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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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

Installation of new playground equipment at the north entrance to Pastime Park in Plain City has begun. While the equipment is still on pallets as of this morning, below, there is a plan for the playg...

Officials with the Marysville Division of Police say things are trending in the right direction. “All in all, pretty much everything was down,” Deputy Chief Tony Brooks said. The division of police re...

At approximately 5:12 p.m. Monday, officials responded to the scene of a two-vehicle, head-on crash in the 20000 block of Collins Road in Allen Township. Reports indicate two victims were transported ...

The North Union Board of Education met Monday for its regular board meeting. On the agenda was approving funds for the new athletic field house. Board members voted to purchase weight room equipment f...

Officials are saying that as more retail comes to Union County, so does more organized theft. “We see this more and more with these larger retailers,” said Union County Prosecutor Dave Phillips. The p...

Crews worked last week to install traffic light poles and arms as part of the improvement project along West Fifth Street. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kevin Behrens)

The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) reports that the number of new influenza-related hospitalizations rose again last week. The 994 hospitalizations from February 2 to February 8 marks a new high for ...

A former inmate at the Ohio Reformatory for Women is under indictment after allegedly plotting to kill a local guard. Sonya Hawkins, 44, who is currently an inmate at Dayton Correctional Institution, ...

Journal-Tribune reporter Mac Cordell works after hours at his desk, with help from his sons, Levi and Ben. (J-T photo by Chad Williamson) The Marysville Journal-Tribune, and more specifically reporter...

Union County was represented at an event in Columbus Thursday where Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced his support for new legislation that makes distracted driving a primary offense, meaning it coul...

Union County agencies are working together as part of the national Stepping Up Initiative, which aims to reduce the number of people with mental illnesses in jails. Employees at the Mental Health and ...

Author and family physician, Dr. Leonard Sax, will headline a local event titled “Beyond Resilience – Improving the Odds for Our Children.” The event will be held from 6-9 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 29, at ...

A Plain City teen was declared dead shortly after noon Monday, the result of an apparent suicide. Lance Emberling, an investigator with the Union County Coroner’s Office, said the man was found in the...

As local election officials prepare for next month’s presidential primary, they want to make sure voters are ready as well. Brandon Clay and Tina LaRoche, director and deputy director of the Union Cou...

The Union County Board of Elections has been going through a series of security precautions to ensure the March primary election. Part of the security involves bipartisan teams loading and auditing ea...

Plain City officials are considering implementing impact fees to offset the effects of new development. During Wednesday’s council work session, officials heard representatives from Strand Associates,...

The new gas tax sticker, outlining state and federal taxes on each gallon of fuel will be attached to county gas pumps throughout the year as members of the county auditor’s weights and measures team ...

Union County Auditor Andrea Weaver is supporting legislation that would improve the state’s homestead exemption law and could mean a tax savings for local seniors. Ohio’s homestead lawsallow low-incom...

Route 31, north of Marysville, was closed for nearly three hours Tuesday after a dump truck full of dirt and gravel, rolled, spilling its load across the road. According to the report, at about 2:26 p...

To many, North Lewisburg is a sleepy, little village that shouldn’t require $150K worth of police protection to serve 1,500 residents. But if you find a man with a crossbow in your darkened garage, li...

Plain City officials are working to review a proposed Parks and Recreation Master Plan. Goals of the plan include acquiring more park land and updating current parks and facilities, including Pastime ...

Andrew Hiesler, Eighth grade student council president, left, accepted the Junior High Overall “A” and Momentum Awards from the Ohio Department of Education on behalf of the student body, presented by...

Area’s most notorious criminal, Stanley Penn, had been incarcerated since 1983 The convicted killer of Union County Sheriff Harry Wolfe is dead. According to Deputy Tom Morgan of the Union County Sher...

Representatives from the Union County Drug Free Coalition were at Marysville City Council’s meeting Monday to honor the community school resource officers. UCDFC named the officers as Community Champi...

The Primary Election will be held March 17 and Richwood Village Council had a front row seat to meet some of the candidates Monday night. Three candidates introduced themselves to council and those in...