monday night’s city council meeting congratulating and thanking city staff for the recent two-day celebration of Marysville’s 200th birthday. “It was a wonderful event,” Kathy Young, a resident, told council as part of the meeting. Resident Tony Eufinger, called it, “a wonderful bicentennial” adding that his family “truly enjoyed it.” Council member Scott Brock said that when he moved to Marysville, the city celebrated the Honda Homecoming, but he doesn’t…