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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...

Memorial Hospital’s new emergency department director realizes that success in the ER is a much about bedside manner as medicine. Christopher Farabaugh said one of his immediate goals is to impress on...

Grand jury indictments SIMPKINS A second victim has come forward to make allegations against a former day care provider. Joshua D. Simpkins, 29, is currently serving a 15-years-to-life sentence in Chi...

Work continues on the 530,000-square-foot trucking distribution center at 8341 Industrial Parkway in Jerome Township. The building will serve as home for a FedEx distribution center. The facility drew...

As Plain City Council reviews the 2020 budget, it is considering potential raises to the village’s water and sewer rates. During a work session following Monday’s council meeting, Village Administrato...

Fairbanks High School will host Springfield Catholic Central on Friday for the 2019 Homecoming football game. The Homecoming king and queen will be crowned during a 6:30 p.m. ceremony, prior to the 7 ...

Charges allege man attacked woman, her son A Marysville man could be facing almost three decades behind bars after allegedly attacking a woman and her son. A Union County Grand Jury has indicted Rober...

Jonathan Alder High School will crown its Homecoming Queen and King at the varsity football game against North Union on Friday. Pictured above are homecoming court members, from left, front row, senio...

Although Plain City Council decided against adding parking to Maple Street several weeks ago, the choice was met with opposition during Monday’s meeting. Business owners from the Maple Street area wer...

According to Plain City Police Department reports: An officer was dispatched to Lantern Lane in reference to a soliciting complaint at 4:58 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 16. The caller advised the subject was...