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Doris Leistritz was named the winner of the Journal-Tribune’s Count The Jack-O-Lanterns contest. Readers were asked to count the number of jack-o-lanterns scattered about the newspaper pages in the Oc...

Retired Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Bonnell delivers his keynote speech during Sunday’s Voices from the Stone ceremony. The program, sponsored by the Union County Veterans Remembrance Committee honored...

Eastbound lanes of U.S. 33 are open again after a fatal crash closed the highway Sunday and into Monday morning. Troopers from the Ohio State Highway Patrol continue to investigate a fatal crash that ...

A worker paints the windows of the Marysville Elks Lodge at 1130 East Fifth Street Saturday. The painting of the building has drawn a lot of attention as the exterior color was changed from light tan ...

These two images show the highs and lows of Ohio High School playoff football. Above, onlookers celebrate as Jonathan Alder’s Will Heisler (26) goes into the endzone after an interception during the P...

WARREN A bout of what prosecutors are calling “unlucky timing” has led to charges for a Marysville man who was attacked in his own home. Marcus Warren, 23, of 127 Hemlock Drive, is charged with one co...

Pictured above are members of the North Union Agronomy team at the recent National FFA Convention in Indianapolis. Team members are, from left to right, Avery Zwayer, Kaylee Smith Joel Krebehenne and ...

A local man is facing charges after he allegedly fired shots at a house following an altercation. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Estell T. Crabtree, 31, of 22839 Northwest Parkway, charging ...

Jerome Township’s zoning department is looking to improve its customer service. At trustee meeting earlier this week, Director of Departments/Fire Chief Douglas Stewart said he has been working with t...

Librarians in Plain City are working through a program titled Librarians on the Loose. As part of the program, the local librarians used tools and equipment available for loan at the library to build ...

In this Ohio Army National Guard photo, Jones, center, as state command sergeant major, visits with soldiers of the 174th Air Defense Artillery Brigade at Fort Bliss, Texas after they had just returne...

The Ohio Department of Transportation announced Wednesday that it will contribute another $4.3 million to the project to improve the interchange at U.S. 33/state Route 161 and Post Road. (Photo submit...

Voters in Marysville were in the mood for change Tuesday, voting out a pair of City Council incumbents. “I will forever be grateful for the group of citizens who want to see change,” Donald Boerger, c...

The Marysville Board of Education will retain two of its current members. According to unofficial results from the Union County Board of Elections, Sue Devine and Amy Powers will hold their seats on t...

Triad Local Schools will soon see funding for athletic facility and building security improvements. According to unofficial results from the Champaign County, Logan County and Union County Boards of E...

A pair of tractor trailer trucks collided shortly after 2 p.m. Tuesday on the U.S. 42 bypass around Plain City. Officials said a vehicle on the bypass made a quick U-turn in the road, using a small pu...

By Mac Cordell and Kayleen Petrovia Jerome fire issue fails; Pleasant Valley passes Voters in the Plain City area, approved one fire levy while rejecting another. According to unofficial results from ...

Marysville officials want to look at the possibility of expanding the Marysville Outdoor Refreshment Area. Last summer the city created the Marysville Outdoor Refreshment Area (MORA) for one event, th...

Election officials have reported that voting today seems to be going well. The Marysville High School Fieldhouse, above, is one of several new polling locations. Officials have consolidated several po...

Pictured above, in a recent photo, is fall foliage along the Jim Simmons trail near Schwartzkopf Park. Trees aren’t likely to hold onto their colorful leaves much longer, as the upcoming forecast incl...

Sgt. Rustun Schack, of the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Columbus Post, was injured Saturday after Kyle Price allegedly rammed his cruiser with the flatbed truck he was driving. Schack was treated and r...

Hundreds of children and adults were on hand Sunday for the Great Pumpkin Drop at Marysville’s Decker Fire Station. Firefighters took pumpkins to the top of the 100-foot ladder truck and attempted to ...

The fund raising campaign to bring the remains of Capt. John “Blackie” Porter and Sgt. Harold Neibler reached its goal earlier this week. Above, from left, adventurer Clayton Kuhles, forensic anthropo...

The Monarch football team is shown running through pregame smoke Friday at Marysville. A convincing 35-0 win over Central Crossing may have been enough to lift Marysville into its first playoff berth ...

Local representatives in the photo above include Councilman Henk Berbee, Mayor J.R. Rausch, Commissioner Chris Schmenk, Economic Development Director Eric Phillips and City Manager Terry Emery. As par...

Trick-or-treat was held in most parts of the county Thursday, capping Halloween for 2019 and launching the holiday season. While rain was originally the biggest threat to the event, cold temperatures,...

A former Honda employee pleaded guilty Wednesday to defrauding the company of more than $750,000. Charles Michael Stratton, 62, of Fairborn, was charged with 38 counts of wire fraud and six counts of ...

Tyson Carl Bodey II was sentenced Wednesday to nine to 12 years in prison for beating and kidnapping his ex-girlfriend. Above, Bodey, in orange, speaks with defense attorney Brian D. Joslyn following ...

Tickets are on sale for Silver Scene Players’ production of John Patrick’s “A Bad Year for Tomatoes” this weekend. Proceeds from the performance will benefit St. Martin De Porres. Members of the cast ...

Curtis Goldstein is shown as he touches up the mural on the Hatfield building at the corner of Main and Fourth streets recently. Part of the wall was crumbling, so it was patched and Goldstein was bro...