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Residents weigh in on P.C. parking program
News, Plain City
By Kayleen Petrovia 
September 14, 2021
Though not entirely positive, Plain City officials were receptive to feedback from residents regarding the village’s pilot parking program. During the village council meeting Monday, Murlay Drive resi...
Richwood Planning Commission moves to update 1979 zoning map
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By Ally Lanasa 
September 14, 2021
The Richwood Planning Commission met with Aaron Smith, planner I/GIS tech of LUC Regional Planning Commission, on Monday to review a draft of changes to the village’s official zoning map. Richwood’s c...
Mido is MPD’s newest K-9 officer
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By Mac Cordell 
September 13, 2021
Officer Dave Nist works with Marysville Division of Police’s new K-9 officer, Mido. Nist is currently training the dog which is still getting acclimated to his new handler, the department and the comm...
Group to seek T-Mobile grant for opera house repair
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By Ally Lanasa 
September 13, 2021
The Richwood Revitalization Committee has begun the application process for T-Mobile’s Hometown Grant Program. The T-Mobile Hometown Grant Program will provide funds for projects “to build, rebuild or...
Fire damages Industrial Parkway business
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By From JT Staff Reports 
September 13, 2021
The Jerome Township Division of Fire responded to a commercial structure fire on Industrial Parkway this morning. According to information from JTFD, callers across the street from RoJen Company, 8350...
Marysville remembers 9/11
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By From JT Staff Reports 
September 13, 2021
Marysville joined with communities around America on Saturday to remember the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The city’s 9/11 remembrance ceremony, held at the Decker Fire St...
Marysville team bus involved in crash returning from game
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By Chad Williamson 
September 11, 2021
Pictured above is a Marysville school bus which collided with a pickup truck south of Plain City on U.S. 42 Friday night on its way back from the Hilliard Bradley football game. The 45 players and two...
Non-native armyworms making short work of area lawns, crops
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By From JT Staff Reports 
September 11, 2021
Editor’s note: The following information is supplied by Wayne Dellinger, Union County Extension Educator, Agriculture and Natural Resources. ––– The fall armyworm has taken over many fields and lawns ...
Former local resident met on top of Pikes Peak in Colorado Springs
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By From JT Staff Reports 
September 11, 2021
While recently hiking the Barr trail to the top of the 14,115-foot Pike’s Peak, Marysville resident Kevin Behrens and his son, Berkley, 12, met former Plain City area resident James Yoder and his son,...
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By Mac Cordell 
September 10, 2021
Marysville City Council is expected to move forward with a plan to purchase the Eagles building in the city’s uptown. At Monday night’s meeting, council will be asked to appropriate $542,000 to purcha...
Relationship leads to sentence for probation officer
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By Mac Cordell 
September 10, 2021
Former Union County probation officer Keith F. Siegmann, right, smiles at defense attorney Paul Scarsella, following his sentencing hearing. Siegmann had an inappropriate relationship with a probation...
Marysville to mark 20th anniversary of 9/11
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By Mac Cordell 
September 9, 2021
The City of Marysville will host a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at 9:50 a.m., Saturday, at Decker Fire Station, 16300 County Home Rd., Marysville. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the terrorist at...
Jerome Township asks to have civil lawsuit dismissed
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By Kayleen Petrovia 
September 9, 2021
After fielding repeated criticism from residents regarding a federal lawsuit, the Jerome Township Trustees heard a compliment Tuesday night. “I feel this was the right thing to do,” said resident Barr...
MHS grad injured in Tennessee boat accident
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By Mac Cordell 
September 9, 2021
A local woman was treated and released after she fell off and was then runover by a boat in east Tennessee. Gabriella Wimmers of Marysville, was treated and released at Tennova North Medical Center fo...
Virus issues boil over at Fairbanks meeting
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By Mac Cordell 
September 8, 2021
Parents, students, board members and administrators took the opportunity to voice their thoughts on masks and quarantines Tuesday at a special meeting of the Fairbanks Board of Education. While all ag...
Puppies paddle around pool
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By From JT Staff Reports 
September 8, 2021
The Marysville Municipal Swimming Pool held its annual Dog Swim Tuesday night, signifying the close of the 2021 summer season. For a small fee, dog owners could let their animals swim in the pool from...
Jerome continues to plan for Innovation District
News, Plain City
By Kayleen Petrovia 
September 8, 2021
Jerome Township Trustees voted Tuesday to continue a public hearing surrounding a proposed zoning overlay that would be the first step to establishing a local Innovation District. If approved, the ove...
Brooks picked to lead Marysville PD
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By Mac Cordell 
September 7, 2021
Marysville City Council will be asked to approve Deputy Chief Tony Brooks as the next chief of police. “I am really looking forward to this opportunity,” Brooks said this morning. City Manager Terry E...
“Andy’s Good News!” finds hope in the hereafter
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By Ally Lanasa 
September 7, 2021
In this family photograph from the 1980s, Marysville resident and first-time author Jane Chaffin is pictured with her 9-year-old son Andy, whose death inspired her to write “Andy’s Good News!” which w...
Intense focus
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By From JT Staff Reports 
September 4, 2021
With all eyes, and apparently most cameras, in central Ohio watching Friday night, Marysville handed previously unbeaten Pickerington North a 31-6 drubbing on the Panthers’ home field. In the above ph...
Marysville schools enact mask mandate
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By Chad Williamson 
September 3, 2021
Spiking quarantine numbers have led the Marysville Board of Education to change course on its masking policy, put in place less than a month ago. The board voted Thursday night to enact mandatory mask...
Richwood Fair underway
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By From JT Staff Reports 
September 3, 2021
The Richwood Fair kicked off this week, bolstered by exceptional weather. Above, Junior 4-Hers compete in the questionnaire portion of the swine skillathon at the pavilion at the Richwood Fair on Thur...
Debate continues around Plain City noise ordinance
News, Plain City
By Kayleen Petrovia 
September 3, 2021
Plain City Council is in the process of amending several ordinances that are frequently commented upon by members of the public, including those surrounding noise regulation and Design Review Board. C...
Jerome trustees vote 2-1 to pay for study
News, Plain City
By Kayleen Petrovia 
September 3, 2021
Jerome Township will pay the Schottenstein Real Estate Group $40,000 as part of a public-private partnership to create a local Innovation District. Following an executive session during a recent speci...
Ostrander man killed in NW Parkway crash
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By From JT Staff Reports 
September 2, 2021
George G. Thompson, 80, of Ostrander was pronounced deceased at Memorial Hospital after he was involved in a serious two-vehicle crash on Northwest Parkway Wednesday afternoon. Thompson was driving th...
Governor taps Parrott to fill local judge seat
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By Mac Cordell 
September 2, 2021
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has appointed Robert W. Parrott to the Marysville Municipal Court. Parrott said he is “very honored.” “I am excited to begin a new phase in my life,” said Parrott, who will a...
First English Lutheran to celebrate a century
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By Ally Lanasa 
September 2, 2021
Pictured above, the Rev. Tonya Brittain, pastor of the First English Lutheran Church, displays a quilt made by church members for the 100th anniversary celebration on Sunday, Sept. 12. The quilt featu...
Marysville facing dire bus driver shortage
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By Chad Williamson 
September 1, 2021
In the middle of trying to stay ahead of an ever-shifting COVID landscape, the Marysville School District is now facing a battle on another front - a “critical” shortage of bus drivers. A communicatio...