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By Mac Cordell 
July 16, 2018
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 ...
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By Mac Cordell 
July 16, 2018
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...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
July 13, 2018
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)
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By Will Channell 
July 13, 2018
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...
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By Jacob Runnels 
July 13, 2018
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...
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By Mac Cordell 
July 12, 2018
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...
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By Mac Cordell 
July 12, 2018
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...
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By Will Channell 
July 12, 2018
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...
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By Jacob Runnels 
July 10, 2018
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...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
July 10, 2018
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...
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By Will Channell 
July 10, 2018
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 ...
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By Nancy Clark 
July 10, 2018
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...
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By Will Channell 
July 9, 2018
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...
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By Jacob Runnels 
July 9, 2018
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 ...
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By Will Channell 
July 9, 2018
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...
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By Will Channell 
July 9, 2018
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...
Grant will help fight opioid epidemic
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By From JT Staff Reports 
July 9, 2018
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...
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By Mac Cordell 
July 9, 2018
What started as a traffic stop over a missing license plate ended in felony drug charges for a man and woman coming through Union County. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Lillian Jane McWillia...
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By Jacob Runnels 
July 9, 2018
Construction crew members from the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) applied asphalt to the North Main Street bridge Friday morning, with a goal of finishing the paving work by the end of the d...
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By Will Channell 
July 6, 2018
City of Marysville Law Director Tim Aslaner spends a lot of time representing the city in court. Most of that is not to fight litigious parties or disgruntled residents, but to collect delinquent inco...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
July 6, 2018
Landynn Felzke, 3, of Magnetic Springs, plays at the Marysville municipal pool in American Legion Park Thursday. According to the city’s website, the pool is open every day from noon to 8 p.m. The poo...
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By Mac Cordell 
July 6, 2018
A Marysville man could be facing prison time for an alleged sexual relationship with a teenage girl. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Zachary Michael Olson, 20, of 109 Northcrest Dr., Marysvil...
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By Mac Cordell 
July 5, 2018
Plain City has hired an interim administrator to run the village through the end of the year. At a special meeting this week, village council approved the hiring of Nathan E. Cahill. Council gave him ...
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By Will Channell 
July 5, 2018
A car crash that occurred on Fourth Street Monday at 11:53 a.m. sent a man to the hospital and disrupted traffic. Guy M. Laurent, of Cottonwood Drive, was driving a 1999 Pontiac SW west on East Fourth...
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By Will Channell 
July 5, 2018
Pictured is the suspect from Monday’s robbery of the pharmacy at the Marysville Kroger Marketplace. Marysville Police are asking the public for any help in catching the man. (Photo submitted) –––– Mar...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
July 5, 2018
Above, Amelia Wells, of Marysville, sits on the top of a truck at Rural King as she watches the City of Marysville’s fireworks display Wednesday evening. The business’ parking lot was full of resident...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
July 2, 2018
In the back room of the pop-up gallery, James Mellick has the Wounded Warrior Dog installation. Three pieces, The Way Back (right), Afghanistan (middle), and Flashback (left), are shown in the photo a...
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By Mac Cordell 
July 2, 2018
BENDER –––– Law enforcement officials are asking for the public’s help in locating an accused rapist and kidnapper. Union County Sheriff Jamie Patton is asking for help to locate Jason G. Bender, 40, ...
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By Mac Cordell 
June 29, 2018
While it is new, the location for the first stop in Luke Bryan’s Farm Tour has not changed much. Tour official announced last week that Luke Bryan’s Farm Tour 2018 will open Sept. 27, at the Ayars Fam...
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By Jacob Runnels 
June 29, 2018
Tweens and teens gathered at the Marysville Public Library to complete a fairytale-themed scavenger hunt Thursday night. Participants had to solve puzzles, find clues and use ciphers to find “magical ...