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Above is what remains of the 2007 Chevrolet Silverado that caught fire as a result of a three-vehicle crash on U.S. 33 Wednesday morning. The driver of the Chevrolet, Dejuan R. Meek, is suspected of being under the influence of alcohol at the time of the crash, but was not issued charges since he was quickly transported to a Columbus-area hospital with significant injuries. Units with the Marysville Fire Department assisted police officers with putting out the fire. (Photo submitted)

Developers are proposing a 54-unit, three-story facility labeled as a 55-plus community, shown in the rendering on the right. The facility would locate within the Water and Light District on North Main Street just south of Elwood Avenue. (Graphic submitted)

Construction barrels line the northwestern side of Industrial Parkway in Jerome Township, reducing the roadway down to one lane. The northbound lane closure is part of the months-long project to widen U.S. 42 and add turn lanes to Industrial Parkway. (Journal-Tribune photo by Michael Williamson)

Jonathan Alder Junior High School’s football stadium, pictured above, will be demolished as part of the district’s renovations to the campus starting next week. (Journal-Tribune photo by Michael Williamson)

Work will begin next week on Marysville’s fiber expansion project, starting with the areas shown above in orange. Officials with altafiber, the company doing the work, are proposing to run fiber to all residences in the city, indicated in green on the map. (Graphic submitted)

Above is footage from the Union County Sheriff’s Office drone showing the suspect, Jack Fox II, attempting to elude deputies in the woods near Adams Road in Plain City on Tuesday. The drone allowed the sheriff’s office to locate Fox within 12 minutes of his escape from deputies and track his movements until he was taken into custody. (Photo submitted)

Dispatchers in the Union County Sheriff’s Office 911 center, shown above, handle several calls on a daily basis. Dispatchers in the center on March 13 during the wind storm handled four-times the call volume of a typical afternoon. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kyle Meddles)

Above is concept art of the Cascade Advanced Energy Facility, depicting three large reactor buildings that each house four units. The Cascade Advanced Energy Facility is a planned project in Washington State, spearheaded by Energy Northwest and supported by Amazon, to deploy multiple X-energy Xe-100 small modular reactors (SMRs). (Graphic submitted)