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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...

The manager of the Marathon gas station, 236 N. Main St., has been closed for several months. The manager is accused of stealing nearly $40,000 from the store then making a false police report claimin...

Thursday, April 4 --HIV testing - 3 to 5:30 p.m., health department, 940 London Ave. --Weight Watchers - 6 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church --Crazy Quilters of Union County – 6:30 p.m., Marysville Christ...

A buried power line was cut Wednesday during construction of the Marysville High School Football stadium. The accident cut power to the high school as well as the transportation and maintenance facili...

Memorial Health officials said today that Memorial Gables, the system’s skilled nursing facility, is experiencing increased reports of residents and staff with symptoms from norovirus. “Norovirus is t...

In a 2-1 vote, the Jerome Township Trustees voted to rezone 12.98 acres of land from medium density residential to planned development. The area, located on Watkins-California Road, is being looked at...

Some changes are being made to the talented writing staff at the Journal-Tribune. Readers may have noticed a new byline atop a story from Jerome Township in Tuesday’s newspaper, as Michael Williamson ...

A park is planned for the plot of land at the intersection of London Avenue and Ninth Street. City officials are hoping the park will increase connectivity from Memorial Hospital into the Uptown. (Pho...

Union County deputies are investigating a domestic argument on Woodstock Road in Union Township that sent a woman to the hospital. According to a release from the Sheriff’s Office, deputies received a...

As the weather begins to transition from cold to warm, local officials are working to get parks and facilities ready for summer activities. City of Marysville parks worker Chad Clarridge begins work t...

Jerome Township Fire Chief Doug Stewart, has been named the township’s new director of departments. Trustees voted 2-1 on the measure Monday evening, appointing Stewart to the new part-time position t...

Marysville officials want more information before making a decision on purchasing the local YMCA. City Manager Terry Emery met this morning with the YMCA executive committee to discuss the city’s desi...

Pictured above is a photo from the City of Marysville’s Facebook page from a previous Uptown Cleanup Day. The 2019 Uptown Marysville Spring Clean-Up Day will take place on April 27. (Photo submitted) ...