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Jaime Cortez has been selected as the 2019 Officer of the Year for the Ohio Reformatory for Women. Cortez was selected by his peers for his leadership, confidence, dedication and team work. This award...

A Marysville man has been indicted following an altercation with deputies. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Cameron Robert Hastings, 31, of 14000 Hinton Mill Road, charging him with three coun...

The Marysville Aerie 3506 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles has purchased the Stocksdale Plaza, at 700 Milford Ave., including the former Community Market grocery store along with and parking lot. Offi...

In November of 2018 the Dog Warden authority was transferred from the Union County Board of Commissioners to the Union County Sheriff. The 130th Ohio General Assembly changed Chapter 955 of the Ohio R...

According to Brad Gilbert, Director of the Union County Emergency Management Agency, representatives of the National Weather Service toured a damage site on Whitestone Road, pictured above, Friday and...

One man’s quest to restore Uptown Marysville became a long-term investment in him being a part of the community. Todd Poole decided to open Whit’s Frozen Custard in Marysville in April, 2014, with the...

Mark Abbati, as Green Army Guy, directs a Humvee Friday night as part of a “Star-Spangled Military Salute” at The Ohio Army National Guard Armory. The event was organized to honor veterans and active ...

First English Lutheran Church, 687 London Ave., will observe Holy week in the following ways: On Palm Sunday, April 14, at 10:30 a.m., the church will hold a palm procession with the Kid’s Choir joini...

Plain City officials are shown above breaking ground for the new municipal building located on Village Boulevard. The new facility will house the administrative offices and police department. Pictured...

The community has been invited to what organizers are calling “a Star-Spangled Military Salute.” Veterans and active duty military members will be honored from 6-9 p.m., tonight at The Ohio Army Natio...

Grove Street in Marysville was closed for a portion of the day Thursday as crews from Columbia Gas worked to repair a series of natural gas leaks. Pictured above, workers dig through asphalt and dirt ...

The eastbound lane of U.S. 33, between Scottslawn Road and U.S. 42 was closed this morning following a semi crash near the rest area at about 9 a.m. First responders from several agencies, including t...

Area first responders were called to a report of an overturned aircraft on the runway at the Union County Airport Thursday afternoon. The pilot, David Downing, 21, of Zanesville , had landed the plane...

–––– The Marysville FFA Chapter’s Nursery and Landscaping Team recently competed in the state competition. The team, made up of senior Grant Kessler, sophomores Maria Kessler and C.J. Grose and freshm...

Plain City is exploring options to form a Special Improvement District (SID) for the village. At the work session Wednesday, council met with Shannon Fergus a city-planning consultant with the firm MS...

Safety and sanitation were the main topics of discussion at Tuesday night’s North Lewisburg Village Council meeting. Mechanicsburg Police Captain Scott Bodey presented his monthly report on traffic an...

Officials are working to make bicycling through the community easier. At a recent meeting, Shawn Sech, director of Health and Planning for the Union County Health Department, laid out a plan to connec...

Work crews began removing the fuel storage tanks at the former Clark Gas Station on East Fifth Street this week. The Union County Landbank took ownership of the blighted property, which allowed it to ...

Editor’s note: The following information is submitted by Friends of the Library Board Member Florence Allen. ––– Jennifer A. Davids will introduce Marysville residents to her books of inspirational fi...

Marysville has awarded $100,000 in Uptown improvement grants. At Monday nights’ city council meeting, officials announced winners of the 2019 Uptown Façade Improvement Grants. Winners include the Elks...

A head-on crash on U.S. 33 left two people injured Tuesday afternoon. An eastbound 2014 Chevy Camaro struck a 2005 Lincoln Town Car, and then both vehicles crossed the median and the Camaro struck a 2...

Richwood Village Council members questioned Village Administrator Monte Asher on the status of the Franklin Street project at Monday night’s meeting. Asher said things have been going quite well. New ...

Rescuers from Marysville Division of Fire as well as from Allen and Washington townships worked for more than three hours Monday to recover the body of 34-year-old Christopher McDonald. The J&J Schlae...

With his mother Brittany Baldwin nearby, Zayne Baldwin, 4, gets ready to grab an egg at the Marysville Public Library Easter Egg Hunt Saturday at Partners Park. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kevin Behrens...

This weekend, Honda of America Mfg., Inc. surpassed $100 million in donations to Ohio communities. The company reached the milestone with a $15,000 gift to Keep Ohio Beautiful to be used to create a s...

The increase in Ohio’s gas tax has been approved after a long stalemate with House and Senate votes. Legislators decided on 10.5 cents a gallon for gas and 19 cents for diesel. For officials represent...

Ben Layne, right, with the city of Marysville, works to connect this home on Third Street to the newly installed water line, as Jeff Wood looks on. Officials have been working to connect all the homes...

A Marysville man has been charged with burglarizing a home then kidnapping the woman who lived there. Tyson Carl Bodey, 44, of Marysville, has been charged with one count each of felonious assault, ki...

A Marysville woman could be facing nearly two centuries behind bars after allegedly stealing from a variety of governmental agencies. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Jessica Nicole Oliver, 27...

Union County leads the state in employment opportunities for the developmentally disabled. According to a report from the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities (DODD), Union County ranks first...