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Cheap gas
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By From JT Staff Reports 
March 2, 2020
Fears of the COVID-19 outbreak have started impacting the local economy. This weekend, gas prices in the area began to fall. Some experts fear that as the virus spreads, people will travel less, using...
Area districts assess calamity days
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By From JT Staff Reports 
February 29, 2020
By Mac Cordell and Kayleen Petrovia With a wintry week, school districts around Union County are looking at their calamity days. As of today, only Marysville Exempted Village School District will need...
A slice of Union County in the Sunshine State
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By From JT Staff Reports 
February 29, 2020
Nearly 100 individuals with Union County ties gathered in Florida recently for lunch at the Burnt Store Marina near Punta Gorda, Florida. The annual event has been held on the last Wednesday in Februa...
Supplies pinched by virus outbreak
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By Chad Williamson 
February 28, 2020
Pictured above are two types of standard use masks used by medical professionals at Memorial Hospital. The Memorial Board of Trustees learned Thursday night that the most vulnerable aspect of local co...
Triad athletic complex bids come in low
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By Kayleen Petrovia 
February 28, 2020
Triad officials broke ground for the district’s new athletic complex Thursday night. During the Board of Education meeting that followed, board members accepted proposals to complete the first phase o...
Lady Pioneers are district champs
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By From JT Staff Reports 
February 28, 2020
Members of Jonathan Alder’s girls basketball team loft their Division II district championship trophy Thursday evening at Ohio Dominican University. The Lady Pioneers beat River Valley, 66-44, to clai...
Just one field
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By Kayleen Petrovia 
February 27, 2020
Jerome Township Trustee C.J. Lovejoy fills in a schedule during Wednesday’s baseball lottery. Instead of an online or first come first served system, the township opts for a traditional lottery using ...
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By Mac Cordell 
February 27, 2020
Marysville officials are pleased with progress an ad hoc committee is making to the city zoning code. Now they want to hear what the public thinks of that progress. Marysville will host a public forum...
J-T carrier wins statewide award
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By Chad Williamson 
February 27, 2020
Pictured above is Journal-Tribune carrier Kage Moss who was recently selected as runner-up in the Ohio News Media Association’s (ONMA) Carrier of the Year competition. He is shown receiving his certif...
Retooled Oak Grove plans brought to P.C. Council
News, Plain City
By Kayleen Petrovia 
February 26, 2020
After years of consideration, the fate of a potential Plain City development may be decided in March. A public hearing for the Oak Grove residential development was held during Monday’s council meetin...
Student surgeons
News, Plain City
By From JT Staff Reports 
February 26, 2020
A number of second grade classrooms at Plain City Elementary School were recently transformed into “surgery centers.” Students became “surgeons” for several days while they completed lessons regarding...
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By Mac Cordell 
February 26, 2020
Marysville Planning Commission is expected to reconsider a Planned Unit Development (PUD) for the Cook’s Pointe area. Earlier this month, the Planning Commission unanimously rejected an application to...
JA swimmer places at state meet
News, Plain City
By From JT Staff Reports 
February 26, 2020
Jonathan Alder swimmer Eli Stoll, pictured third from left on the podium, placed fourth in the 100 backstroke event at the state swim meet. He finished with a time of 50.99 seconds. He also took sixth...
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By Mac Cordell 
February 25, 2020
Says probe into recovery of remains was “to be kept under wraps” Marysville Council member J.R. Rausch issued an apology at Monday night’s city council meeting. “I do owe all of you a bit of an apolog...
Meeting called to decide future of Richwood Opera House
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By Sherryl Sheets of the Richwood Gazette 
February 25, 2020
Pictured above is the Richwood town hall/opera house. Mayor Scott Jerew has called for a town meeting Monday at the village administration building, 153 N. Franklin St., at 7 p.m., where the community...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
February 25, 2020
Editor’s note: The following information was written by Friends of the Library Board Member Florence Allen. ––– Martin (Marty) Gitlin, from Cleveland, will meet with Marysville book lovers to tell of ...
District, former principal settle lawsuit
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By Mac Cordell 
February 24, 2020
Marysville Exempted Village School District has reached a settlement with former principal Melissa Hackett. As part of a settlement reached with the former Northwood Elementary School principal, Marys...
Health dept. continues to monitor county flu situation
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By From JT Staff Reports 
February 24, 2020
Although there are no significant changes in alerts for the local community, the Union County Health Department (UCHD) is continuing to update residents regarding the coronavirus. UCHD continues to wo...
Crash reported on Route 4
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By From JT Staff Reports 
February 24, 2020
At approximately 7:55 a.m. Monday, officials responded to the scene of a multi-vehicle crash on Route 4 between County Home Road and Amrine Wood Road, near the Dutch Mill Greenhouse. Officials at the ...
Show choirs earn top awards
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By From JT Staff Reports 
February 24, 2020
The Bunsold Mini Swingers, right, and Marysville Swingers Unlimited, above, were both crowned Grand Champions in their respective divisions at Saturday’s Olentangy Keynote Classic Show Choir Competiti...
Was community duped?
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By Mac Cordell 
February 22, 2020
In 2011, Professional Adventurer Clayton Kuhles discovered wreckage near the India/Myanmar border. Kuhles found a set of dog tags and believes the site was where local Capt. John “Blackie” Porter’s pl...
Marysville set on redistricting plan
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By Chad Williamson 
February 21, 2020
Area south of city and Cooks Pointe see biggest changes Marysville school officials adopted an elementary redistricting plan Thursday night that should meet the needs of foreseeable development and al...
Treatment system operators could see refunds
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By Kayleen Petrovia 
February 20, 2020
A group of local residents may be eligible for a refund in charges for certain sewage treatment systems. During Wednesday’s Board of Health meeting, Health Commissioner Jason Orcena discussed an error...
Choirs perform in Disney
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By From JT Staff Reports 
February 20, 2020
Members of the Women’s Select Chorus, Concert Choir and Symphonic Choir of Marysville High School traveled to Orlando over the long President’s Day Weekend. The highlight of the trip was a performance...
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By Mac Cordell 
February 19, 2020
Marysville residents may be noticing an increase in certain, city-provided services this month. Beginning in the February billing, the city’s $20.50 per-month trash collection service was increased 50...
Rezoning approval paves way for U.S. 42 vet clinic
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By Kayleen Petrovia 
February 19, 2020
Jerome Township Trustees were busy approving zoning applications during Tuesday night’s meeting. The board approved two applications, each in different phases of the zoning process. The first applicat...
Marching Monarchs in the Magic Kingdom
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By From JT Staff Reports 
February 19, 2020
The Marysville Marching Band returned today from a whirlwind trip to Orlando over the long President’s Day weekend. The band left by bus on Friday and took part in various events at Disneyworld and Un...
More details emerge from Monday fatal crash
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By From JT Staff Reports 
February 19, 2020
The driver killed in a Monday crash on Collins Road may have been under the influence of drugs, according to law enforcement officials. At approximately 5:12 p.m. Monday, a 1999 Honda Accord which dro...
Lyte work
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By From JT Staff Reports 
February 19, 2020
Jonathan Alder High School language arts teacher Megan Dincher, left, recently shared a sonnet written by student Garret Proxmire, right, about his love for Pedialyte with Abbott Nutrition. In return,...