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Students at Plain City Elementary School got an unplanned vacation day Friday. Jonathan Alder officials closed the school building Friday after staff smelled what they called, “a strong burning odor l...

Students who participate in the Bunsold After School Enrichment (BASE) program meet after classes for tutoring, homework help and extracurricular activities. BASE is planning to launch an Esports Leag...

Thursday’s school board meeting was a lesson in arithmetic for the Marysville District. During the span of one meeting, the district subtracted two days from the school calendar, added five years to t...

Streets in uptown Marysville were blocked off Thursday night so that the community could rally behind the Marysville High School Football team ahead of today’s regional final. A few hundred students a...

Triad is turning to creative methods in an attempt to mitigate staffing shortages felt by school districts throughout the state. The district filled several custodial and bus driver positions after ho...

Union County Health Commissioner Jason Orcena said the area recently began seeing an uptick in COVID-19 cases, though it’s too early to tell if another surge is on the horizon. During Wednesday’s Boar...

The Jerome Township police protection levy officially failed, according to results certified by the Union County Board of Elections Wednesday. Union County Board of Elections Director Tina LaRoche sai...

The community will celebrate the Marysville High School Football Team reaching the Elite 8 with a pep rally on Thursday in front of the Avalon Theatre at 6 p.m. The Marysville Police Department said r...

Jerome Township officials are working to ensure their residents do not bear the brunt of the cost to adequately staff the Union County Sheriff’s Office. During Tuesday’s trustees meeting, Chair Megan ...

The Ohio Power Siting Board is expected to take action Thursday on one of several proposed solar farms in the county. The Cadence Solar project will be in front of OPSB Thursday for approval. “My expe...

The design of the front of the Jerome Township Division of Fire’s second fire station, Station 211, is illustrated above in the preliminary elevations from Mull & Weithman Architects, Inc. Constructio...

Tri-Rivers Career Center Superintendent Charles Speelman gave the North Union Local School District Board of Education members a tour of different program areas before their meeting on Monday. Speelma...

The Union County Grand Jury has indicted a woman traveling with an assault style rife and armor-piercing bullets. Adderlisha Alexandre, 19, of Douglasville, Georgia, has been charged with one count of...

The Marysville football team continued its winning ways Friday night, dismantling Toledo Whitmer 49-14 in the Regional Semifinals in Lima. The 12-0 Monarchs will play Springfield on Friday, with a tri...

There were numerous budget changes presented at Monday night’s city council meeting. “A vast majority of those were due to a change in formula I did to be more accurate as we move forward through next...

Union County leaders are in the process of hiring a new county administrator. At Wednesday’s meeting, the county commissioners approved the release of information that they have been working with Bill...

Some Marysville streets — including portions of London Avenue, South Main Street, and Ninth Street —were closed this morning as automobile industry officials tested in-car technology in the city. All ...

North Union Elementary School students welcomed veterans with American flags and “thank you” signs during the first “Reverse Veterans Day Parade” on Thursday at 1:15 p.m. Participants lined up from Ly...

Ken Ewing of Longstreth is shown above adding 38 new markers to the Union County Veterans Monument. In November 1919, President Woodrow Wilson memorialized the end of World War I, proclaiming November...

Volunteers are still needed for the annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner at the First United Methodist Church, 207 S. Court St. The Community Thanksgiving Dinner Foundation strives to provide a warm m...

Following a public hearing, parking changes made during a 90-day pilot program will remain in place, though Plain City officials are still open to feedback. Initially, ‘no parking’ signs were added to...

Logan County has signed an agreement to rejoin the Central Ohio Youth Center (COYC). “We think this is a good thing,” said Union County Commissioner Chris Schmenk. COYC is a 38-bed, juvenile detention...

Tuesday’s opening of the newly rebuilt Burger King restaurant on Delaware Avenue may have some residents recalling when the original structure was built in 1986 Among those pictured above at the groun...

For the first time in more than 50 years, the village of North Lewisburg is working to put a noise ordinance on its books. At Tuesday night’s village council meeting, Police Chief Scott Bodey introduc...

Plain City children have an opportunity to light the village’s Christmas tree this year. Winners of the Christmas Under the Clock coloring contest will be crowned as “tree lighting pixies” for the ann...

Logan County has signed an agreement to rejoin the Central Ohio Youth Center (COYC). “We think this is a good thing,” said Union County Commissioner Chris Schmenk. COYC is a 38-bed, juvenile detention...

Plain City Council is working to find the person who will lead the village into the future. During their meeting Monday, council members discussed the process by which they will seek and hire a new vi...

Marysville officials are in the beginning stages of making improvements to the Five Points Intersection on the city’s east side. At Monday night’s Public Safety/Public Service Committee meeting, the g...

Jerome Township Administrative and Zoning Clerk Sydney Herbert flips through and speaks about one of two binders filled with biographical information surrounding each veteran listed on the township’s ...

Members of the Marysville High School football team celebrate after the team’s 42-6 pounding of Perrysburg during the second round of the Div. I state football playoffs Friday night. The Monarchs will...