Columns/Editorials

I had the privilege of being part of something very special for a local high school football team Friday evening. I covered the Jonathan Alder-Marion Harding game, which was the first regular-season h...

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 young...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

The new school year has started which also brings the beginning of the high school athletic season. Thinking of student athletes who are competing this season made us reflect back on a Marysville High...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

In April, my friend Theresa and I ran in the Glass City Marathon and Half-Marathon in Toledo. Theresa is one of the absolute hardest working, most motivated people I know so, naturally, she ran the fu...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

Earlier this week I was introduced to Haleigh Jenna Golden. Her loved ones brought food — sandwiches, snacks, cookies and fruit —to our office. “Lunch for Marysville Tribune Writers (UC Journalism Gra...

Last week, the Marysville School Board voted to hand out 3.5% raises to Superintendent Diane Mankins and Treasurer Todd Johnson. Mankins is in the third year of her new five-year contract and will now...

Last week, I found myself doing something that felt really out of place in the month of July: sniffing pumpkin-scented candles. For clarity, my wife and I were at a store browsing for something to fre...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

Those in Congress seem more interested in bickering and conducting investigations and useless hearings than honoring fallen heroes. Seven years ago, the crash site of an American B-25 was found in the...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

A few weeks ago I brought another dog into my house after several years of bark-free living. My daughter and I immediately bonded with the puppy and pretty shortly thereafter I started having bouts of...

While combing through the archives for the Bicentennial special section the Journal-Tribune is publishing Aug. 1, we found a copy of Insight dated Dec. 1, 1989. Insight was a Marysville school newspap...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

For those of you who have siblings, I can imagine you’ve wondered at one time or another, “How are we related?” I found myself thinking something similar when I recently visited Fort Huachuca, Arizona...

“You forgot somebody!” Those were the first words I heard as I pulled into the transition area at the South Atlantic Bank Beach Bum Triathlon last month. I had just finished biking on the beach and wa...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

A few years ago I finished with a doctor’s appointment early and since I had taken the rest of the afternoon off, I decided to go to the movies. I paid for my ticket and the clerk handed me the receip...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

I had an interesting, yet heartbreaking conversation with my daughter recently. She apparently suffers from anxiety when in very crowded rooms. This didn’t initially surprise me, because I am also no ...

Today is the first official day of summer, and many are welcoming its arrival. The hope is that summer will bring drier weather. Spring has been one of the wettest, if not the wettest, on record. Sinc...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

Dear Editor, As I’m getting older and am wanting to ride my bike more often, I have been hearing of too many bicycle accidents involving cars. I am writing to try to keep cyclists safe. One way to kee...

Dear Editor, What? The Marysville Schools Board of Education is proposing that for special events that school facilities can be rented out and allow the sale of alcohol? It is my professional belief t...

Dear Editor, It was with great dismay that I read a few weeks ago that the Marysville Exempted School Board is considering changing a policy so alcohol can be sold at concerts. Taxpayers should have a...