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One of two inmates who escaped from the West Central Correctional Facility has been caught in Hamilton County. According to Union County Sheriff Jamie Patton, local authorities were notified by the Ha...

Editor’s note: The following information is provided by the Union County Emergency Management Agency. ––– The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in coordination with the Federal Communications...

As the calendar moves to October, fall decorations and scary scenes are starting to appear in yards around town. Above, a pair of camping skeletons roast marshmallows in the yard at 12290 Watkins Road...

Police and fire protection were the matter of conversation at Monday night’s meeting of the Jerome Township Board of Trustees. Public Safety Officer Deputy Curtis Myers informed board members of a ser...

Pictured is an illustrative plan for a development aimed at empty nesters to go at the northern tip of the Woodside development PUD on Columbus Avenue. The plan was presented to council at its Monday ...

Many Marysville sports fans realized when the home game against Dublin was moved to Saturday, it was due to a power outage Friday. Mary Anne Kabel, DP&L director corporate communications, said there w...

Giovanni Sapio, center, along with Lauren Stevens of Lifeline of Ohio, left, and Ashley Boyer, assistant vice president of nursing at Memorial Hospital, right, work Thursday to raise a Donate Life fla...

Local authorities search for a pair of escaped West Central inmates, Joshua K. Hammond and Cody A. Ray, outside the facility Saturday afternoon. A Columbus Police Department helicopter assisted with t...

Jonathan Alder crowned its Homecoming king and queen prior to Friday night’s football game against Graham. Caleb Howell was named king and Sydney Winslow was selected as queen. The Pioneers went on to...

Memorial Hospital officials marked the end of steel placement on its new inpatient facility Friday afternoon with a “Topping Ceremony,” or an event marking the final steel beam being placed. Pictured,...

Sandra Lopez, from the Sandy Hook Promise, gave a presentation about how to create an inclusive community at Creekview Intermediate School Thursday morning. Creekview officials were able to tie this i...

A motorcycle accident occurred on U.S. 33 eastbound, between routes 31 and 4, at approximately 10:50 a.m. on Thursday. The left lane of traffic was closed until around 11:08 a.m. It appeared several m...

Residents wave goodbye Thursday afternoon to buses carrying members of the Ohio National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 174th Air Defense Artillery Regiment as they depart for deployment from the Marysville a...

Country music star Luke Bryan performs on stage at the Ayars Family Farm in Irwin Thursday evening. The tour was part of Bryan’s 2018 Farm Tour, which sees him perform at farms around the country. (Ph...

Officials in Plain City are considering legislation that would allow for more development opportunities near the village’s waterways. The Plain City Planning and Zoning Commission has recommended an o...

Jonathan Alder High School will conduct its fall Homecoming festivities Friday evening. The announcement of the king and queen will be made prior to the Pioneers’ football game against St. Paris Graha...

Members of Battery C of the Ohio National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 174th Air Defense Artillery Regiment sit in the Marysville High School auditorium during their send-off event Wednesday evening. Earlie...

Al Kinzer was invited to be the keynote speaker for the Union County Foundation’s 25th anniversary at the Honda Heritage Center Wednesday night. There, he told his stories to an audience about his tim...

Ohioans will see a change to their ID’s and driver’s licenses that will determine whether or not they will be able to board a plane after 2020. The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) began issuing ne...

A man and woman could be facing prison time after allegedly attempting to sell drugs. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Erica S. Lawler and Bradley R. Schidecker on felony drug charges. Schidec...

Mayor Scott Jerew told Richwood Village council members at Monday night’s meeting, that the village has received a $500,000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG). The grant money will be used for t...

A yellow Volkswagen Beetle vehicle was involved in a single-car crash eastbound on Route 33 at around 9 a.m. today. There appeared to be a downed tree in front of the vehicle. More information couldn’...

Plain City Water officials are asking for the public’s help. “I need more sampling sites,” said Wade Leimeister, village water and wastewater superintendent. At Monday night’s council meeting, Leimeis...

The Union County Health Department (UCHD) spoke to the Marysville City Council Monday about its upcoming levy. Union County Health Commissioner Jason Orcena spoke to council about his agency’s levy is...

Police reported three injuries following this two car-crash on N. Maple Street, in front of the Marysville Early College High School last week. At approximately 3:15 p.m. on Friday, A 2013 Honda Fit d...

The City of Marysville has awarded $100,000 in grant funding for four façade and building improvement projects in the Uptown District. Recipients of the Uptown Façade Improvement Program include: McCa...

Area residents are being asked to give a group of local soldiers an appropriate send off. Battery C of the Ohio National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 174th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, stationed at the a...

Anthony Wayne Redding, center, was sentenced to 18 years in prison following a felonious assault conviction last week. Above is from the video of the sentencing hearing. As the jury was leaving the co...

Dylan Thompson, left, and Josie Duncan pose for a photo after being announced as North Union’s Homecoming king and queen prior to the start of the Wildcats Homecoming game against Ontario. North Union...

School and law enforcement officials are investigating a potential threat made at the Marysville Early College High School (ECHS). Ken Chaffin, ECHS principal, said that about 10:40 a.m. Friday, a sch...