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Local tattooist has no issues with UCHD fees
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By Jacob Runnels 
November 20, 2018
Ryan Forrider, of Richwood, is a tattoo artist with 12 years of experience under his belt, and has independently run the only tattoo parlor in Marysville, Fair Winds Tattoo, since 2014. The Union Coun...
Fairbanks considering life skills lab
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By Jacob Runnels 
November 20, 2018
The Fairbanks School District is moving along with its permanent improvement plan for 2019. At a board of education meeting Monday night, board members heard from teacher Kristi Payne about what she h...
Fairbanks art teacher has works put on display
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By Will Channell 
November 20, 2018
Fairbanks Art Teacher Mitzi Noland stands next to two of her three pieces selected to be shown in the Ohio Arts Council’s Art Educators as Artists show at the Riffe Gallery in Columbus. (Journal-Tribu...
Jerome Township appoints public records officer
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By Mac Cordell 
November 20, 2018
For more than two years, Jerome Township resident Barry Adler has attended nearly every trustees meeting. He asks about a variety of issues including traffic studies, trees, rental of the township hal...
Community Thanksgiving meal set for 27th year
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By Will Channell 
November 20, 2018
Pictured are volunteers working to make sure First United Methodist Church’s annual Thanksgiving community dinner went well in 2017. This year’s event is set for 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, and is ope...
In the mind of a murderer
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By Will Channell 
November 20, 2018
Union County Coroner’s Office Investigator Lance Emberling points to a board the coroner’s staff uses to keep track of investigations. (Journal-Tribune photo by Will Channell) –––– Officials have a ti...
Repairs made
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By Will Channell 
November 19, 2018
A pair of Spectrum workers repair a cable line on Vine Street Friday afternoon. One worker said the work was needed after minor problems were found with a local cable tap. (Journal-Tribune photo by Wi...
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By Jacob Runnels 
November 19, 2018
Marysville High School Principal Thomas Cochran highlighted the school’s attention to graduation pathways and individualized learning at Thursday night’s school board meeting. Cochran’s presentation w...
Reaches 75 percent of goal
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By From JT Staff Reports 
November 19, 2018
United Way of Union County Campaign Committee members, from left to right, Evan Smith, Stephanie McKinnon and Andy Britt help mark 75 percent toward the non-profit’s $1,000,060 goal for the 2018-19 an...
Ride will benefit cancer patient
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By From JT Staff Reports 
November 16, 2018
Members of the Delaware Harley Riders will host a “Sleigh Bell Ride” benefit Saturday, Nov. 17 at Lucky’s Grille. According to a letter written by event co-organizer Michael Holden, money raised at th...
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...