Columns/Editorials

Next week is National Newspaper Week, a time for us to blow our own horn, so to speak, and underscore our importance to the community. Newspapers have been an integral part of communities across the n...

Menthol allows me to breathe freely Just about wherever I am, there is distinct smell that arrives with me. It’s not the odor of cigarettes, booze or even Aqua Velva. What enters the room with me is t...

Anytime we speak up about Marysville Schools, it seems like the administration questions the merit of the content and tries to spin the message away from the narrative school officials have created to...

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...

When it comes to media outlets, stories are getting a lot shorter, and more emphasis is put into headlines and leads. A good example is the Associated Press (AP), which routinely spits out 150-word or...

For the second time in the past month, I have been totally dismayed and shocked at the handling of a situation involving alleged sexual abuse/misconduct. The first one revolved around Ohio State Footb...

Triad head football coach Joe Cardinal ponders an upcoming play Friday evening against Greenon. Cardinal has led the Cardinals to a 3-1 record so far this season. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)...

When seeking answers creates more questions Marysville Fire Chief Jay Riley mentioned and interview with the Journal-Tribune during Tuesday’s 9/11 memorial service. He recounted my interview with him ...

Amish parody For an area with such a singular focus, the Ohio Amish country sure is a confusing place. My girlfriend and I recently took a day trip into Millersburg and the surrounding Amish community...

Much ado has been made this week about an anonymous op-ed piece that appeared a few days ago in the New York Times. The article was supposedly written by a top official in the Trump Administration and...

Knowing everything I once spent a few days being troubled by a childhood mystery. I could not remember the name of the little robot on the Buck Rogers television show? I used to watch the program and ...

Residents of portions of southwest Marysville are breathing a sigh of relief with completion recently of street work in their area. Since May of 2017, parts of West Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Ninth st...

The weight of modern technology Changing times lead to new ways of living, but not all of the technological innovations we’ve experienced are positive. With the future of expanding technology comes in...

As the community’s newspaper, we take our job seriously at the Journal-Tribune as the local news gatherer and the entity that preserves the daily history of the area. Over the years, Marysville and Un...

Nov. 3 a perfect date for Trick-or-Treat Earlier this week, one of my co-workers, Jacob Runnels, attended the Milford Center Village Council meeting. As we often do, the next morning we talked about t...

The Ohio State football team opens its season in two weeks, but it may do so without the tutelage of its acclaimed coach Urban Meyer. As the whole country knows, he is currently on paid administrative...

Living at local camp shaped my life The place you grew up goes a long way toward defining you, for better or worse. Over the past few months, I’ve come to realize this myself. From the age of six unti...

On Aug. 1 we ran a story detailing the failing math and English grades at Marysville High School. We don’t think you need to do a study to figure out why the test scores are low. Just ask the students...

Next week is All Ohio Balloon Fest week in Marysville and Union County. For the 43rd straight year, hot-air balloons will ascend and glow (weather permitting) and music will fill the air at the Union ...

Seeing the worst of humanity in the happiest place on earth I went on vacation recently to the happiest, humidest, place on earth and came away a little concerned for humanity. Seven days in Orlando g...

Did he or didn’t he know? Athletics at The Ohio State University have taken a big hit this summer. It began with the allegations of sexual misconduct against a former sports doctor, who reportedly too...

Should art be excused from consequences? Our culture is good at gathering the energy to act on moral panic, but I think that energy is misdirected. Recently, a video by Dan Harmon, creator of the show...

The idea for a Reader Advisory Board came to us three years ago - to put together a group of people from the community to meet once a month, discuss ideas and concerns about the Journal-Tribune, or ju...

Freaky Friday Friday was a difficult day. I was on my way to work and I got a call from Cheryl Welty. Those of you who know Cheryl know that that she listens to the scanner the way a critic listens to...

Experience fosters my appreciation If there’s a type of music you don’t really like, try seeing someone who performs that music live. A few days ago, I went to a concert in Cincinnati. The headliner w...

For the past couple of weeks, U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, whose congressional district includes Union County, has been bombarded with claims that he ignored reports of sexual abuse by a team physician durin...

A father’s gift Sometimes when you hear an uplifting story you need to get out of the way and just let it tell itself. That’s not easy for a journalist to admit. I came across this story a while ago a...

You have to wonder why anyone in their right mind would want to run for office in Washington DC, whether it be for Congress or the White House. First, you have to go through the scrutiny and approval ...

A dad’s view of vacation I recently returned from family vacation. My wife, our three sons and I went to Hilton Head Island in South Carolina. Since our return, nearly everyone has asked how it was. M...

Dr. Charles Krauthammer, noted author, newspaper columnist, physician and conservative voice died late last week at the age of 68 after a brief battle with cancer. He cast a giant shadow over the nati...