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Next year will see a pair of vacant seats on the Union County Board of Commissioners. Current commissioners Charles Hall and Steve Stolte have each announced they will not seek reelection. Both cited ...

Richwood Council members have discussed the village’s aging water and sewer systems for years. Both systems are 50 years and older and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has suggested for ...

After 25 years, a local business is staying true to its roots. Earlier this year, Scott and Loretta Weeks celebrated the 25th anniversary of their business, Weeks Plumbing. Loretta said many things ha...

PRICE The man who led police on a multi-county chase before crashing on U.S. 33 is now facing additional charges for allegedly lying to officials in an attempt to get out of jail. The Union County Gra...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...