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Airport hosts fly-in

By Kyle Meddles

October 7, 2024

The B-25 bomber ‘Champaign Gal,’ named after its home at the Champaign Aviation Museum in Champaign County made an appearance at the Union County Airport’s Oktoberfest fly-in Saturday. The iconic bomb...

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UCHD plans shot, tire events

By From JT Staff Reports

October 7, 2024

The Union County Health Department will be holding a couple events at the end of this week. On Friday, the department is running its annual drive-thru flu vaccination clinic at the Union County Fairgr...

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Pair of clinicians join Memorial Health staff

By From JT Staff Reports

October 7, 2024

Memorial Health has announced its services are reaching further in the region with the addition of two new providers to its growing team of specialty care physicians. Joining Memorial General and Colo...

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Houses getting haunted for Halloween

By From JT Staff Reports

October 7, 2024

The Halloween season is in full swing locally with many residents going all out to create spooky displays around their homes, like the one shown above on West Sixth Street. (Journal-Tribune photo by K...

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Logjam project leads to questions over trails

By Mike Williamson

October 4, 2024

Despite the Mill Creek logjam project moving forward, some concerned residents still have lingering questions. Many of those deal with easements on land in the watershed and whether or not those easem...

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Vinny Ruane poses with Yorii students during lunch in the classrooms. Ruane said students at Yorii are responsible for serving meals to other students. (Photo submitted)

Student tout value of trip to Yorii

By Kyle Meddles

October 4, 2024

Two Marysville students reflected on their experiences after an exchange trip to Japan. At a recent meeting of Marysville School Board, Maki Okamoto, who teaches Japanese at Marysville’s Early College...

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Acciona makes large donations

By From JT Staff Reports

October 4, 2024

Acciona Energia recently donated more than $160,000 to a pair of charitable organizations that serve local residents in need. The energy company gave the Hope Center $86,000 and the Marysville Food Pa...

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Planning commission miffed by council path on weed

By Mac Cordell

October 3, 2024

Marysville’s planning commission members say they feel “strong-armed” with the way city council is handling marijuana legislation in the city. “I feel like planning commission is being strong-armed in...

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TRC to get new crash lab

By From JT Staff Reports

October 3, 2024

Transportation Research Center (TRC) is getting a brand new lab on its campus. The automotive research company west of Marysville broke ground Thursday on a new 66,000-square-foot Impact Laboratory th...

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A fresh coat for the Plain City clock tower building

By Mike Williamson

October 3, 2024

People passing through Plain City this week will notice the clock tower building is getting a new color. According to representatives with A.M. Scott Distillery, the building’s owner, it is currently ...

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Officials concerned with future of foster kids

By Mac Cordell

October 2, 2024

Officials from the Juvenile/Probate Court are asking city officials to help former foster children. At its Tuesday meeting, Sharron Robinson-Walls, chief magistrate of Union County Court of Common Ple...

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P.C., Jerome could see traffic snags

By Mike Williamson

October 2, 2024

Drivers moving through the Plain City and Jerome area will notice a couple of projects that could impact traffic over the next several weeks and into the end of the year. The Union County Engineer’s O...

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Suit names Scotts in stock con

By Mac Cordell

October 1, 2024

A pair of lawsuits is alleging a series of violations and a pattern of misconduct against leaders at the Scotts Miracle-Gro Company. The two lawsuits, both filed in September, make similar allegations...

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SNAP benefits increase, but so does qualifying limit

By Mike Williamson

October 1, 2024

Union County residents receiving food assistance benefits could see a slight increase in the amount starting this month, but changes may also reduce the number of participants overall. Sue Ware, direc...

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Pastor returns to Richwood community that helped mold him

By Kyle Meddles

September 30, 2024

A local pastor has returned to Richwood to serve the community. Twenty-eight-year-old Jacob Heyward was recently hired as the Family Life and Youth Pastor at Fulton Creek Evangelical Friends Church, w...

