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Stage is set for Balloon Fest Volunteers with a mission group from Lima help set up the stage for the All Ohio Balloon Fest today at the Union County Airport. Gates open today at 5 p.m. when the Shane...

Attendees at a previous All Ohio Balloon Fest are pictured gathering for the nightly balloon glow. Though the Belgian owners of the Yoda and Darth Vader balloons could not enter the country this year ...

A group of local governments have each approved the terms of a national opioid settlement agreement. At recent meetings, Marysville, Plain City, Richwood and Union County opted in to a settlement that...

Tim Goodwin, the former fiscal officer of the Village of Richwood, paid the village $20,973 in penalty fees following a report from the state auditor’s office. The Journal-Tribune and Richwood Gazette...

After settling into the new municipal building, Plain City officials are preparing to sell one of the former village properties. Council voted unanimously Monday to authorize Village Administrator Nat...

Marysville City Council held a first reading for plans to annex and rezone 100 acres at the intersection at Route 31 and Amrine Wood Road. Pulte Homes is planning a 300 home development for that site....

Pictured in this file photo from 2020 are the finished basketball courts inside the new North Union Student Wellness Center. (Journal-Tribune Photo by Sam Dillon) A recently constructed student wellne...

Plain City officials are implementing new measures to slow down speeding drivers in Pastime Park. The specific area of concern is the path from the north entrance, at the top right corner of the graph...

A lovers triangle that turned violent has led to felony charges against a man and another woman. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Shannon Marie Burbank, 42, and Robert T. Brill, 44, both of 22...

Editor’s note: The following information is provided by Union County Community Concert Association Board Member Florence Allen. ––– The Union County Community Concert Association has announced it’s up...

The City of Marysville is in line to receive some help to fight opioid addiction. Marysville is eligible for $77,840, according to the terms of a settlement reached last month. In July, a bipartisan c...

Volunteers of the Marysville chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace deliver a bed to a Marysville apartment on Dec. 20, 2020. Pictured, from left, are John Mangas, Steve Smith, Jose Banaag and Marty Logsd...

The Richwood Revitalization Committee, a subcommittee of the Village of Richwood Council, must find the funds to install a rubber roof on the Richwood Opera House to prevent further water damage to th...

With Trinity Lutheran Church in the foreground, three hot air balloons drift over Marysville Thursday evening. With the All Ohio Balloon Fest slated for next week, local residents will likely see doze...

Memorial Health employees will have to wait until Friday afternoon to find out the details of the system’s COVID vaccine mandate. In an email to staff Wednesday afternoon, Memorial CEO Chip Hubbs said...

Union County voters will have a lot of choices to make Nov. 2. Voters will decide seats for each city and village council in the county, as well as each township board of trustees and board of educati...

Kathy Hull is shown above making her selection at a previous Union County Master Gardener Plant Sale. The 17th annual plant sale will be held in the Armory Building at the Union County Fairgrounds on ...

Plain City officials are considering changes to the village ordinances that govern building designs in the Uptown Historic District. During Wednesday’s council work session, Village Administrator Nath...

A group of property owners and developers are taking Jerome Township to federal court, claiming zoning in the area is “broken.” Stakeholders for three residential developments that were each stalled b...

Representatives from Samsung recently met with Union County Commissioners, Leesburg, Taylor and Clairbourne township trustees, North Union Local School District officials and Richwood Mayor Scott Jere...

Trooper Jacob Morrison of the Ohio State Highway Patrol says he knows every time he gets out of his cruiser, there is a chance for danger, whether from someone with malicious intent or a careless driv...

Volunteers from the Hope Center are shown assisting with the inflation of a balloon at a previous All Ohio Balloon Fest. (Balloon Fest photo) A weekend of fun at the All Ohio Balloon Fest will benefit...

Though many pandemic restrictions have been lifted, officials say one of the changes made popular during the height of COVID-19 is likely to stay: food trucks. “It’s a trend we’re going to see for the...

Nearly 70 incoming kindergarteners at Plain City Elementary School spent four days at “Safety Town” to prepare them to be smart and safe students. Pictured above, children use tricycles to “drive” thr...

A bobcat climbs a tree in this photo provided by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. The animal was recently spotted in Union County as they make their return to Ohio. (Photo submitted) The elus...

Current and past trustees of the Union County Foundation gathered for the annual Visionary Men & Women event at Agnone & Morrison and Associates recently, taking stock of what the organization has aco...

A trio of candidates has filed to fill the unexpired term of retired Marysville Municipal Court Judge Michael Grigsby. Assistant Union County Prosecutor Andrew Bigler, local attorney and acting judge ...

U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, right, and U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis, of Illinois, left, were at the Union County Board of Elections on Monday afternoon to meet with Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose as...

Marysville City Council got a lesson on the importance and process of evaluating employees at Monday night’s work session. Under city code, the council is charged with evaluating the city manager and ...

The Union County Health Department is offering three vaccination off-site clinics for students entering grades K-12. Off-site clinics for students will be held on Aug. 10 from 11a.m. to 2 p.m. at Buns...