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Early in-person and mail-in voting for the May 3 primary election is underway. Above, Bayleigh Miller, left, listens and prepares to vote as elections specialist Shirley Peterson, right, gives her fin...

The process to update Jerome Township’s comprehensive plan will last longer than officials initially anticipated. During the Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday, Zoning Inspector Eric Snowden said the t...

Both drivers appeared to escape injury in a crash Wednesday morning on Route 31 south of Mill Valley. A report of the crash was unavailable at press time, but at the scene it appeared that the blue ca...

The district encompassed by the Cooperative Economic Development Agreement (CEDA) between the City of Marysville and Jerome Township is highlighted in green. The CEDA acts as a framework for a Joint E...

At Monday night’s city council work session, council heard updates to the body’s strategic plan. The plan, which was created in 2021, includes nine priorities, 55 goals and 286 action steps. City Mana...

Two members of the Journal-Tribune newsroom staff brought home three awards in the recent Ohio Associated Press Newspaper Awards for 2021. Managing Editor Chad Williamson won first place in the sports...

The Union County Commissioners will use $10 million of funding from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to pay employee salaries. Officials say the move will free $10 million in county funds to pay fo...

Trevor Clark, pictured above, rides a small-scale Union Pacific train he built around a railroad track in his backyard in North Lewisburg. (Journal-Tribune photo by Ally Lanasa) Trevor Clark recently ...

By Ally Lanasa and Kayleen Petrovia The Union County Board of Health recently approved a $2,000 grant to the North Union Softball for Girls to provide assistance on selling healthier food items at its...

A Marysville man could be facing more than two decades in prison after allegedly breaking into his girlfriend’s home and attacking her and a friend. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Kylor Mich...

Memorial Hospital announced the appointment of Valerie Tracey, BSN, ACM-RN, CMAC, as the organization’s Director of Case Management and Will Thomaschek as Laboratory Director. Tracey joined Memorial i...

The Litzke family, shown above in a picture being used in the GoFundMe campaign, is in search of a rental house with at least four bedrooms while their Plain City home is being repaired from damages c...

Timothy Bruce, left, was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences without parole and another 18 years consecutive to the life sentences. A jury found Bruce guilty of four counts of rape, three cou...

Marysville City Council decided to table legislation to expand the Marysville Outdoor Refreshment Area and increase the hours for the MORA which allows patrons to walk through areas of the Uptown with...

The Village of Richwood’s 2022 budget shows a roughly $2 million increase in revenue over the previous year because of an Ohio BUILDS Water Infrastructure grant for the water plant project. Fiscal Off...

Plain City Council members are treading lightly as they consider whether to approve a special taxing incentive in their village for the first time. Council members on Monday heard the first reading of...

Members of the Scott family were honored at a recent Marysville City Council meeting. Earlier this year, siblings David Hanhart, Scott Hanhart and Susan Hoopingarner donated about 112 acres, north of ...

A man who allegedly broke into his ex-girlfriend’s home has been indicted. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Shawnta Lamar Draper. Draper, 43, of Columbus, has been charged with one count each ...

Hardy World, LLC, recently purchased nine acres in Marysville’s Innovation Park. The company intends to build a 120,000-square-foot, multi-tenant speculative building on the site. (Photo submitted) Ma...

Work is underway for Darby Station, a residential development that will be constructed on nearly 336 acres along Route 161. The development will also fully fund the creation of a roundabout on Route 1...

What was slated as public comment on a proposed development incentive turned into a debate about the need for additional housing, specifically apartments, in Marysville. At Monday night’s meeting, Mar...

Traffic on East Fifth Street was slowed Tuesday afternoon as firefighters and officials with Columbia Gas looked for a gas leak in the area. About 1:30 p.m., the Marysville Division of Fire received a...

While some expansion projects at Memorial Hospital are easy to see on the exterior of the facility, other growth is occurring within the existing departments. Memorial’s Board of Trustees recently app...

Deputies from the Union County Sheriff’s Office responded to a multi-vehicle crash on U.S. 33 westbound at milepost 18 between Beecher Gamble Road and the rest area at 11:14 a.m. Tuesday. Chief Deputy...

According to the U.S. Census, the 2020 population of Union County was 62,784 residents. Economic Development Director Eric Phillips said Union County remains the second fastest growing county in the s...

The Richwood Revitalization Committee is working on a $22 for 2022 campaign to raise money for the restoration of the Richwood Opera House. The goal is to raise about $5,000 over 60 days. Dates for th...

Fairbanks officials will be making a recommendation for the new elementary school principal. Saturday, Fairbanks Superintendent Adham Schirg announced that he would be recommending the board hire Ashl...

Triad administrators have settled on a new middle school master schedule for the upcoming school year. Middle School Principal Vinnie Spirko told the board of education during its most recent meeting ...

The Marysville Pride Fest committee was honored with the “Champion of Change” award at the Mental Health and Recovery Board of Union County’s recent Youth Services Summit at the Avalon Theatre in Mary...

Hope Center officials are hopeful that their organization will be the next occupant of the former Kroger site on West Fifth Street. “We’ve got so many dreams and visions for that space,” said Hope Cen...