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Slippery commute
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By Will Channell 
November 16, 2018
Union County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a vehicle crash on Watkins Road near Bell Road today at about 7:30 a.m. that involved a car running off the road into a field. It’s unknown at this ...
P.C. park plans tabled
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By Mac Cordell 
November 16, 2018
Plain City officials are rethinking how and when they want to make improvements at Pastime Park. For years, village officials have said the park needs improvements. Until this year, the focus was reno...
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By Jacob Runnels 
November 16, 2018
It’s back to the drawing board for Marysville School District’s high school stadium project. At Thursday night’s board of education meeting, district treasurer Todd Johnson reported to board members t...
Group seeks to brand U.S. 33 corridor
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By Mac Cordell 
November 15, 2018
Officials in the Northwest U.S. 33 corridor are looking to brand the region as a testing ground for future technology. Earlier this year, the NW 33 Innovation Corridor Council of Governments (COG), wh...
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By Jacob Runnels 
November 15, 2018
The Union County Health Department (UCHD) is preparing to review its budget for 2019. The budget was originally finalized in March. Since the renewal levy was recently approved and considerations for ...
N.L. to accept card payments for utility bills
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By Chad Williamson 
November 14, 2018
A convenience previously reserved only for rule breakers will now be extended to law-abiding residents of North Lewisburg. At Tuesday night’s village council meeting it was noted that residents seekin...
Milford Center Council discusses master plan, log jam
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By Jacob Runnels 
November 14, 2018
Big Darby Creek in Milford Center is home to a log jam, which has village officials looking for state funding to help clear the mess. At Monday night’s meeting, Village Councilperson Jeff Parren propo...
City securing easements from State of Ohio
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By Will Channell 
November 14, 2018
The above map, presented at Tuesday’s Marysville City Council meeting, shows easements to be reacquired by the City of Marysville from the State of Ohio. The green easement along Collins Avenue will c...
Jonathan Alder Junior High accepts donations
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By Jacob Runnels 
November 13, 2018
Jonathan Alder’s school board met in Plain City Elementary School’s auditorium Monday night, and were greeted to a room packed with parents and students ready to give presentations and performances. T...
ODOT to reveal improvement plans for U.S. 42
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By Mac Cordell 
November 13, 2018
ODOT is proposing improvements to U.S. 42 IN Jerome Township. The plan includes widening and adding turn lanes at the intersection with Industrial Parkway, adding turn lane onto and off of U.S. 33. Ad...
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By Will Channell 
November 12, 2018
The annual Union County Voice From the Stone ceremony was held Sunday afternoon at the First Presbyterian Church at Court and Fifth streets and finished across the street in front of the courthouse. S...
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By Mac Cordell 
November 12, 2018
The parents of a Triad Middle School student who killed herself have sued the district. Bethany Thompson’s parents filed a federal lawsuit last month. Thompson, then 11 years old, committed suicide in...
A dusting of white
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By From JT Staff Reports 
November 9, 2018
Autumn had a chilly feel this morning in Union County as a coating of snow covered the community. Above, left, crews at the City of Marysville salt barn on North Maple Street prepare to treat streets....
Time capsule buried in P.C.
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By Mac Cordell 
November 9, 2018
Dozens gathered in Plain City’s Pastime Park on Wednesday to seal the village’s bicentennial time capsule. Items of cultural and historical significance were placed into the vault. Above, workers from...
A look inside the city street rating process
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By Will Channell 
November 9, 2018
Marysville Project Manager Marc Dilsaver shows the Trimble unit device the city uses to rate streets Thursday afternoon. The device has a map of the streets Dilsaver can use to select roads and score ...
Semi rolls on Hyland-Croy Road
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By Will Channell 
November 8, 2018
A semi hauling a flatbed full of cargo turned over on Hyland-Croy Road near Weldon Road today at about 8:50 a.m. According to a Union County Sheriff’s deputy on the scene, nobody was transported for m...
Jim Jordan to seek house leadership role
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By From JT Staff Reports 
November 8, 2018
Republican Congressman Jim Jordan announced his bid for House minority leader Wednesday. Jordan will challenge Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California. “I plan to run for minority leader,” Jordan announced ...
Vacancy eminent for Marysville council
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By Will Channell 
November 8, 2018
Now that Marysville City Councilperson Tracy Richardson has won the race for Ohio District 86 Representative, there’s just one more question: what will happen to her seat on city council? “We can’t do...
Truck overturns in North Lewisburg
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By Will Channell 
November 8, 2018
Champaign County deputies responded to a vehicle crash at about 3 p.m. Wednesday on Maple Street in North Lewisburg that involved at least one vehicle and resulted in an entrapment, according to dispa...
Voter turnout strong in Union County
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By Mac Cordell 
November 8, 2018
Election officials are pleased with Tuesday’s voting process. “It went really well,” said Tina LaRoche, director of the Union County Board of Elections. “I think it went really smoothly.” LaRoche said...
Only one issue defeated in county Tuesday
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By Will Channell 
November 7, 2018
Voters were in a giving mood Tuesday, as only one levy in the county failed. An operating levy in Liberty Township was the only issue in the county defeated by voters. Union County voters showed an ov...
Tracy Richardson wins race for Ohio House seat
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By Will Channell 
November 7, 2018
RICHARDSON –––– Marysville resident and current city councilperson Tracy Richardson won Tuesday’s election for representative of Ohio’s 86th district. Richardson, a Republican, defeated Democrat Glenn...
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By Jacob Runnels 
November 7, 2018
The people have approved a renewal for the Union County Health Department (UCHD). According to unofficial results from the Union County Board of Elections, the department’s 10-year 0.75-mill levy with...
Schmenk to be county’s first female commissioner
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By Mac Cordell 
November 7, 2018
SCHMENK –––– Union County will have its first female commissioner. Voters have selected Christiane Schmenk as Union County Commissioner. According to unofficial results from the Union County Board of ...
Teaching the importance of voting
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By Jacob Runnels 
November 7, 2018
The Rosen family learned the value of voting at the Union County Services Center Tuesday afternoon. Tabitha, right, decided to show her daughters, Willow, left, and Linden, center, how she exercises h...
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By Jacob Runnels 
November 7, 2018
Voters have decided to approve to levy issues for the Marysville School District. According to an unofficial summary report by the Union County Board of Elections, the district’s 6.56-mill continuing ...
Younger poll workers in demand
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By Mac Cordell 
November 6, 2018
Amelia Lively, seated, has been an Election Day poll worker for four years. She said she got started as a way to earn money and get excused from school. Now she loves the job and commutes from college...
Contest winner named
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By From JT Staff Reports 
November 6, 2018
The entry by Dale and Margaret Davisson was selected as the winner of the Journal-Tribune’s Count the Jack-O-Lanterns contest in the Oct. 31 edition of the newspaper. The entry correctly identified 58...
Resident asks trustees about zoning “loophole”
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By Mac Cordell 
November 6, 2018
A group of landowners and residents were at Monday evening’s Jerome Township meeting to discuss future and current development. Resident Jeanette Harington asked the trustees how long it would take to...