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Union County is growing and that means the number of students enrolled in its schools is growing as well. Marysville High School principal Tom Cochran said the building has seen an increase in attenda...

Editor’s note: This is another installment in a series of articles leading up to August’s 200th anniversary of the founding of Marysville. In the series, local residents are asked what makes Marysvill...

Marysville crowned its 2018 football homecoming royalty for the Marysville High School and Marysville Early College High School prior to Friday night’s game against Upper Arlington. Ben Warden, left, ...

While the recent murder on Milstone Drive shocked the local community, authorities are using it as a learning experience. On Sept. 8, authorities found the body of Diana West, 68, in a chest freezer i...

Harvest season is underway and farm equipment is filling the fields and roads of Union County. Much of the machinery, like this combine on U.S. Route 31 near Patrick Brush Run, remains empty during th...

Nearly two weeks after their initial escape, two West Central inmates are behind bars once again. According to Union County Sheriff’s Office reports, Springfield Police captured Joshua K. Hammond with...

Local residents packed the streets of Marysville Wednesday night for the premiere candy procession of the year, the Marysville Homecoming Parade. Above, a young girl wearing a unicorn coat, has her ch...

Above is a rendering of the proposed new Union County Prosecutor’s Office shown at Wednesday night’s Marysville Design Review Board meeting. The project involves an expansion of the former Richwood Ba...

An old electrical line finally giving out was the cause of a power outage that affected Marysville High School and forced the cancelation of a home football game Sept. 28. Mike White, director of busi...

How much does it cost Milford Center to keep its drains clean? At Monday night’s Milford Center village meeting, council members discussed how much the village should tax residents to clean, repair an...

North Lewisburg Mayor Cheryl Hollingsworth told council members Tuesday night that one of her top goals is nearly accomplished. The mayor said that about 90 percent of the village streets have been re...

Randy C. Mayabb, of London, was rescued this morning after the semi truck he was driving crashed into the pond at Evolution Ag in Jerome Township. According to a release from the Union County Sheriff’...

A local man could be facing more than a decade behind bars after allegedly threatening then shooting another man during a drug deal. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Kyle Harvey Queen, 20, of ...

Members of the Marysville High School’s 2018 fall homecoming court have been named. Those nominated were, from left to right, in the front row, queen candidates Meredith Kiss, MacKenzie Mayse, Savanna...

Jonathan Alder School District’s athletic and music boosters groups gave updates on their organizations at a school board meeting Monday night. The Jonathan Alder Music Boosters organization gave an u...

Marysville City Council members discussed legislation at their meeting Monday that would have the city use part of a state refund to buy a desk treadmill, backup cameras for vehicles and other safety ...

According to the Union County Sheriff’s Office, a transport vehicle spilled human waste on U.S. 42, near the U.S. 33 off ramp, at 6:49 a.m. today. The spill continued from U.S. 33 into Delaware County...

As part of National Newspaper Carrier Week, the Marysville Journal-Tribune recently honored several of its best newspaper carriers. Each one has more than two years delivering the paper and received h...

Equipment sits off in the distance at the site of a new rail car storage area being built by Scotts Miracle-Gro. Scotts officials said the project will allow them to store cars on-site, rather than re...

Marysville resident Kyle Stuebs browses an Uptown business with a beer at this weekend’s Friday Nights Uptown event. Friday’s event was the first to feature a designated area where residents could fre...

Fairbanks High School held its 2018 fall Homecoming ceremony Friday evening, prior to the Panthers’ 51-10 football victory over Northeastern. Ayden Adams, left, was crowned the king and Kate White was...

Krystal Westendorf, right, hands Nikki Welsh a beer at this weekend’s Uptown Friday Nights event, where the theme as Rocktoberfest. The Martini Affair provided music in the form of current and classic...

Firefighters from Central Ohio dive into the water during a rescue mission after last month’s hurricane in North Carolina. Marysville Fire Chief Jay Riley and three firefighters from Marysville were a...

Pictured are plans for a project the city hopes to begin next year that includes three new baseball fields and two new turf infields at the Union County Joint Recreation district on County Home Road. ...

A heads-up display inside the vehicle will be able to give drivers an audio and visual warning (inset) about pedestrians, emergency vehicles and red-light runners. Officials say the number of messages...

Monarch head coach Brent Johnson (left) reacts to a play during last Saturday’s game against Dublin Coffman. The Monarchs will travel to Westland on Friday. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) ...

Fairbanks High School will observe its 2018 Fall Homecoming on Friday evening when the Panther football team hosts Northeastern. The ceremony will be held at approximately 6:30 p.m., prior to the kick...

A man and woman are dead following a three-car crash in northern Union County on Wednesday. Conner Miller, 20, of Mount Victory, and Michael Musser, 59, of Lima, were pronounced dead at the scene of a...

According to authorities, a man who attempted to rob a local pharmacy Wednesday was after opioids. On Wednesday, Ian John Keller, 24, of Woodstock, attempted to rob the CVS Pharmacy on West Fifth Stre...

Officers pursued a speeding vehicle through Marysville Wednesday afternoon after the car failed to comply with a traffic stop. After roaring through town and hitting another car, the Pontiac, pictured...