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Spirit ahead of the holidays
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By From JT Staff Reports 
November 25, 2019
It’s never too early to start decorating for Christmas. This home on Middleburg-Plain City Road had its Christmas lights up well ahead of Thanksgiving. Journal-Tribune readers are encouraged to visit ...
Election violations result in no punishment
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By Mac Cordell 
November 23, 2019
ACKISON The Ohio Elections Commission (OEC) ruled unanimously Thursday that senate candidate Melissa Ackison violated elections laws, but also decided the violations did not warrant any form of punish...
Season ends for Pioneers
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By From JT Staff Reports 
November 23, 2019
Members of Jonathan Alder’s football team hug after Friday evening’s 27-14 loss to Columbus Bishop Hartley during the Division III Region 11 championship game at Hilliard Darby. Pictured for the Pione...
A matter of hearts and minds
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By Chad Williamson 
November 23, 2019
Navin program targets social and emotional growth of students With a B grade on the latest state report card, Marysville’s Navin Elementary is finding success at expanding young minds. A new Social Em...
Concert review – The Little Big Band Classic entertains crowd
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By From JT Staff Reports 
November 23, 2019
Editor’s note: The following information was provided by Union County Community Concerts Association Board Member Florence Allen. ––– Marysville Residents and friends welcomed the Little Big Band Clas...
Marysville bumps pay for teaching subs
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By Chad Williamson 
November 22, 2019
Responding to a shortage across the region, the Marysville School District is bumping the daily pay for substitute teachers. At its Thursday night’s meeting, the district’s board of education unanimou...
Triad forming “Portrait of a Graduate”
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By Kayleen Petrovia 
November 22, 2019
Members of the Triad community are working to build a vision for their district’s graduates. During Thursday night’s Board of Education meeting, officials heard from the Portrait of a Graduate communi...
Viewing hospital construction
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By From JT Staff Reports 
November 22, 2019
On Thursday, members of the Memorial Health Board of Trustees and a few members of the medical staff toured the new inpatient pavilion currently under construction on the east side of the hospital fac...
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By Mac Cordell 
November 21, 2019
Marysville’s Public Service/Public Safety Committee is moving forward with recommendations to allow golf carts in the city. However, not everyone is happy with the proposed guidelines. At its recent m...
Secretary of State visits
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By From JT Staff Reports 
November 21, 2019
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose was in Union County this morning to tour the local Board of Elections office. Above, LaRose, second from right, discusses opportunities to involve high school stud...
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By Kayleen Petrovia 
November 21, 2019
The Union County Health Department (UCHD) will not begin a new inspection cycle for sewage systems until 2025, rather than 2020. Although a new inspection requirement was previously required to begin ...
Ben Logan brothers die in fiery crash
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By From JT Staff Reports 
November 21, 2019
BY THE EXAMINER STAFF Deputies from the Logan County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a double-fatal crash that occurred Wednesday afternoon on Township Road 230 between state routes 540 and 47 Brot...
Eljer care
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By From JT Staff Reports 
November 21, 2019
The Eljer Park playground is getting an overhaul and will include one of the few gravity rail rides in the state. Above, Tim Harper, of MidStates Recreation, works to spread gravel at the playground. ...
Jerome trustees all in on Amazon
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By Kayleen Petrovia 
November 20, 2019
Jerome Township officials are in favor of a new Amazon facility coming to the area. During Tuesday’s Trustees Meeting, trustees voted unanimously in favor of both agreements that would pave the way fo...
A brighter Uptown
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By From JT Staff Reports 
November 20, 2019
Marysville is increasing the amount of lights in the city’s Uptown. Residents said they enjoyed the patio lights, strung on Fifth Street, one block east and west of Main Street. The lights were initia...
City opts for deduct meters over credits
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By Mac Cordell 
November 20, 2019
Above is an installed secondary water meter, called a deduct meter. The primary meter measures the total amount of water a home uses. The deduct meter measures how much of the water is used outside an...
New Marysville officer sworn in
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By From JT Staff Reports 
November 20, 2019
Officer Long Huynh, second from left, was sworn in as the newest member of the Marysville Division of Police Tuesday at the department. He comes to the local agency from the Granville Police Departmen...
Pet crematory moves forward in Jerome Township
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By Kayleen Petrovia 
November 20, 2019
While moving forward with a proposed pet crematory, Jerome Township officials voted Tuesday against a zoning code change that would create a new permitted use. During the zoning application process, F...
Flexible fella
News, Plain City
By From JT Staff Reports 
November 20, 2019
Jonathan Alder Drum Major Isaiah Heyman touches his plume to the turf at the Teays Valley stadium prior to the start of the Pioneers’ playoff football game against Jackson Friday. JA won the game 38-1...
Girls on the Run!
News, Plain City
By From JT Staff Reports 
November 20, 2019
The Plain City Elementary School Girls on the Run team participated in a celebratory 5K run Saturday at Columbus Commons. Over the course of the 10-week program, girls in grades 3-8 develop essential ...
Fairbanks opens Life Skills Lab
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By From JT Staff Reports 
November 19, 2019
Above, Fairbanks Board President Mark Lippencott accepts a gift of baked goods from one of the students who uses the district’s new Life Skills Lab. The district held a ribbon cutting for the facility...
NU board asked to donate land for facility
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By Sherryl Sheets of the Richwood Gazette 
November 19, 2019
Presentations on various topics were the main events during the Monday night North Union Board of Education meeting. Richwood Mayor Scott Jerew approached the board to help support a project called a ...
Memorial acquires Damascus Family Medicine
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By Mac Cordell 
November 18, 2019
Memorial Medical Group has acquired Damascus Family Medicine. In a letter sent to Damascus Family Medicine patients, the practice announced that, “as of Dec. 2, 2019, our practice will become a part o...
Marysville Choral Boosters announce Cabaret Night
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By From JT Staff Reports 
November 18, 2019
Pictured above are the senior members of the Swingers Unlimited. They are, from left to right, seated, Matthew Cooper and Peyton Ice, standing in the front row, Liv Jordan, Donovan Muller, Emma Armstr...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
November 18, 2019
Editor’s note: The following information was written by UCCCA board member Florence Allen. ––– The Union County Concert Association will present the Little Big Band Classic Performers on Thursday, Nov...
County hikes fees for vehicle registrations fees
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By Mac Cordell 
November 16, 2019
Local residents will soon be paying more for their vehicle registration. The Union County Commissioners on Thursday approved a pair of resolutions to add a group of fees each time a resident registers...
JA advances to the next round
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By From JT Staff Reports 
November 16, 2019
Jonathan Keith, left, of Jonathan Alder throws up his arm in celebration after the Pioneers defeated Jackson 38-13 at Teays Valley High School Friday. Teammate Dawson Detweiler is shown at right. The ...
Marysville plays the host
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By From JT Staff Reports 
November 16, 2019
Friday night, for the first time, a high school football game was held at Marysville’s stadium that did not begin with the words “this is Monarch country” over the public address system. School crews ...
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By Mac Cordell 
November 15, 2019
MCCONOUGHEY A parole violation will bring no punishment for a former teacher convicted of having sex with a student. At a hearing this week, Judge Mark O’Connor decided to continue community control f...
Marysville to begin process of elementary redistricting
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By Chad Williamson 
November 15, 2019
Marysville elementary school parents learned recently that the district will soon begin the process of redistricting. A letter sent to parents Thursday states that the district will begin the process ...