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Jack, a donkey at Bellepoint Rescue Farm, grazes in a field at the farm. Jack came to the farm after his former owners decided they couldn’t care for him anymore. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon)...

While district seniors will not graduate until this weekend, Fairbanks officials are already planning for next year and beyond. “The challenge we are facing right now, as we come to the end of the sch...

As coronavirus restrictions have loosened, Triad has developed a new plan for an outdoor, in-person graduation ceremony. Superintendent Vickie Hoffman said she recently saw a video of a high school th...

The North Union Board of Education held its regular monthly meeting online Monday night. Superintendent Rich Baird presented board members resolutions honoring a pair of basketball team. The board pas...

As the state begins to reopen, Union County has documented eight new cases since Friday of COVID-19 including the first at the Ohio Reformatory for Women. According to the Union County Health Departme...

Residents at Memorial Gables Nursing Home were treated to a parade Friday. Members of the community drove around the roundabout entrance with signs and candy to give to spectators. Employees at the Ga...

Marysville officials are hoping they can open the municipal pool before the end of the month. “I am hoping May 29, if we can get the staff and everything in place,” said Marysville City Manager Terry ...

A fox pup sits in a ditch along Hillview Road Friday. The family of three pups and a mature fox retreated to a nearby culvert pipe after being photographed. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon)

Today is the day barber shops, beauty salons and other personal services in Ohio are reopening. Additionally, restaurants with outside seating are also allowed to open today. Above, barber Larry Polin...

Lauren Brown is spending the morning in a staff meeting working on how World of Wonders Child Care and Learning Center will reopen. Thursday, Gov. Mike DeWine announced that daycare centers across Ohi...

This photo shows an empty parking lot at the Union County Family YMCA earlier this spring. The facility will reopen later this month under guidelines to combat the coronavirus. (Journal-Tribune photo ...

Units from the Richwood Police Department, Northern Union County Fire and EMS District, Leesburg Township Fire Department, Liberty Township Fire Department and Scioto Valley Fire District responded to...

Honda has resumed production at the Marysville Auto Plant. Production was stopped in March and associates were furloughed. Officials said the production start-up will be gradual. On the first day back...

Marysville will be getting a new water treatment plant at a bargain price. Last week the city opened up bids for the new Raymond Road Water Treatment Plant. The apparent low bidder was Peterson Constr...

Plain City Council is working to adjust the village’s budget and upcoming events in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. During Wednesday’s council work session, which was held online via Zoom, Village Adm...

Plain City artist Hilary Frambes is using different mediums to honor the Jonathan Alder Class of 2020. Frambes is pictured painting a mural with the JA logo, which will be signed by senior students. I...

According to Marysville Police Department reports: Craig Lawrence Kise, 50, of W. Fourth Street was arrested on a warrant service arrest in the 300 block of E. Fifth Street at 3:16 a.m. Tuesday. Lewis...

A little more than a week into its existence, the North Lewisburg Police Department is already thinking bigger. Village council met Tuesday night and approved measures setting pay rates for part-time ...

Local fire departments responded to a mobile home fire early Wednesday morning. The mobile home, located at 21085 Liberty West Road, caught fire at approximately 1:30 a.m. Firefighter Chad Heminger of...

The Union County Sheriff’s Office, Marysville Police Department and Ohio State Highway Patrol were led on a pursuit through the county Tuesday afternoon. Tyler C. Burgess, 25, of Marion was eventually...

While the numbers have changed, the results have not. The Union County Board of Elections Tuesday released the final, official results of this year’s primary election. Preliminary results were release...

Although the COVID-19 pandemic forced many school districts to cancel Prom, Triad still found a way to celebrate. Superintendent Vickie Hoffman said area photographers Dawndee Boldman Zizzo, Serina An...

Richwood Council members approved a resolution Monday night to authorize the village to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Community Improvement Corporation (CIC) of Union County to sel...

Plain City Council has extended a Declaration of Emergency in the village due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During Monday’s council meeting, which was held online via Zoom, council members voted to extend...

Marysville City Council has moved to delay the implementation of an additional license plate tax. At Monday night’s meeting the council amended legislation to impose an annual $5 on each license plate...

A tree limb lies across the driveway of a Pepper Lane home after being struck by lightning from a thunderstorm that swept through Marysville Sunday afternoon. The property owner said this is the secon...

In what local prosecutors are calling a “David beats Goliath” decision, the Court of Appeals of Ohio has given a win to local prosecutors over the CSX railroad company. Between May 2018 and November 2...

Miriam Looker Linscott, 94, has sewn over 600 cloth masks since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Each of her masks are donated to her stepson’s, Dr. Joe Linscott’s, family practice to help him ...

Local mail carrier Adam Tullis isn’t letting the coronavirus pandemic prevent him from connecting with the residents on his route. Virginia Price of Lantern Drive said her son, Nicholas, became friend...