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Work at Marysville’s Scott Family Park has been stalled for about two years after the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) filed a notice of violations for improvements the city made to the existing path or access drive already on the 112-acre property. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

EPA speed bump delayed city park work

By Mac Cordell

September 30, 2024

A nearly two-year stall on work at Marysville’s Scott Family Park should soon be coming to an end, which means work can begin again. Marysville Public Service Director Jeremy Hoyt said that work on th...

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Best seats in the house

By Chad Williamson

September 30, 2024

These three girls picked this elevated perch on a high wall to watch Saturday morning’s Fairbanks Girls Varsity soccer contests. It was a busy morning at the school as the football and girls soccer te...

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Memorial collects various honors

By From JT Staff Reports

September 30, 2024

Reinforcing its reputation as a high-performing healthcare system, Memorial Health has recently achieved several prestigious national awards for patient care, as well as a statewide honor for the grow...

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Wings is collection point for sharp instruments

By From JT Staff Reports

September 30, 2024

Wings Support and Recovery has a new disposal container for sharp medical objects like needles. The organization announced the Safe Sharps Disposal Container will be installed outside the office on So...

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Traffic stop leads to cocaine find

By Mac Cordell

September 28, 2024

A Marion man is facing multiple first-degree felony charges after a traffic stop nets more than 1,000 doses of cocaine. The Union County Grand jury has indicted Deaudrick Joseph Volney, charging him w...

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Muscles on Maple

By Chad Williamson

September 27, 2024

A young cheerleader flexes her muscles for the crowds watching the Marysville Homcoming parade along Maple Street Wednesday night. For the second year in a row, the parade abandoned its traditional ro...

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Ditch project assessment should be lower than anticipated

By Mike Williamson

September 26, 2024

Letters are going out soon regarding assessments for the Morris-Beery ditch project and amounts may be lower than anticipated. Union County Engineer Jeff Stauch updated the commissioners on a series o...

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Making way for the new Queen

By From JT Staff Reports

September 26, 2024

Demolition of the former Dairy Queen building, 816 Columbus Ave., began Wednesday and was nearly complete by the end of the day. The restaurant is expected to be closed for several weeks while a new, ...

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Former J.A. Elementary coming down

By Mike Williamson

September 26, 2024

Demolition began on the former Jonathan Alder Elementary School building on West Main Street this week with the razing of the back portion of the building shown above. While the district hasn’t yet an...

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Man charged for attempt to smother woman

By Mac Cordell

September 25, 2024

A Marysville man could be facing a decade and a half behind bars after allegedly attempting to smother his live-in girlfriend and threatening to kill the members of his household. Steven L. Horch, 56,...

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Plain City kicks tires on stormwater maintenance fee

By Mike Williamson

September 25, 2024

Plain City officials are considering a stormwater utility fee program to help pay for future improvement projects. Randy VanTilburg, with the consulting firm Mannik and Smith Group, told council at th...

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Blunt rebuke

City poised to ban pot dispensaries despite local support for Issue 2

By Mac Cordell

September 24, 2024

Marysville City Council is moving forward with legislation to prohibit the sale of recreational marijuana inside the city. At its Monday meeting, council heard the first reading of legislation to amen...

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Richwood battles first-floor downtown apartments

By Kyle Meddles

September 24, 2024

A member of the public is coming forward with information about the unlawful apartments downtown in the business district. At the regular meeting on Monday, Council President Reddy Brown brought up th...

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Marysville development projects updated

By Mac Cordell

September 24, 2024

While the impending demolition of Marysville’s Dairy Queen is noticeable to those traveling in the city’s far east side, local officials say the community is in a bit of a development lull. Demolition...

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MAiZE celebrates Peanuts

By From JT Staff Reports

September 24, 2024

The MAiZE at Little Darby Creek celebrates the 75th anniversary of the creator of Charlie Brown with a Snoopy-themed maze. Kicking off fall festivities for the 75th Anniversary of Charles Schulz’ Pean...