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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...

Plain City residents have a new central hub for information regarding the village - an app. Police Chief Dale McKee said the village officially launched a free mobile app Monday. McKee said the app wi...

Those passing by this home on Alderwood Circle in Plain City are in for a spooky treat. Skeletons, ghosts, zombies and corpses fill the yard, caution tape covers the doors and scarey movie villains st...

Plain City Public Library officials are inviting residents to chuck pumpkins with them. Residents are asked to bring their pumpkin Tuesday to the St. Joseph Parish Activity Center, 670 W Main St., to ...

Ohio Auditor of State Keith Faber was at Marysville City Council Monday to present Finance Director Justin Nahvi with the Ohio Auditor of State’s Award with Distinction. Faber also presented the city ...

State Representative Tracy Richardson will be presenting a request on behalf of the Richwood Village Council for funds from the $15 million statewide Capital budget. Mayor Scott Jerew told council tha...

Marysville’s Zoning Department will be trying a couple pieces of technology in hopes of making it easier for citizens to do business with it and, eventually, other city departments. The zoning departm...

The Marysville High School girls soccer team didn’t mind the wet conditions Saturday afternoon during the Division I district championship match at Dublin Jerome High School. In the above photo, membe...

Pictured above in a submitted publicity photo is Matt Gray, a Marysville native, who is returning to Ohio for his production of As One with Opera Columbus. Gray has previously directed the show at New...

Despite the wet weather, Marysville streets were filled Saturday with cowboys and Indians, along with little ghosts, cops, princesses, football players, witches, dinosaurs and others as businesses tra...

Above, Lacey J. Hartman is seen in the holding cell at the Marysville Police Department. While in the cell, Hartman allegedly removed drugs from inside her clothes and flushed them down the cell’s toi...

Triad students, including Audra Millice, center, participated in a haircutting event Friday morning in support of Calie McDaniel, a freshman battling cancer. Participants measured their hair with oran...

Daniel Reisinger of Milford Center recently completed his Eagle Scout project, construction of a Ceremonial Flag Retirement Burn Pit located at VFW Post 3320 in Marysville. (Photo submitted) The Boy S...

Jonathan Alder’s Jacob Fenik, right, makes a tackle during first quarter action Friday, as teammate Jackson Izzard (5) looks on. The Pioneers remained unbeaten on the season, topping Springfield Shawn...

For Memorial Health to compete with the health systems of Columbus for employees, it must offer competitive wages, even at its lowest levels. Memorial Health Board of Trustees members learned at Thurs...

Those running for a variety of offices around the community participated in a meet the candidates night Thursday. The event was organized by the Union County Chamber of Commerce Legislative Committee ...

United Way of Union County volunteers gathered recently at the organization’s new impact thermometer on the Union County Courthouse lawn to mark reaching the 40 percent mark of the 2019 goal of $1.1 m...