Columns/Editorials

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...

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...