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Richwood Mayor Scott Jerew informed council that the new floating handicapped fishing dock was installed last week at Richwood Lake. The dock was acquired by the receipt of grant money from the Christ...

The Village of North Lewisburg will be taking part in a grant funded program to get Narcan into the hands of anyone who wants it. Stacey Thomas, Director of Nursing for the Champaign County Health Dis...

A high-speed pursuit that started with a traffic stop ended when law enforcement officials decided to call it off for the safety of the public, the suspect and the officers. Deputy Chief Tony Brooks o...

The City of Marysville will hold a service this week to honor and remember the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks. The city’s 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony is set to be held at 9:50 a.m. on Wednesday, Sep...

A concrete decision regarding Plain City’s solicitor position has yet to be made. Discussion surrounding the termination of the village’s current solicitor, Paul Lafayette, began during the last counc...

On this date in 1979, the first Honda Elsinore CR 250 motorcycle produced in America rolled off the production line. Pictured above some of the original 64 Honda associates pose with the first bike. (...

Residents want council to make sure it protects MacIvor Woods before permitting an adjacent development. At Monday’s public hearing for the Residences at Bethel Woods, Mela Kircher expressed concern f...

The Boy Scouts of America (Scouts BSA) recently conferred their highest rank of Eagle Scout to Keith Prinster of Marysville. Prinster is a member of Troop 634 of Marysville and is also currently a mem...

Officials from the Marysville Exempted Village School District responded to a possible threat made against the high school. Officials said that Thursday afternoon, a student at Marysville High School ...

It appears that owners of a children’s roller coaster will be seeing their gator sooner rather than later. Officials from the Union County Sheriff’s Office have announced that the Go Gator carnival ro...

Bunsold Plumbing and Heating will no longer have the family name, but the business will carry on. The longtime business was recently purchased by The Rooter Works Plumbing and Drains, a business based...

West Fifth Street, between Raymond Road and Grove Street, was reduced to one lane this morning as crews strip the asphalt. The street has seen major reconstruction through the summer. Officials said t...

On Wednesday Doug Chivington will bicycle from the Cincinnati Zoo to the Toledo Zoo, and he is hoping to do it quickly. The former Honda associate is hoping to establish a state record for his age gro...

Raymond Elementary School is closed today and district officials are working on a way to supply potable water to the building. Marysville Superintendent Diane Mankins confirmed that Friday afternoon, ...

Union County could soon be getting another funeral home, this one for man’s best friend. Faithful Companion Pet Cremation Service has expressed interest an interest to open a pet crematorium in Jerome...

The streets of Uptown Marysville will be lined tomorrow for the 39th annual FestiFair Arts and Crafts Festival. The 2019 FestiFair Arts and Crafts Festival will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow ...

Fran DeWine, wife of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, left, speaks with Mya Stump, right, an inmate at the Ohio Reformatory for Women participating in the prison’s nursery program. Through the program, Stum...

State and local public health officials in Ohio have confirmed that four reports of severe pulmonary illness after vaping are likely due to vaping. Health agencies are also investigating an additional...

Jerome Township officials are in the process of replacing the official in charge of growth in the township. Last month, former zoning inspector Mark Spagnuolo resigned abruptly. Township Director of D...

A local man has been charged in connection with the death of his girlfriend. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Quentin T. Snodgres, 42, of 8011 Rickard Road, Plain City, charging him with one c...

Residents from Union County will have to drive a little farther to get their driver’s license. On Sept. 1, the Driver Examination station in Marysville, located at the Union County Bureau of Motor Veh...

The Union County Prosecutors Office and grand jury are working to keep local correctional facilities safe. “When you have a penal institute, they are crowded or sometimes overcrowded,” Phillips said. ...

Pictured is Jonathan Andrew Rideout. A Delaware man could be facing nearly a decade and a half behind bars after allegedly driving to Marysville and shooting into a home. The Union County Grand Jury h...

As Hurricane Dorian approaches the U.S. coast, local firefighters are doing their part to help. Three firefighters from Marysville, along with 13 others from Washington, Norwich, Jackson, Concord and ...

During the Labor Day holiday, Union County officials are working to keep drunk drivers off the roads. The Union County Safe and Sound Coalition, which includes a variety of local agencies, works to pr...

Pictured above is a Go Gator carnival ride, described online as a “steel kiddie roller coaster” that travels on a triangle-shaped track. One model of the Go Gator coaster, owned by a Florida carnival ...

Pictured is Amy E. Resch. A Portage County woman has been sentenced to 30 months in prison after threatening to murder the local prosecutor. In June, Amy E. Resch, 28, of the Dayton Correctional Insti...

U.S. Senator Rob Portman, right, visited East Liberty’s Transportation Research Center (TRC) Wednesday as part of his “Results Tour,” a three-day campaign that saw him visit 11 counties and cover 630 ...

National country music artist Riley Green, left, performed for fans on the opening night of the Richwood Fair Wednesday. Green, and opening act Hardy, benefitted from perfect weather on the evening. T...

The 937 region will soon be getting another area code. This month, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved an “area code overlay,” or a plan to add another area code to the same region as 937...