Columns/Editorials

There was a time, not all that long ago, though it feels like it now, when going to the movies felt like a special occasion. It wasn’t just something to do, it was something to look forward to. Showti...

Dear Editor, As communities across the country grapple with rising fuel costs, air pollution, and the growing impacts of Global Warming, one solution is becoming increasingly clear; the widespread ado...

Everyone has places they frequent, whether it’s a restaurant, park or a road during the commute to work, but I like to think that there are specific parts of these locations that resonate on a deeper ...

Chick-fil-A opened Thursday and Marysville’s streets near the restaurant on Delaware Avenue were as crowded as ever with cars and trucks, full of eager drivers waiting to get their hands on a freshly ...

It’s the season of reemergence around Marysville. The trees are starting to show buds, migratory birds are returning and teens are about to start sprinting around the city in their underwear. Some of ...

Dear Editor, My name is Eva Wood, and I am a freshman at Marysville High School. I am a member of scout troop 7777 with the Simon Kenton Council based at Global Methodist Church in Marysville. I am wr...

Now that we are almost in the college football and basketball offseason at the same time, I wanted to address the transfer portal and the controversy surrounding it. The transfer portal is creating an...

Dear Editor, The nation is currently reeling with the release of some of the Jeffrey Epstein files. On Tuesday, Feb. 10, Rep. Ro Khanna, on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, named Les We...

In a world where it feels like new food options pop up every week, it can honestly get a little chaotic trying to keep track of what’s around town. Marysville especially feels like it’s adding a new r...

This community is going through a period of transition. We say transition because long gone are the days of needing enough rooftops to attract restaurants and development so now it seems like the resi...

A few years before elected President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln ran for the U.S. Senate to represent Illinois. During a debate in 1858 with his opponent, incumbent Stephen A. Douglas, the s...

Americans love variety. We have it for everything, food items, electronics and even toilet paper. At one time, we apparently even had it for currency. I was reminded of this fact when I recently finis...

A few years before I stepped onto my path as a professional writer, I sat down to cook up the first collection of words that I knew would exist beyond my lifetime. The memories you record below your s...

Since a group of Fairbanks students visited the newsroom on Thursday, I have had a strange full-circle feeling regarding where I am in life now and my high school alma-mater. Over seven years ago, I w...

Last week, I had the unique opportunity to watch Union County , the feature film set here in Marysville and Logan County, as part of its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. If you’ve read my...

I have reported on Richwood Council for the last two years. During that time I have seen many efforts to save the Opera House fall short while we all hear the metaphorical death rattle of the 136-year...

It’s tax season in the U.S. which occurs annually at this time of the year, but this time people seem to be struggling financially more than normal. The next time you are in the grocery store, just lo...

When people talk about the local car business having the worst month of November in 10 years and bars closing their doors permanently because drinking has now jumped the shark, we can be thankful in o...

I think U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is beginning to operate more in line with Nazi Gestapo agents than an American law enforcement agency. This Wednesday, a 37-year-old woman was sho...

The story of newspapers over the last 20 years is less about how the news is delivered and more about how it is consumed. The days of people waiting for bundles of papers to be dropped at newsstands t...

This time of year, families gather around the television to watch classic Christmas movies. You have your staples, “Home Alone,” “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation,” “Elf,” “The Polar Express,” “H...

This time last year, I challenged myself to think more critically about how I used my time and to try and be more present in 2025. I can’t say I accomplished that completely, but I did manage to use m...

Going into next year I would like to worry less that the sky is falling and instead learn to accept the possibility that it already has. One of the worries that has been at the forefront of my mind re...

Everyone gets their news on the internet right? For some that could be true, but locally we would point out that information shared usually originates from a Journal-Tribune newspaper story to start t...

The United States is playing a low-rent game of Battleship with drug boats, but the goal is more about making cool videos than saving American lives. We have to be better people, because this isn’t ho...

Thanksgiving always provides a break in the calendar to reflect on the past year and look forward to what is yet to come. On the horizon, we see a different landscape for newspapers compared to TV or ...

Looking at the recent local election results is sometimes like taking medication that can be cyclical in nature. Consider someone who takes pills that cause a side effect that in turn creates the need...

Hey everyone, you might’ve seen my name in the paper these last few months. My name is Jack Christian, a life-long Marysville resident who is in my first couple of months on the job here at the Marysv...

Dear Editor, I am writing in response to the Oct. 25, 2025 editorial, “Tighten your seat belt on Fifth Street,” which raises concerns about the addition of bump-out curbs along West Fifth Street in Ma...

Last week I had my first lucid dream and told one of the characters in it that they were not real. I have come to find out that was a mistake. As defined by the National Library of Medicine, lucid dre...