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A new Union County Sheriff’s Office facility is being planned for the open land on County-Home Road just west of the county Joint Recreation District on County-Home Road, shown above at right. The building will sit between the City of Marysville’s Decker Station 271, shown at bottom-left and the Union County Engineer’s Operations Facility at the top-left. (Graphic submitted)

Above, a home on Shirk Road had the majority of its roof blown off by Friday's high winds. (Photo submitted)

Jonathan Alder’s new addition to Canaan Middle School, shown in the rendering above, will add four new classrooms to the southwest corner of the building at U.S. 42 and Price-Hilliards Road in Madison County. District officials are moving forward with their plan to move three fourth-grade classes to the school in an effort to address capacity issues at Plain City Elementary School. (Graphic submitted)

Above, Villa Hotel owner Jackie Hamilton descends the creaky wooden steps into the basement. Built in 1903, the building currently operates as a bar and restaurant but has a haunted local history in Richwood. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kyle Meddles)

The Union County Airport saw a significant increase in cost for snow removal this year, causing officials to question whether the large amounts of snowfall throughout January were just an anomaly. Perhaps the biggest anomaly at the airport is a payphone booth, as seen above in a small social space outside of the main office at the airport in early February. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kyle Meddles)

The former Eufinger Law Offices house at 214 S. Court St., pictured above, is one of two properties the City of Marysville is looking to lease. Officials plan to lease that house and a section of the former Eda’s Italian Ice property on Delaware Avenue while crews continue to work on the sites for future city projects. (Journal-Tribune photo by Michael Williamson)

Above are a sampling of Journal-Tribune newspaper clippings from the days surrounding the 1976 worker uprising at Goodyear. (Journal-Tribune photo by Michael Williamson)

Pictured above is footage from city cameras of the truck that McPherson shot out of on Sept. 14, 2024. (File photo)

Jerome Township resident and business owner Carl Seiley urges his fellow citizens to ask questions and stay informed on data centers at the Tuesday night trustee meeting. The township held a hearing on data centers as the board weighs a zoning amendment dealing with land uses. (Journal-Tribune photo by Michael Williamson)

Ed Mickelson, pictured at right, explains Marysville’s 2026 Vision Plan during the annual State of the City event Monday night. Mickelson and Carmine Russo, center, consulted the city through its planning process last year before officials adopted it during a meeting last month. Also pictured at left is Donald Boerger, city council vice president. (Journal-Tribune photo by Michael Williamson)

Paul Cunningham, pictured at left, watches a video monitor as Marysville City Manager Terry Emery, right, records a segment for the 2026 State of the City address in the Journal-Tribune building. Cunningham’s company, Cool World, has been producing videos for the city, including the one presented at Monday night’s annual event, since 2018. (Journal-Tribune photo by Michael Williamson)