Columns/Editorials

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 Marysville School Board took a step forward at last Thursday’s board meeting by adding electronic smoking devices and vaping products to its list of banned items not allowed on school property. At...

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...

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 first week of October is National Newspaper Week and the Journal-Tribune always recognizes our youth carriers with a front page photograph. Monday we published a photo of those who have been a car...

When I went to cover Marysville’s football game last Friday night, I walked into Dublin Coffman Stadium and realized something — I hate Dublin Coffman Stadium. It has nothing to do with the turf, the ...

Last week we published a story about the growth that Jonathan Alder School District is experiencing. The article went in depth about enrollment numbers, but what was particularly interesting was how S...

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...

If you see the term “corruption” in a headline today, your mind might jump to the debate surrounding the Trump impeachment probe. Instead, I’ve been reading similar descriptions over and over regardin...

Article II, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution provides, “The President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of,...

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 don’t want to be the latest to bemoan the state of politics, but here I am. For several years it has felt like politics was more about winning than helping. Politics has always been about winning, p...

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 we published a story about the increase in land values Union County is experiencing. The increase in land values will trigger higher tax bills due in February and our story detailed ...

To anyone who pays attention, it should come as no surprise that the All Ohio Balloon Festival and the Journal-Tribune share some pretty close ties. Newspaper officials stepped in to operate the festi...

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 a world that chants “fake news,” I’m often the odd one out when I advocate for the importance of the press. Between citizen journalists, bloggers, and social media reporters, I can definitely see h...

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...