Columns/Editorials

Editor’s note: This is the 64th of a series about growing up in Marysville during the late 1930s and the 1940s written by Bill Boyd. Each article is a snapshot of the people, businesses and activities...

Christmas is only a little more than a week away, and forecasters are saying that there is a slight chance it may be a white one.

Facebook recently came under fire for having fake news discovered on its site and some even said it influenced the recent election. Facebook acknowledged that there is a problem and is developing an a...

Editor’s note: This is the 63rd of a series about growing up in Marysville during the late 1930s and the 1940s written by Bill Boyd. Each article is a snapshot of the people, businesses and activities...

Editor’s note: This is the 62nd of a series about growing up in Marysville during the late 1930s and the 1940s written by Bill Boyd. Each article is a snapshot of the people, businesses and activities...

Wins and losses don’t tell whole story I remember the first time I saw football coach Morgan Cotter. He was at Fairbanks, and his joy was so obvious that I noted it in the lead of my story that night....

The 2016 presidential election has provided much to talk about. Just read any newspaper or listen to any television news broadcast. Even though Donald Trump’s astounding victory was a reality more tha...

Editor’s note: This is the 61st of a series about growing up in Marysville during the late 1930s and the 1940s written by Bill Boyd. Each article is a snapshot of the people, businesses and activities...

A new, grateful outlook I am, by nature, a bad person. The Calvinist in me believes that we are all bad people. I believe there is nothing good in me, except Jesus.

After the smoke has cleared, elections often provide lessons to be learned by those directly affected by the results. Last Tuesday’s outcome provides a good example of this. Nationally, the surprise v...

Editor’s note: This is the 60th of a series about growing up in Marysville during the late 1930s and the 1940s written by Bill Boyd. Each article is a snapshot of the people, businesses and activities...

My milquetoast high school existence Recently my 16-year-old sister received a speeding ticket. She was going 84 in a 55 mile per hour zone.

Editor’s note: This is the 58th of a series about growing up in Marysville during the late 1930s and the 1940s written by Bill Boyd. Each article is a snapshot of the people, businesses and activities...

Tuesday’s election will bring to a close one of the most, if not the most contentious, bitter and hateful presidential campaign in the history of the country. The only people in the nation who won’t b...

With autumn comes falling leaves, cooler temperatures and, of course, the annual United Way of Union County drive. This year, the goal has been set at $1 million plus a buck to fund the various agenci...

Editor’s note: This is the 56th of a series about growing up in Marysville during the late 1930s and the 1940s written by Bill Boyd. Each article is a snapshot of the people, businesses and activities...

Last week, the Journal-Tribune posted the pages of the portfolio the city had made to show the community the possible ideas being considered for Marysville’s future. To our amazement, we had 30,000 un...

Wednesday night’s presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton brought to a close the 2016 moderated confrontations.

Editor’s note: This is the 56th of a series about growing up in Marysville during the late 1930s and the 1940s written by Bill Boyd. Each article is a snapshot of the people, businesses and activities...

How to cover a leak? This election has more leaks than a pair of free rain boots. The leaks have come in the form of hundreds of emails from Hillary Clinton and her staff as well as Donald Trumps 1995...

Editor’s note: This is the 55th of a series about growing up in Marysville during the late 1930s and the 1940s written by Bill Boyd. Each article is a snapshot of the people, businesses and activities...

Last week, I wrote about my take on the first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. At the end of my comments, I issued a plea for a fairer process in the remaining debates. We...

Editor’s note: This is the 54th of a series about growing up in Marysville during the late 1930s and the 1940s written by Bill Boyd. Each article is a snapshot of the people, businesses and activities...

Cell phone cameras more efficient, less professional for reporters The technology of cell phones today is amazing. This isn’t Earth shaking news.

Editor’s note: This is the 53rd of a series about growing up in Marysville during the late 1930s and the 1940s written by Bill Boyd. Each article is a snapshot of the people, businesses and activities...

Monday’s debate between presidential hopefuls Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton underscored the bizarre campaign the American voters are witnessing.

The season of autumn officially began Thursday, but you wouldn’t have been able to tell by the weather. It was another hot, steamy day with the temperature at 90 degrees, just as it has been for most ...

Editor’s note: This is the 52nd of a series about growing up in Marysville during the late 1930s and the 1940s written by Bill Boyd. Each article is a snapshot of the people, businesses and activities...

90s Fest has me remembering This weekend in Columbus is 90s Fest, a music festival featuring musicians from the 1990s.

Editor’s note: This is the 51st of a series about growing up in Marysville during the late 1930s and the 1940s written by Bill Boyd. Each article is a snapshot of the people, businesses and activities...