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Officials from the Union County Sheriff’s Office have called off the search for a group of suspected burglars in the southern portion of the county. Sheriff Jamie Patton called off the search shortly ...

The Union County Health Department (UCHD) now has a better perspective on where to take the agency in the next three years. UCHD officials attended a special meeting this week, hosted by Mighty Crow M...

Union County law enforcement officials executed a search warrant at 107 Forest Lane, Richwood, in the Forest Lane Apartment complex on Friday. Investigators found drugs, guns and cash. Timothy Island ...

Editor’s note: The following information was written by Friends of the Library board member, Marysville resident and community volunteer Florence Allen. ––– Cindy Thomson will appear Tuesday at 7 p.m....

Debris covers a portion of Inskeep Cratty Road this morning after recent flooding. Inskeep Cratty Road was one of two roadways closed due to high water, the other being North Lewisburg Road. (Journal-...

Officials from Union County and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency are at odds over a plan to have the City of Columbus provide water and sewer to Plain City. In a recent meeting with the Ohio E...

Union County law enforcement officials are asking for the community’s help locating a group of suspected burglars. Sheriff Jamie Patton has asked residents in southern Union County to be on the lookou...

Pictured above are members of the 2019 Winter Homecoming Court for Marysville High School. The king and queen will be named between the girls and boys basketball games against Upper Arlington Friday n...

The Marysville High School stadium project has several construction companies working on it for a combined price of just more than $8.7 million. At a special meeting Wednesday morning, Marysville Scho...

Marysville Firefighter Rusty Lowe demonstrates an oxygen mask specially designed for animals. Local EMS agencies have received both training and equipment to help them rescue animals in danger. (Journ...

Fire crews from around the area responded to an incident at Honda’s Marysville Auto Plant. At 2:52 p.m., Wednesday, Honda officials called emergency responders. Honda spokesperson Stephanie Gostomski ...

–––– Adham Schirg is Fairbanks School District’s pick for its new superintendent. After a public meet and greet for each of the three finalists and a lengthy executive session were held Tuesday night,...

Fairbanks High School will observe its winter Homecoming festivities Friday evening between the varsity girls and varsity boys basketball games against Mechanicsburg. Members of the FHS Homecoming cou...

Plain City village council has agreed to move forward with a change in the employee pay schedule. At a work session Tuesday, the council directed Village Administrator Nathan Cahall to create a salary...

Equipment inside Whit’s Frozen Custard lays shuffled around after work was done inside to expand dining space. Poole said after the building’s landlord refused to pay for its share of the project, he ...

Pictured are Kristen Whitaker and her son, Cason, enjoying a walk on Scotts Farm Boulevard to pick up her daughter at Navin Elementary School Monday afternoon. She said because of the fairer weather t...

Jerome Township is in the process of creating a position that would oversee the township departments and employees. At Monday night’s meeting of the Jerome Township Board of Trustees, the trustees adj...

Pictured is above is a portion of a railroad bed on Maple Street owned by the city. The orange portion denotes the area Marysville city officials are considering selling to adjoining business, Celebri...

Marysville School District (MSD) released its first batch of blizzard bags to students Friday after last week’s three school cancellations. Assistant Superintendent Jonathan Langhals said the school d...

The Marysville Division of Police is investigating a bomb threat called into Boston’s restaurant. “We’re trying to work back through it and figure out where the call came from,” said Marysville Deputy...

Xavier Bezusko, 13, of Marysville, shows off his binder of maps he’s drawn, both real and imagined. Xavier recently won Bunsold Middle School’s geography bee. (Journal-Tribune photo by Will Channell) ...

Despite recent government shutdowns and another looming in two weeks, local charities are saying they are in good shape to handle the increased need. While Union County has few federal employees, more...

Plain City businesses are opposing a plan that would eliminate an expedited approval for building changes in the village. As part of a public hearing at a council meeting earlier this week, business o...

Editor’s note: The following release is submitted by the United Way of Union County. ––– The UWUC’s Community Investment Committee (CIC) conducted annual site visits last fall to review best practices...

Fairbanks School District has narrowed its superintendent search to three finalists. The finalists are Justin Ufferman, Zachary Howard and Adham Schirg. The Fairbanks Board of Education interviewed ei...

After two days of near record cold and high winds, more than 5 inches of snow caught Marysville and Union County off guard this morning, canceling all local schools for the third day in a row. Above, ...

Notice: Due to the extreme weather conditions recently, and a concern for our carriers and route drivers, the Journal-Tribune has decided to not publish a paper today, January 31st.

Milford Center’s 2018 annual report has been published. The report, compiled by Village Operator of Records James House, shows how much money the village spent on street repairs, the water and sewer s...

Mike Barreta, of Marysville, takes his dogs to the Marysville dog park for a brief visit this morning to “do their business.” Despite the frigid temperatures, Barreta said there are no suitable areas ...

A local organization is making a space available for those who need to get inside during the upcoming frigid weather. “We are going to open the Hope Center for anyone who is homeless or needs a warm p...