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Adam Meeks, left, was on set in Bellefontaine Friday morning with cinematographer/camera operator, Stefan Weinberger, for the filming of “Union County.” Meeks, a central Ohio native with ties to Union...

Pictured above is the stadium at Bunsold Middle School earlier this week. Though the artificial turf is installed, district officials are saying the project and the renovation at the Marysville High S...

Editor’s note: Information on an upcoming Amateur Radio Field Day event was published in Wednesday’s edition of the Journal-Tribune with only one location listed. A revised version of the announcement...

This illustration depicts a new track, field house and updated football field that would be funded by a proposed levy in the Triad School District. On Thursday, the board of education moved to approve...

Anne Daniel, left, addresses the members of the Marysville Board of Education and district administration at Thursday night’s meeting at Bunsold Middle School. Daniel voiced opposition to the board’s ...

Duane Lord with the City of Marysville installed a traffic camera at the intersection of Fourth Street and Main Street Wednesday. The camera points to the intersection at Fifth and Main streets and wi...

Progress is being made on the U.S. 33 Smart Mobility Corridor—with the exception of receiving and installing light poles. At its monthly meeting Wednesday the Northwest 33 Innovation Corridor Council ...

Widespread flash flooding pushed local first responders to their limits Wednesday in Bellefontaine, stranding motorists, and displacing residents including a handful of patients at Mary Rutan Hospital...

The Union County Health Department is considering a policy that will allow parents to bring their young children to work. During the Union County Board of Health meeting Wednesday, members gauged inte...

Conversation over a proposed fire levy in Jerome Township will continue until the middle of July. The board of trustees held its regular meeting Monday evening where the levy was proposed and the meet...

Stephen Hollen is dressed in historical colonial dress as he performed at the annual Plain City Historical Society meeting Tuesday night. Hollen, a humorist, historian and writer, dressed as Dr. Thoma...

Members of the Union County Amateur Radio Club will be participating in the National Amateur Radio Field Day exercise to be held June 22-23. Since 1933, radio operators across North America have estab...

Jerome Township is changing the dates for its monthly meetings. On Monday night, trustees voted to move the regular meetings to the first and third Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. Trustee and board cha...

Roadwork on Scottslawn Road is set to start on July 1. The above picture shows one phase of the project that will close the road between Route 736 and Weaver Road. The picture below shows another phas...

Bev Wasserbeck, food service director for North Union, presented a report to the board of education at North Union’s regular meeting Monday night. She stated that 38.7% of North Union students are enr...

With the start of summer and outdoor activities, diseases spread by ticks are increasing in Ohio. While no tick-borne disease cases have been reported in Union County, the Union County Health Departme...

The Village of Richwood is once again under water. Residents around the town are dealing with high water, flooded yards and basements, and road closures in and around town. Several spots have high wat...

The ball fields of Schwartzkopf Park are shown flooded by the waters of Mill Creek which spilled its banks Sunday afternoon. Northern portions of Union County reported as much as four inches of rain o...

Monday Madness June 17 at 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Monday Madness is back - join us for special guests, programs, and fun every Monday throughout Summer Reading. This week’s program is: Egg Drop Challenge. Fo...

Marysville First Presbyterian Church at the corner of West Fifth and Court streets was decked out for Flag Day on Friday. Flag Day, which falls within National Flag Week, is a time when Americans are ...

Firefighters from several area departments battled a shed fire at 15183 Harmon-Patrick Road near Richwood Friday afternoon. The fire destroyed the structure and later caused damage to a nearby home. N...

A federal magistrate has terminated a lawsuit against the Marysville Exempted Village School District. Former Northwood Elementary School Principal Melissa Hackett had filed suit in federal court, cla...

Alice Mackey, Youth Reference Assistant at the Marysville Public Library, reads a story to a group of children at the Marysville Municipal Swimming Pool Friday. Throughout the summer, the library offe...

Charlie Manzoni, of Minnesota, poses at a marker for the Continental Divide in New Mexico during his cross-country cycling tour. Over 50 days, he plans to cycle from the Pacific to Atlantic Ocean to r...

County and city officials are exploring a possible solution to the traffic congestion issue at a pair of area railroad crossings in Marysville. At the county commissioners’ meeting on Tuesday, county ...

Plain City is looking at the benefits of an impact fee study that could potentially bring additional revenue into the village. Representatives from Strand and Associates, a civil engineering firm in C...

What started with a disabled car has ended in indictments for several Columbus men. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Tranez Minnifield, 21, Kenyetta Glass, 32, and Todd Hicks, 19, all of Colum...

Construction is underway at the former Richwood Bank building on West Fifth Street where the renovated space will eventually house the Union County Prosecutor’s office. Crews demolished the drive-thru...

North Lewisburg officials are concerned that a community service program is being abused. Nearly 10 years into the village’s community clean-up program, the quantity of rubbish being collected is incr...

The Maple Street reconstruction project in Plain City will not be finished by its projected date of completion of June 21. Weather delays and project obstacles have led contractors to request an exten...