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Auditor details storm damage reporting
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By Michael Williamson 
May 29, 2019
Union County Auditor Andrea Weaver wants to let property owners know what they can do following damage from severe weather. Weaver sent out a release Tuesday in the aftermath of Monday’s storms inform...
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By Mac Cordell 
May 29, 2019
A proposed condominium community on Scott Farms will need to wait at least another two weeks for a final decision from council. The Redwood Apartment neighborhood is a nearly 26-acre, 143-unit complex...
News, Sports
By From JT Staff Reports 
May 28, 2019
Jonathan Alder senior second baseman Angela Brandel holds the Division II regional softball championship trophy Saturday afternoon at Pickerington Central High School. The Lady Pioneers will make thei...
House fires sparked by lightning strikes
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By From JT Staff Reports 
May 28, 2019
Severe weather throughout Ohio and Indiana resulted in tornado warnings in the area and two houses struck by lightning in Marysville. Fire Chief Jay Riley said the Marysville Fire Department responded...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
May 28, 2019
A Union County toddler is dead after she was hit by a car Memorial Day. According to a release from the Union County Sheriff’s Office, about 2:18 p.m., Monday, the office received a wireless 911. The ...
Events honor veterans
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By From JT Staff Reports 
May 28, 2019
Marysville held its Memorial Day activities Monday, including a parade on Fifth Street that concluded at Oakdale Cemetery where a ceremony was held to recognize all members of the armed forces. Above,...
City lifeguards undergo training
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By Mac Cordell 
May 24, 2019
Future lifeguards at the Marysville swimming pool are shown above this morning as they take part in training in preparation for the facility’s opening day Saturday. (Journal-Tribune photo by Mac Corde...
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By Chad Williamson 
May 24, 2019
A middle school track coach has resigned after an incident in which an athlete asked to view a practice schedule and instead reportedly saw inappropriate material. With no discussion the Marysville Bo...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
May 24, 2019
Memorial Day ceremonies will happen around the county Monday. Residents may honor the dead by lowering the U.S. flag at their home to half-staff, first thing in the morning. At 12 p.m., participants a...
Students carry message of thanks to D.C.
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By From JT Staff Reports 
May 24, 2019
Students from two Union County schools, St. John’s Lutheran School and Fairbanks Middle School shared a banner filled with encouraging messages with veterans and military members as they toured Washin...
Finding Blackie
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By Michael Williamson 
May 24, 2019
Pictured above is a collection of rusted .50 caliber machine guns found at the site of Capt. John “Blackie” Porter’s crashed plane. The site was discovered in 2011. (Photo submitted|MIA Recoveries, In...
Care United event helps restock local food pantries
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By From JT Staff Reports 
May 23, 2019
More than 100 volunteers gathered at St. John’s Lutheran School on Tuesday to help pack 37,000 meals to be distributed to The Salvation Army food pantry network including pantries in Marysville, Milfo...
Tour of historic homes enters fourth year
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By Mac Cordell 
May 23, 2019
Pictured above is 235 West Third Street, the Levi Phelps House, which is one of the stops on the 2019 driving tour of historic Marysville homes. (Photo submitted) –––– Many of Marysville’s places matt...
Education, News
By From JT Staff Reports 
May 22, 2019
Celebrations was the theme at the Monday night regular North Union School Board of Education meeting. North Union Elementary Principal Darlene Allison hosted a tour of the her school prior to the boar...
Fairbanks High School announces top scholars
Education, News
By From JT Staff Reports 
May 22, 2019
Rhoades –––– Gerty –––– White –––– Smith –––– Fairbanks High School has announced its valedictorians and salutatorian for its 2018-19 graduation ceremony planned for Saturday at 10 a.m. at the footbal...
Police search for suspect from N.L. theft
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By From JT Staff Reports 
May 22, 2019
Pictured above is a video screen capture of the suspect. (Photo submitted) –––– Mechanicsburg Police are looking for a suspect involved in a theft in North Lewisburg. According to police reports, the ...
Seatbelts are real lifesavers
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By From JT Staff Reports 
May 22, 2019
Local law enforcement officials are participating in the national Click It or Ticket campaign to bring awareness to seatbelt safety and reminding drivers it is the law to wear them. Tuesday morning, r...
Liberty National Bank provides scholarship
Education, News
By From JT Staff Reports 
May 21, 2019
Evan Smith, branch manager at Liberty National Bank, presents Fairbanks senior Samantha Picklesimer with a $1,500 scholarship from the bank’s Financial Literacy Program. (Photo submitted) –––– Liberty...
“First Lady of Edgewater” turns 105
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By Michael Williamson 
May 21, 2019
You can do a lot in a lifetime—especially if that lifetime spans 105 years. Dora Grove was born May 21, 1914, 105 years ago today, and she will celebrate that milestone with her family where she resid...
Zimmerman sees Marysville as a community full of pride
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By From JT Staff Reports 
May 21, 2019
Larry Zimmerman, a former coach, educator and superintendent in Marysville, was once told by his dad, “there are a lot of eyes watching you grow up and are helping you grow up.” To him, it meant neigh...
Interim superintendent leaves Fairbanks
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By Mac Cordell 
May 21, 2019
Fairbanks School Board and officials watch as members of the middle school robotics program demonstrate their robots and programming skills as advisor Tony Gerstenberger, left, talks about the teams a...
Jerome Twp. discusses need for fire levy
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By Michael Williamson 
May 21, 2019
Jerome Township is looking at a possible new fire levy for the November ballot. With the growth of Jerome Village and the fire division planning to build a second station, township officials are sayin...
End of year festivities
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By From JT Staff Reports 
May 21, 2019
Students, teachers and volunteers took part in Edgewood Elementary School’s field day Monday. Pictured above, from left to right are, volunteer Bobbi Martinez, students Layla Hoffman, Braylon Lucas, K...
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By Mac Cordell 
May 20, 2019
City officials are reminding residents that even though Marysville has a street sweeper again, they have a primary role to play in keeping the streets clean. “Just be neighborly. That is all we are as...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
May 20, 2019
Honda is launching a new initiative in its effort to make the company more earth friendly. As part of its ongoing effort to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from its vehicles and operations, Honda is c...
Marysville holds graduation
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By From JT Staff Reports 
May 20, 2019
The graduation ceremony for the 438 members of Marysville’s 2019 class was held Saturday night at the Battelle Grand Ballroom of the Columbus Convention Center. The event marked the first time the sch...
Marysville’s Uptown in full summer swing
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By From JT Staff Reports 
May 20, 2019
Marysville Journal-Tribune and city officials unveiled a large, antique-style clock that the newspaper donated at Partners Park during the Friday Nights Uptown event. Given as a lead-in to the city’s ...
Flood waters swamp M.C. sewage system
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By Mac Cordell 
May 20, 2019
Pictured above, flood water has covered the pumps and pump station for sewage treatment in Milford Center. Village officials estimate they have about 24 hours of reserve capacity and are asking reside...
Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony held
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By From JT Staff Reports 
May 17, 2019
Law enforcement agencies around Union County came out for the “In the Line of Duty” memorial ceremony Thursday evening at the courthouse. The lives of Sheriff Forest S. Hager, Sergeant Roger Beekman, ...