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Union County Health Department (UCHD) officials are now better equipped at spotting health code violations. At a meeting Wednesday morning, board of health members received an educational session abou...

BENDER –––– A local man accused of kidnap and rape is at is currently at Tri-County Regional Jail, being held on a $1-million bond. Jason Guy Bender, 40, of Marysville, was arraigned Wednesday on char...

A pair of horse trainers take their horses for a few laps the Union County Fairground this morning. In the back are a variety of rides signaling the imminent start of the Union County Fair next week. ...

The Fairbanks FCCLA (Family, Career and Community Leaders of America) recently attended the National conference and competition in Atlanta, Georgia. Eight students represented the Fairbanks chapter an...

Crews tear down the old Clark gas station on East Fifth Street Tuesday morning. The city received permission from its design review board last week to begin the demolition. City officials noted that f...

Monday night, the Marysville Finance Committee discussed the recent flooding of Columbus Avenue – and whether it should be a priority. City Finance Director Justin Nahvi presented $75,000 in appropria...

After more than three months of construction, the new Main Street Bridge opened Tuesday night. Originally slated to open last month, inclement weather and other delays caused the project to be postpon...

The Fairbanks Board of Education bid farewell to its superintendent after a decade. Bob Humble announced he would be stepping down as superintendent in late June, with his last day being July 31, and ...

Through the typical summer, Union County skies host World War II era planes, hot air balloons, stunt planes and a variety of other aircraft. Low flying planes are a common sight recently around the fa...

Pictured is the Ballistic Armored Tactical Transport (BATT) that the City of Marysville is looking to buy from The Armored Group, LLC. According to a presentation from officials at Monday’s finance co...

As Dublin City School District takes action to deal with growth in the area, Jerome Township is also responding. The Dublin City School District Board of Education recently voted to put an initiative ...

Two families were able to find some quiet time to enjoy a walk in Schwartzkopf Park Sunday evening. The families said the weather was a bit hot for them, but they still wanted to see their children pl...

Plain City will be the place to be this weekend as the village celebrates its 200th birthday. The Bicentennial Celebration will take place July 19 through 21. The festivities will have the theme “Plai...

The owner of the Plain City Clock Tower Building says that workers making repairs to the clock, damaged the roof of her building. (File photo) While village officials said the outcome is still up the ...

The fugitive man accused of kidnapping, assaulting and raping a local woman has been captured. Early Sunday morning, Jason Guy Bender, 40, of Marysville, was arrested in Putnam County. Union County Sh...

Emily Rose Eppstein, 11, of Marysville practices her drawing skills Thursday afternoon. She was participating in the chalk art camp at the Houston House. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kevin Behrens)

Eric Dobson, of SkyVista Aviation, cleans the Douglas SBD Dauntless housed at the Union County Airport Thursday morning. The plane left later that day. SkyVista hosted three historic planes from the C...

Emergency responders were busy this morning as a series of crashes closed portions of U.S. 33 for more than an hour. The first crash, pictured above, occurred when the driver went off the right side o...

The sound of steam power is filling Plain City this week as the Miami Valley Steam Threshers have returned to Pastime Park for the group’s annual show and reunion. The show opened today and will concl...

Union County is moving closer and closer to becoming a testing ground for unmanned aircraft. Fred Judson, director of DriveOhio’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Center in Springfield, was in Marysvil...

The image above shows the plan for a new football field for Bunsold Middle School on Route 4. The plan was approved by Marysville’s design review board on Wednesday. It will have a turf field, track f...

The VIllage of Milford Center is deliberating on its plans for a future village hall. At a meeting Monday night, the village council was still in the talks about whether they should purchase the old V...

A winner has been named for the All-Ohio Balloon Fest Guide cover contest. Mallory Huffman, an incoming seventh-grade student at Bunsold Middle School, was the winner out of 13 entries from Doug Welle...

Pictured is a room at Montgomery Family Dental with damage from last month’s flooding. Katie Montgomery, DDS, who owns the business, showed Marysville City Council photos of damage to her business at ...

Gov. John Kasich, center, in light blue shirt, joined officials from the State of Ohio, Transportation Research Center, JobsOhio, DriveOhio, The Ohio State University and the Ohio Department of Transp...

ILMJARV –––– Some residents have reported a bothersome book peddler knocking on doors and the Marysville Division of Police recommends residents ignore him if he gets too pushy. The salesman in questi...

Many residents of Marysville took the time to enjoy the favorable weather Sunday evening by participating in many outdoor activities. Eljer Park was busy, with residents deciding to catch up on their ...

City streets worker Noah Arbogast waters grass seed at American Legion Park this morning. He said the city planted the seed last week and is simply watering it to keep it growing. The grass planting i...

Some out-of-state visitors took advantage of Friday afternoon’s nice weather to play some basketball at Eljer Park. From left, Ellie Thetford, 13, Wesley Odom, 13, Jonas Mackey, 32, and Addison Graves...

United Way of Union County announced it has received $35,000 from the Cardinal Health Foundation’s Generation Rx Prescription Drug Misuse Prevention Education for Youth grant program. The grant was aw...