I’ve been on a bit of a roll lately, complaining in my columns about everything from the plummeting size of soap bars to actual Union County issues. I’m really growing into the character of a grumbler...

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...

It’s funny how certain aspects of the American public school experience seem to transcend location or era. Still, I think it’s my specific generation that has one gym class experience burned into thei...

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 that read Michael Williamson’s column last week, this might seem like a continuation. Michael wrote about overall corporate greed from the highest possible view, the angle that corpor...

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...

This week Target announced it would cut prices on up to 5,000 items in stores in an effort to combat inflation’s impact on weary shoppers. Then Wendy’s said it would offer a $3 breakfast meal to do th...

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...

My son Jonah is a week away from graduating. Thanks to the state’s College Credit Plus program, by the time he goes to Ohio State in the fall, he will be entering his junior year. He will be a politic...

With the stroke of a pen, Nestle moved 200 jobs over to Marysville when they closed the Dublin research facility. The company recently made the decision to increase the size of the Collins Avenue faci...

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...

As a person who is wider than most, I am pretty aware of my body and its proximity to others. I will wait and hold a door open rather than trying to hustle through to beat another person to the thresh...

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 went by a Chick-fil-A the other day and saw the line once again wrapped around the building, an apparent fact of life for that restaurant these days. While that particular establishment seems to see...

Earlier this week pharmacist Joe Craft spoke at the state house in hopes of shedding a light in a dark place concerning the drug prescription business. His emotional plea to law makers was to stem 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...

I recently saw a social media post from someone I went to high school with. The post was advertising a home for rent at what appeared to be a great price. The home was in western Pennsylvania, near wh...

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...

Google has to be my most-visited website. Sometimes I’m there to do research for work, other times to learn new skills or figure things out, but many times, it’s out of pure curiosity. It always surpr...

Artists appreciate an audience enjoying their work. In the newspaper business, reporters are much like artists. They try to widen their audience to allow as many readers as possible to digest their st...

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’ve been thinking a lot lately about the state of politics in America, even at the state and local levels. The political fabric of this country is torn. The machine is broken and somehow it keeps spi...

In the day and age of wanting immediate feedback, what’s it worth if you don’t act on it when possible? Today you will see a change to the masthead of the Marysville Journal-Tribune. This change will ...

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: The following column is submitted by Jun Jayaraman, Vice President and Plant Lead, Honda Marysville Auto Plant I joined the Honda team in Ohio as an electrical engineer, just ten years ...

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 I have questions about or frustrations with our American system – what’s right, what’s wrong and how we should think about operating as good citizens – I turn to reading about the past. And as mu...

Dan Gable, former wrestling coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes had this saying he framed: “The Longer Longer.” His premise was that when things go well they continue to go well or when they go badly they cont...

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 your son or daughter went trick or treating at Halloween and dumped the neighbor’s entire goodie bowl in their bucket, most people would say that is too much. The Marysville Schools are asking for ...