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Students from Shekinah Christian School’s seventh and eighth grade classes were at Plain City’s Pasttime Park recently to plant flowers and generally clean-up in the park. The project was part of the ...

Students at North Union High School recently voted for the members of this year’s homecoming court. Pictured above are, from left to right, seated, freshman attendant Haezel Hamilton, sophomore attend...

The Marysville School District will celebrate Homecoming this week. The Homecoming parade will travel down Main Street Wednesday beginning at 6 p.m. and the Homecoming dance will be held Saturday nigh...

A long-worked on, much-talked about economic development agreement between Marysville and Jerome Township will come before City Council next week. At Monday night’s city council work session, the body...

Law enforcement officials are asking for the public’s help locating a white male and a Ford Ranger, seen in these Sept. 19 photos from surveillance footage, believed to be involved with multiple theft...

As part of National Newspaper Carrier Week, The Marysville Journal-Tribune recently honored several of its best newspaper carriers. Each one is a seasoned carrier who has received high praise from the...

Dr. Phil Atkins speaks at the Mental Health and Recovery Board annual meeting Friday night at Dorral Farms off Hinton Mill Road. Awards were given to Carl Mandanisi, Consumer Advocate, Tisha McCreary,...

Marysville pool officials are pleased with the 2019 season. Daily attendance increased for a second consecutive year. (Photo submitted) Officials in Plain City and Marysville are pleased with the summ...

Several Honda locations opened their doors this week for students to tour the facilities as part of National Manufacturing Day. Above, students from Marysville, Northland high schools toured the Marys...

Union County officials are discussing how employees are reaching the top of their pay scale and if they should address that. Earlier this week county officials met with representatives from Clemans Ne...

Although the temperatures this week didn’t make it feel like harvest season, the dry conditions proved favorable for those who wanted to take crops off their fields. Above combines remove soybeans fro...

Marysville families took advantage of the fall weather this morning, during Walk to School Day. Four local elementary schools took part in the event, which is organized by the Marysville Safe Routes t...

The man responsible for a crash that killed his teenage cousin and injured his brother and several others will spend the next four and a half years in prison. Christopher Conrad, 20, of 24660 state Ro...

The sights of fall and Halloween season rarely overlap with mid-summer readings on the thermometer, but this week has been one for the record books. After setting record high temperatures in the low 9...

Route 736, between U.S. 42 and Hickory Ridge Road, was closed for several hours this morning while officials dealt with low hanging wires. A deputy was stationed at U.S. 42 this morning to keep travel...

Marysville’s Walk to School Day events are set for Friday, Oct. 4. Four local elementary schools - Edgewood, Mill Valley, Navin and Northwood - will be participating in the event. Routes were sent hom...

Plans are underway to level the home at 1329 E. Fifth St., in Marysville, pictured above, to build a new Sunbelt Rental facility, below. Currently, Sunbelt has a store on Delaware Avenue. That buildin...

The Jerome Township Fire Department is hosting a series of town hall meetings to discuss the upcoming fire levy on November’s ballot. During Tuesday’s Board of Trustees meeting, Fire Chief Doug Stewar...

Plain City is moving forward with plans to cut ties with Union County’s building department. Village Council held a special meeting Monday to discuss legislation that would name West Jefferson as Plai...

Work is continuing on the ball fields at the Joint Recreation District’s facility on County Home Road. The project will add four natural turf fields and will put artificial turf on the facility’s two ...

Officials are putting the final touches on a year-long construction project to build a new Ohio Department of Transportation garage near the intersection of state Route 4 and Collins Avenue, adjacent ...

A pair of firefighters suffered minor injuries Friday as more than 10 fire companies battled a fire in York Township. Liberty Township Fire Chief Lloyd Segner said the home at 19020 Powder Lick Road, ...

Pictured above is a mosquito photographed in the area of East Fifth Street recently. The Union county Health Department is planning tire collection events on Saturday, Oct. 19 at the Union County Fair...

At approximately 8:10 a.m., a Chevrolet Colorado traveling northbound on Route 31 near Route 347 swerved to the right of the roadway to avoid a semi-truck traveling southbound that was left-of-center ...

Union County Sheriff Jamie Patton spent Wednesday and Thursday in Washington D.C. attending the White House Briefing on Secure Borders and Safe Communities. Patton said the conference addressed concer...

It was a night for crowning royalty at area high school football games Friday night. Above, Fairbanks High School crowned its 2019 football Homecoming queen and king. Sarah LaPointe was named the quee...

Jonathan Alder Local Schools are hosting a series of community conversations throughout the month of October. Superintendent Gary Chapman said he will speak about current and projected student enrollm...

A Fairbanks High School student will be honored in an Eagle Court of Honor today. Brendan Sayer is a member of Troop 284 out of Bellpoint Community Church. His Scoutmaster is Dustin Parker and Committ...

A log jam that was first spotted in 2006 near Waldo Road has grown to more than 900 feet long and five feet tall causing problems with drainage in the county. (Photo submitted) 900 feet of trees, debr...

The lights went on for the first time at Marysville High School’s new football stadium Thursday evening. The above photo shows the south end zone from the top of the home-side seating. The Monarchs wi...