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Investigators responded to an alleged shooting Sunday at this home at 13103 State Route 347, near Pharisburg in Leesburg Township. The victim is listed in critical but stable condition and the suspect...

Ohio ranks fourth nationally for combine fire and local officials urge area farmers to use preventative maintenance and planning to avoid expensive destruction of equipment. (Photo submitted) Editor’s...

Originally constructed in the 1830s, the Weller Cabin on the Union County Historical Society site, above, recently received a five-week exterior restoration that involved replacing the cedar shakes an...

Plain City officials are working to make the village’s noise ordinance more easily enforceable. While the village does have regulations in place surrounding excessive noise, Mayor Jody Carney said the...

Pastime Park’s south shelter was filled with dozens of families Thursday during the “Animals we love to hate” event hosted by the Plain City Parks and Recreation Department. Staff from Ohio Nature Edu...

A number of Union County residents lost power during an overnight storm Wednesday into Thursday morning. Strong winds during the storm also caused damage to some area trees, including this fallen tree...

First responders were at the scene of a bus crash on Mitchell Dewitt Road Thursday morning. The bus, owned by All R Friends of Westerville, was transporting four local adults with special needs when i...

A recent grand jury indicted Adam Kaetzel on a series of drug charges from nearly 15 months ago. The delay, said Union County Prosecutor Dave Phillips, was caused by the amount of time it takes the Oh...

First responders were at the scene of a two-vehicle crash on North Main Street near West Third Street at approximately 8:20 a.m. this morning. Marysville Division of Police Deputy Chief Bo Spain said ...

Laurie Eliot-Shea resigned from the Richwood Revitalization Committee, a subcommittee of the Village of Richwood Council, effective on July 9 following Village Solicitor Alison Boggs’ suggestion that ...

Thursday, the Union County Board of Elections held an open house for Bob Parrott, who recently resigned his position on the board. The Republican had served on the board for more than 32 years and had...

The Union County Farmers Market is celebrating 35 years in the community. Pictured above, from left, are John Walkup, past board member; John Hixson, a founder of the Market who is retired from OSU Ex...

Has served as judge in municipal court since 2000 In letters to Gov. Michael DeWine and Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor dated June 16, Marysville Municipal Court Judge Michael Grigsb...

Installation of the city’s new parking enforcement and notification system will begin next week. Parking on the affected streets will be limited as early as the day before the installation on that sec...

Jerome Township Trustees recently approved two zoning amendments surrounding the Jerome Village neighborhood. Earlier this week, the board voted unanimously in favor of rezoning two separate areas, af...

Bryson Boggs holds his winning entry for All Ohio Balloon Festival event guide cover contest. Boggs received an iPad courtesy of Marysville Walmart and two general admission Friday/Saturday tickets fo...

The body of Colin Cole was found this morning inside the freezer at UDF, 101 N. Cherry St. The day manager found the body of the employee when she arrived at work. The death remains under investigatio...

Jerome Township Trustees are hopeful that a police levy will strike a balance between protecting their community without footing the bill for the entire county. The board voted unanimously Tuesday to ...

Residents listen as Plain City Police Chief Dale McKee, pictured at center, speaks during a tour of the new Plain City Police Department. Directly behind McKee is a door to the department’s safe room,...

The Union County Fair has added a country musician Gary Allan to this year’s roster of entertainment. This morning, fair officials announced that Allan, a six-time Academy of Country Music Awards nomi...

Plain City officials gathered recently to host a ribbon cutting ceremony for the village’s new municipal building. Officials initially planned to hold an open house for the building, which houses the ...

A trio of local clerks were charged over the weekend following a joint operation between the Marysville Division of Police, the Union County Mental Health and Recovery Board and the Ohio Department of...

Union County’s communities celebrated the nation’s Independence Day over the weekend. Above, Plain City hosted a parade as part of a day-long celebration which included live music, games, food trucks,...

Fairbanks is asking the community to be part of creating a long-term facilities plan for the district. “Please, please join us in this process and invite others in your circle to join in,” said Distri...

Officials believe that a series of local break-ins and high-end auto thefts are connected to a much larger operation and part of a disturbing trend. Over the past several months, thieves have broken i...

Across the country, parents are urging children to further their education because earning a college degree is not only beneficial to an individual’s financial success but a community’s economic growt...

Editor’s Note: The following article is the sixth and final segment of a series by Eric Demchak about one of Marysville’s forgotten war heroes. The series describes the career of Col. Joseph G. Hawkin...

Plain City residents bothered by live music performances in the Uptown district are asking council how much noise is considered too much. Resident Mike Walter spoke during the most recent council meet...

This geophysical survey map of the area of the former Brown Cemetery conducted by the Ohio Valley Archaeology, Inc. shows that radar and magnetics testing detected about 25 possible graves, but the ro...