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The Union County Health Department (UCHD) is preparing to take action on an overgrown property in Milford Center. At a board of health meeting Wednesday, members discussed how the Village of Milford C...

The Marysville Board of Education has agreed to a two-year contract extension with the Marysville Education Association (MEA), impacting employee insurance plans while guaranteeing pay increases. Mary...

While Chris Schmenk garnered more than 70 percent of the vote in November’s election for Union County Commissioner, it was her opponent, Tiffanie Roberts, who spent more money. State law requires near...

Marysville city worker Chad Morse used this morning to grind down an unsafe bolt that was jutting out on playground equipment in Mill Valley Central Park. Morse said the maintenance is the result of s...

Pictured is the first phase of the Woodside Development going in on Columbus Avenue. This phase, which was approved at last week’s design review board meeting, will focus on multi-family residences. (...

Family, friends and others gathered Tuesday to honor outgoing commissioner Gary Lee. His term ends at the end of this year. Lee has served as commissioner for 16 years. As part of the retirement recep...

From left, Camden Stromp, Truvor James and Trenton Inskeep work on the Space Dragons’ robot at a team meeting earlier this week. (Journal-Tribune photo by Will Channell) –––– The future of robotics lo...

A Marysville man with a history of violence against his wife has been indicted for allegedly hitting her again and this time endangering their son as well. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Oti...

Plain City officials are planning to look at the way they prepare budgets for the village. At Plain City Village Council’s meeting Monday night, the group tabled a pair of motions that would move reve...

North Union Superintendent Rich Baird announced Monday night that he had just received word from the Ohio Board of Education that the district had received an Ohio Momentum Award. Seventy other school...

Monday’s meeting was the last one for councilperson Tracy Richardson, who was elected this year to be the new Ohio District 86 State Representative. She was given a commendation from Mayor J.R. Rausch...

The Fairbanks School District is preparing to fix its leaky middle school roof. At a meeting Monday night, the Fairbanks board of education approved a bid from Alumni Roofing for $482,785 to remove an...

Many Marysville residents were briefly without power Sunday afternoon after a Dayton Power & Light (DP&L) equipment failure. According to DP&L Director of Corporate Communications Mary Ann Kabel, the ...

The Ohio State Highway Patrol is holding an open house today to show off a new training facility. The highway patrol is opening a training academy for police dogs that will be used by the patrol as we...

The holiday season was on full display in Marysville on Saturday with the Merry on Main and Shop with a Cop events. Merry on Main featured the opening of the City of Marysville skating rink at Partner...

The All Ohio Balloon Fest will have 38 Special as the headline entertainment for Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019, and will take the stage at 8 p.m., with Dan Orr opening at 5 p.m. 38 Special’s website lists it...

Marysville Assistant Superintendent Jon Langhals, left, and St. John’s Lutheran School Principal Richard Rausch hold ballistic shields handed out to school districts by the Union County Prosecutor’s O...

The Marysville high school stadium project is back out to bid after some tweaking. At a school board meeting Thursday night, Assistant Superintendent Jonathan Langhals said revisions were made to the ...

A preschool and day care at the United Methodist Church, 207 S. Court St., was evacuated Thursday. The church received a bomb threat, sent by e-mail. The building was evacuated while police searched i...

Above is a reader-submitted photo of a home at 304 Taylor Avenue decked out with Christmas decorations. Readers who want to submit a holiday photo can do so at www.marysvillejt.com. Those photos could...

A Hyundai Sonata narrowly avoided crashing into a Toyota RAV4 on U.S. 36 at around 9:20 a.m. today, but lost its bumper in the process. Both the RAV4 and the Sonata were traveling toward Marysville on...

The Union County Health Department (UCHD) is closer to finalizing its 2019 budget. At a special budget meeting recently, the board of health approved the final version of the budget. Next week, it’ll ...

Marysville High School students attended an FFA lock in Oct. 18. Above, students learned teamwork and leadership skills with their peers. Pictured are, left to right, Hayden Davis, Kayla Thomas, Caleb...

Pictured from left to right, are students from Marysville High School’s ag science class, Rachelle Wolford, Maria Kessler, Tyler Yates, Ashton Ropp, Mitch Weinbrecht, Nate Heinz, Blake Kessler, Grant ...

The Village of North Lewisburg has made great financial strides in the last decade. According to administrator Andy Yoder, the village struggled “keep the lights on” during the Great Recession years f...

Pictured are Jonathan Alder High School student Cameron Skidmore, left, with Canaan Middle School Principal Matt Keller, right. Skidmore recently finished his Eagle Scout project, which involved const...

Northwoods Elementary student Aubrey Miller, 9, sits surrounded by the more than 100 dance outfits she collected to donate to children in need. The costumes are first going to Traveling Tutus, an orga...

Nancy Tobe, an engineer with Access Engineering, approached Richwood Village Council at its Monday night meeting seeking multiple revocable use permits ahead of the Franklin Street Enhancement project...

Route 736 was closed this morning following a single vehicle crash. According to reports, at about 5:28 a.m., Jonj S. Sin, 53, of Marysville, was driving a 2011 Honda CRV, south on Route 736. Accordin...

Plain City Village Council has approved an $8-million budget for 2019. At Monday night’s meeting the council held a public hearing and final reading for the village’s 2019 appropriations budget. The b...