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Push from MHS teacher led to pharmacy career
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By Kayleen Petrovia 
April 8, 2021
Karen Kier, a Marysville High School graduate and professor of clinical pharmacy at Ohio Northern University, draws a dose of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine into a needle while sitting in the ...
Plain City considers funneling money for Uptown upgrades
News, Plain City
By Kayleen Petrovia 
April 8, 2021
Plain City officials are considering 2021 budget changes that could divert more funding toward Uptown improvements. Village Administrator Nathan Cahall presented council with proposed supplemental app...
City could see self-driving shuttles
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By Mac Cordell 
April 7, 2021
The Ohio State University has applied for a grant that would create an on-demand public transportation service, using electric, autonomous vehicles, to connect certain middle- and lower-income neighbo...
Jerome Township seeks technical support
News, Plain City
By Kayleen Petrovia 
April 7, 2021
Jerome Township officials are asking residents for patience as they work through the growing pains of new technology. “It’s definitely a work in progress,” Trustee Chair Megan Sloat said. The trustees...
Easter art in bloom
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By From JT Staff Reports 
April 7, 2021
Mother nature and the adult children of Avanelle Oberlin both put on a colorful display this week. Oberlin said her children decided to create chalk art on the sidewalk in front of her home, 203 S. Ma...
A slice of math
News, Plain City
By From JT Staff Reports 
April 7, 2021
Students in Mrs. Bojc’s and Mrs. Hostetler’s third grade class at Plain City Elementary School recently transformed their classroom into a “fraction pizzeria” to practice their math skills. Their desk...
Safety or growth? City officials mull priorities
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By Mac Cordell 
April 6, 2021
Despite more than a year of work and discussion, one city council member says he will not support Marysville’s strategic plan as it is written. At Monday night’s council work session, council member J...
Company expands in Ohio
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By From JT Staff Reports 
April 6, 2021
Kathy Blackburn looks over a Kioti Kl4030 at Bane-Welker Equipment, 13275 U.S. 42, Monday. The company recently purchased the former local Evolution Ag facility, as well as facilities in Circleville a...
Armed robber hits pair of local hotels
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By Mac Cordell 
April 5, 2021
Police are asking for help in locating the man who allegedly robbed two local motels early Sunday morning. The suspect, pictured above, is described as a black man with a thin build, possibly in his 2...
Public input on solar farm sought
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By Mac Cordell 
April 2, 2021
The Ohio Power Siting Board is asking for public comment on the proposed Acciona solar farm project planned for northern Union County. A Spain-based company, Acciona has multiple solar farm projects, ...
COG fiber may soon generate profit
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By Mac Cordell 
April 1, 2021
The Union County Council of Governments (COG) is nearing the ability to monetize its investment in fiber broadband. Aaron Story, information technology director for the City of Marysville, said he exp...
West Central inmate escapes, is later captured
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By Kayleen Petrovia 
April 1, 2021
An inmate was captured Wednesday evening after carrying out an escape plan from a local correctional facility. James C. Saunders, 31, of Columbus escaped from West Central Community Correctional Facil...
Mobile shot clinic makes local stop
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By From JT Staff Reports 
April 1, 2021
The Ohio Northern University Mobile Health Clinic made its first stop at the Union County Fairgrounds Wednesday for a COVID-19 vaccination clinic. The clinic is staffed by ONU pharmacy students and fa...
Money designated for mortgage assistance
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By From JT Staff Reports 
April 1, 2021
Bridges Community Action Partnership has been awarded $10,824 to help local families. Bridges will use the funding for mortgage assistance in the county under the Emergency Food and Shelter National B...
Plain City man indicted for rape of underage girl
News, Plain City
By Mac Cordell 
March 31, 2021
A girl’s conversation with a friend has led to the indictment of a Plain City man. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Michael Andrew Egerton, 38, of 9041 U.S. 42, Plain City, charging him with t...
Jerome Twp. to create Innovation District
News, Plain City
By Kayleen Petrovia 
March 31, 2021
Jerome Township Trustees presented their vision for an Innovation District, outlined and shaded in blue above. An economic impact study indicates the master planned business park could generate betwee...
Nice day for an Easter Egg Hunt
News, Plain City
By From JT Staff Reports 
March 31, 2021
Families celebrated the Easter holiday a little early on Saturday at the Village of Plain City’s Easter Egg Hunt at Pastime Park. Children searched throughout the park for eggs filled with candy and p...
York found guilty on child sex charges
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By Mac Cordell 
March 30, 2021
A twice convicted child sex offender could spend the rest of his life in prison. A Union County jury recently convicted Charles Calvin York, 49, of 109 Papaya Dr., Marysville, of two counts of rape in...
Donation made in the name of safety
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By From JT Staff Reports 
March 30, 2021
Local State Farm Agent Brittany Freeman, at left, recently donated more than 40 smoke alarms to the Marysville Division of Fire to provide to families in need of a new detector. Also pictured is Marys...
Sure sign of spring
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By From JT Staff Reports 
March 30, 2021
A boxelder bug is pictured resting on a window on Fourth Street. The bugs get their common name from their usual habitat, the boxelder tree. Even so, they are known to enter homes, sheds and garages t...
Dump truck rolls over
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By From JT Staff Reports 
March 29, 2021
Traffic was slowed this morning about 8 a.m. after a dump truck, carrying scrap metal, tipped and went off the road at the intersection of routes 4 and 347. The truck apparently hit another vehicle th...
Severe weather a threat  to farms
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By From JT Staff Reports 
March 29, 2021
Union County’s OSU Extension is advising farmers to use caution as they enter the fields this spring. Wayne Dellinger, Union County extension educator for agriculture and natural resources said that b...
Old Kroger to be temporary animal shelter
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By Mac Cordell 
March 27, 2021
Officials from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) were busy this week constructing a temporary emergency shelter in the former Kroger building, 1095 W. Fifth St. Off...
Officials finalize Triad strategic plan
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By Kayleen Petrovia 
March 27, 2021
Triad Board of Education members recently heard a presentation surrounding the district’s new strategic plan. The document will be used to “define the expectations and aspirations” that will drive the...
Honda extends shutdown another week
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By Mac Cordell 
March 26, 2021
This week’s Honda production shutdown will continue at least one more week. Last week Honda announced that most manufacturing plants in North America, including the Marysville Auto Plant, would be “te...
County gets wind-blown look
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By From JT Staff Reports 
March 26, 2021
This street light on East Fourth Street in Marysville showed damage from wind gusts in the area early this morning. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) Several street signs and traffic signals ...
Scaled-down Easter events planned
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By From JT Staff Reports 
March 26, 2021
Though plans may look different than years past, local churches and community members are preparing to celebrate Easter. Plain City will host a village-wide Easter egg hunt at noon Saturday. Mayor Jod...
Early College High School responds to threat
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By From JT Staff Reports 
March 26, 2021
After reports of a potential threat Thursday morning, local school officials are encouraging community members to speak up when something is wrong. Marysville Early College High School Principal Ken C...
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By Mac Cordell 
March 25, 2021
Less than two weeks after his appointment to Marysville’s Planning Commission, John Cunningham has resigned. In a Monday afternoon email to Council President Mark Reams, Cunningham resigned from the c...