City of Marysville and County officials seem ready to commit to Nixle. The city’s finance committee discussed allocating additional money to upgrade the city and county’s free Nixle usage to a premium version. Nixle is a program used to inform residents of area crashes, hazardous conditions and other emergencies via social media and smart devices. City Finance Director Justin Nahvi said right now city police and fire departments use both Nixle and a program called Code Red. “Working with the Union County Sheriff’s Office, the city and county want to move exclusively to Nixle,” Nahvi said. The cost of the…
Author: Will Channell
According to Marysville Police Department reports: Officers responded to a suicide threat on London Avenue Monday at 2:01 a.m. Nicholas Todd Huizenga, 29, of Pandora, was arrested for license forfeiture Monday at 11:09 a.m. Police investigated a theft on East Fifth Street Monday at 1:06 p.m. Officers investigated a report of criminal damaging Monday at 8:11 p.m. According to Union County Sheriff’s Office reports: David C. Bussard, 28, of Columbus, was taken into custody for an outstanding arrest warrant after a deputy went to the Franklin County Jail at 1:16 a.m. Friday. He was taken to Tri-County Regional Jail. Christina…
On Thursday the City of Marysville will host its annual State of the City address. This will be the second year of the city’s new format for the address. Under the new format, the city will show attendees a video highlighting the past year in the community, then a panel discussion with local officials answering questions. The event will be at the Scotts Miracle-Gro Company. According to Marysville City Manager Terry Emery, the video-panel format replaced the previous, traditional address to provide something a bit more engaging. According to Emery, the night will start at 6 p.m. with a networking…
According to Marysville Police Department reports: Jessica Alexander, 31, of Saffron Drive, was arrested for driving under the influence and driving left of center Friday at 6:21 a.m. Joseph M. Carrao, 28, of West Fifth Street, was arrested for disorderly conduct Friday at 1:07 a.m. Jacey Rae Coyle, 18, of Gandy Eddy Road, was arrested on a warrant on West Fifth Street Friday at 4:29 a.m. Police investigated a report of breaking and entering on Pony Place Friday at 8:57 a.m. Officers responded to a report of telephone harassment on Chestnut Street Friday at 11:30 a.m. Officers investigated a report…
Mary Call, of Marysville, plays with her dog, Ruby, during a walk in Eljer Park Friday afternoon. Call said she likes to take Ruby to both Eljer and Schwartzkopf Park, “when it’s not flooded.” (Journal-Tribune photo by Will Channell)
GRIER The arrests come a week after the robbery that caused the temporary closure of Plain City gun shop Smokin’ Aces. According to a release on a Whitehall Police social media page, authorities executed a warrant at 208 Midcliff Drive in Whitehall on Feb. 14, “after a passerby alerted the Whitehall Police of a vehicle they believed to be stolen.” According to the release, the occupants fled on foot and were located by Whitehall Police shortly thereafter. The vehicle had been stolen from Reynoldsburg on Feb. 5. Authorities surrounded and searched the residence on Midcliff Drive where they arrested Chavez…
According to Marysville Police Department reports: Police investigated a suicide threat on West Fourth Street Thursday at 2:19 a.m. Police investigated disorderly conduct on Restoration Drive Thursday at 4:33 p.m. Police investigated suspicious conditions on Professional Parkway Thursday at 11:26 p.m. According to Union County Sheriff’s Office reports: A deputy assisted a Plain City Police officer with a domestic dispute at a residence on Johnson Court in Plain City Thursday at 1:22 a.m. Deputies assisted Marysville Police officers with a person threatening self-harm on Plum Street near East Fifth Street Thursday at 4:03 a.m. Deputies responded to the 28000 block…
Local authorities were called to a single-vehicle injury crash on U.S. 33 eastbound, west of Route 245, today at about 7:30 a.m. According to Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers on the scene, one 19-year-old female was transported for medical attention. More details about the crash will be available in a future edition of the Journal-Tribune. (Journal-Tribune photo by Will Channell)
A town stalled in time I did not spend the first six years of my life in Marysville. Those years were spent in Kettering, one of several neighborhoods surrounding Dayton. It was a nice enough place. Looking back, it was an almost idyllic town where I was allowed to roam around my neighborhood without fear of harm. It was also the mid 1990s when I grew up there and in my head the area is stalled in that era. It’s something I’ve always wondered if other people experience. That period of my life is still strongly associated with the ‘90s…
According to Marysville Police Department reports: The theft of temporary vehicle registration at a business on U.S. 36 was investigated at 3:57 p.m. Wednesday. According to Union County Sheriff’s Office reports: Nicholas A. Dunbar, 23, of Richwood, was taken into custody for an outstanding arrest warrant when he turned himself in at the Sheriff’s Office at 12:26 a.m. Wednesday. A property damage crash involving a 2015 Honda Accord that was struck by a 2016 Honda HR-V and a 2014 Toyota Corolla at the intersection of Northwest Parkway and Route 245 was investigated at 1:26 a.m. Wednesday. A property damage crash…
According to Marysville Police Department reports: John Wayne Rowe, 47, and Angela K. Ray, 35, both of Columbus, were arrested for theft Tuesday at 11 a.m. Police investigated suspicious conditions on Colemans Crossing Tuesday at 2:22 a.m. Marcus W. Biggs, 38, of Marysville, was arrested for driving under the influence on Mill Wood Boulevard Tuesday at 3:52 p.m. Officers responded to a civil standby on Milford Avenue Tuesday at 4:19 p.m. According to Union County Sheriff’s Office reports: A deputy investigated unwanted text and phone messages that were received at a residence in the 18000 block of Route 31 Tuesday…
Cold weather isn’t stopping the City of Marysville from preparing for the summer. City worker Scott Ferguson removes a security camera in preparation for a new concession window to be installed at the city pool. (Journal-Tribune photo by Will Channell)
According to Marysville Police Department reports: Police assisted in a medical incident on West Fifth Street Monday at 12:06 a.m. Officers investigated a theft on West Fifth Street Monday at 3:02 p.m. Police responded to a report of recovered property on Colemans Crossing Boulevard Monday at 4:01 p.m. Officers responded to a report from a woman who said someone cut her screen on Milford Avenue Monday at 4:17 p.m. Zane Lile Corbin, 19, of North Cherry Street, was arrested on a charge of failure to appear Monday at 5:02 p.m. According to Union County Sheriff’s Office reports: A deputy responded…
City of Marysville officials are asking residents to speak up if they see pot holes. At Monday night’s city council meeting, City Engineer Jeremy Hoyt said crews are working to patch potholes reported by residents or seen by officials. In an interview, Hoyt expressed concern over the effect of this year’s winter on the city’s roads. With the extreme swings in temperature in the last month, this winter could prove harder on roadways than in past years. The inconsistent weather would be rough on any infrastructure, Hoyt said, and that include roads. According to Hoyt, officials have already gotten reports…
According to Marysville Police Department reports: Earl Gilbert Lanning, 50, of Bridle Drive, was arrested on a warrant Friday at 4:19 a.m. Police investigated a suspicious person on Meadows Drive Friday at 5:15 a.m. Officers responded to a theft on Amrine Mill Road Friday at 12:04 p.m. Police responded to a request to assist another agency in Richwood Friday at 1:39 p.m. Officers investigated possession of drug paraphernalia on U.S. 33 and U.S. 42 Friday at 4:35 p.m. Police responded to a theft on Colemans Crossing Boulevard Friday at 9:50 p.m. Amanda M. Hill, 38, of Milford Avenue, was arrested…