City workers install a new landscaping feature at American Legion Park Thursday afternoon. According to Marysville Public Service Director Mike Andrako, the feature will have a stone engraved with the...

Editor’s note: The following article is the fourth in a weeklong series detailing candidates and issues appearing on the November ballot. A dedicated article about the upcoming Marysville schools levy...

Pictured above, a stray cat sits atop a mattress behind a home on West Fourth Street. Local humane society officials say that tracking the stray cat population in Union County can be difficult. (Journ...

Triad Local Schools is looking to improve its state report card. District Board members received an update this week, going through what officials are planning in order to get the district grade up fr...

Editor’s note: This is the third installment in a weeklong series of articles detailing local issues and candidates that will appear on the November ballot. ––– The Union County Health Department (UCH...

Officers look in a cornfield near the West Central Correctional Facility on Sept. 29 after two inmates escaped. Facility Executive Director Dave Ervin said going forward, officials are going to be mor...

Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers are investigating an injury crash that happened Monday at 12:30 p.m. that sent two drivers to a hospital in critical condition. According to a release from the Ohio ...

The Monday night regular meeting of the Richwood Village Council began with Mayor Scott Jerew swearing in new member Laurie Elliott. The Grove Street resident was chosen to fill the vacant seat of Von...

At Monday evening’s meeting, Plain City’s Village Council approved the first reading of a proposed budget for 2019. Village Administrator Nathan Cahall said the operating budget and capital improvemen...

Marysville officials told city council Monday they’ve been pleased so far with how the Route 31 improvement project has positively affected traffic. Councilperson Henk Berbee said the city has a live ...

Republican Tracy Richardson, of Marysville, and Democrat Glenn Coble, of Marion, are hoping to represent Ohio’s 86th district. On Nov. 6, one of them will take the seat currently occupied by the retir...

On a brisk yet bright morning today, Malissa Wilkerson decided to take her children, Liam and Hannah, to Schwartzkopf Park to get out of the house. She said since it wasn’t that cold, it was a good op...

Pictured is a graphic detailing the results of the 2018 Youth Risk Survey, conducted by the Council for Union County Families in conjunction with other health organizations. It highlights many downwar...

Editor’s note: This is the first in a weeklong series of stories detailing issues and candidates local voters will see on the Nov. 6 ballot. ––– Next month, Ohio voters will decide the fate of State I...

James Heap is shown above with some of the 1,300 pounds of food collected at a benefit concert he organized, lead and performed in for his community service project to become an Eagle Scout. (Photo su...

LANE –––– Todd Lane, 44, was sentenced Friday to a combined 12 years in connection with the death of his roommate John Dixon, 45, at their East Fourth Street home in 2017. Lane received 10 years for e...

According to the Marysville Division of Police, a three-car injury crash occurred at the intersection of Industrial Parkway and Scottslawn Road at 11:33 a.m. Friday. A freight truck from Superior Tank...

Police investigated a vehicle that ran into the side of Rite Aid on Cherry Street Thursday at about 3:50 p.m. It is unknown if anyone was transported for medical attention. The vehicle was towed short...

Marysville educators are making personalized learning and intervention priorities in the district. At a Marysville School District board of education meeting Thursday night, board members were given p...

Pam Barnett, of Marysville, does not often play the lottery but the prize for tonight’s Mega Millions game enticed her Thursday to stop at C.J.’s Market in Milford Center to buy a pair of tickets. (Jo...

According to the Marysville Division of Police, there was a two-vehicle injury crash that occurred on Route 4, near Scott Farms Boulevard, at 4:24 p.m. Wednesday. The crash involved a 2008 black Buick...

The Union County Health Department (UCHD) is looking to see how it can extend its grant funding for its reproductive health clinics in Marion. During a board of health meeting Wednesday, UCHD director...

The Union County Coroner’s Office is investigating a man found dead in the Marysville White Castle parking lot Wednesday. According to Lance Emberling, an investigator with the Union County Coroner’s ...

Frost on the ground and a chill in the air did not stop some around town from early morning occupation. Ed Thames was up before the sun to examine hooves and re-shoe horses at the Union County Fairgro...

STINEMETZ –––– A filthy home and a house fire has led to felony charges against a local woman A Union County Grand Jury has indicted Lucinda Kay Stinemetz, 39, of 21963 State Route 347, Raymond. She i...

Deputies investigated an injury crash on Route 42 near Watkins Road Tuesday at 10:28 a.m. According to Sheriff’s Office reports, it involved a 2008 Pontiac G6 and a 2011 Honda Civic. The crash snarled...

The office manager at a Mill Valley physician’s office is facing felony charges after allegedly stealing from the office. Sarah R. Lovejoy, 33, of Troy, has been indicted by the Union County Grand Jur...

SNIPE –––– Police are investigating suspicious activity at a pair of local pharmacies Tuesday night that authorities believe involved the same man who robbed a different drug store earlier this year. ...

North Union School Board heard many different presentations Monday night. Vice president Jean Wedding presided over the meeting in the absence of president Dennis Hall. The first presentation was by M...

Sometimes a dispute between neighbors is just a dispute between neighbors, and not a matter for the Township trustees. “I can’t do something just because a neighbor is unhappy,” said Jerome Township Z...