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ZZ Top is in town. The Hall of Fame band arrived this morning at the Union County Airport, 15000 Weaver Road. The band will perform at 8 p.m. tonight the All Ohio Balloon Fest’s Impact 60 night. Ticke...

BAITS –––– The Fairbanks Board of Education has selected its interim superintendent. At a board meeting Tuesday night, the board approved the hiring of David Baits, Ph.D., as the new interim superinte...

Officials have identified a man found dead on Allenby Drive earlier this week. Union County Coroner’s Office Investigator Lance Emberling confirmed this morning the man is a 31-year-old veteran from N...

Work crews have stayed busy with a variety of projects around Marysville. Above, paving crews work Monday to repave a section of the multi-use trail that runs along Amrine Mill Road. The trail connect...

As if this morning, Marysville authorities are still waiting for fingerprint results from Montgomery County to identify a man found dead in a truck Monday. Monday at 8:39 a.m., police received a repor...

Pictured is a map outlining the upcoming second phase of the Route 31 widening project shown at Monday’s Marysville City Council work session, including the location of the future roundabout at the in...

Marysville Police are investigating a dead person found this morning inside a vehicle, pictured, parked in front of the Holiday Inn Express on Allenby Drive. According to Marysville Deputy Chief Tony ...

The Union County Health Department (UCHD) is celebrating its second year of promoting Breastfeeding Awareness Month. Jennifer Thrush, public information officer for the UCHD, said the department has l...

Children and parents gathered at the City of Marysville Municipal Pool to watch “Finding Dory” Saturday night as part of the city’s Movie in the Park series. The movie began at 9 p.m., though the pool...

Pictured above, from left to right, students Miah Scheiderer, Ayla Sparks and Harper Wimmers arrive for their first day of class at the Harold Lewis Center earlier this week. (Photos submitted) –––– E...

Memorial Health is looking at ways to connect with the younger generation. At a meeting of the health system’s board of trustees this week, CEO Chip Hubbs said catching the attention of millennials wh...

Beth Pettry, of Marysville, throws an ice cube for her English springer spaniel, Bixby, at the Bark Park on Maple Street Friday. Residents were making use of the dog park Friday afternoon, but there a...

Emergency responders are shown at the scene of a possible suicide in front of Trinity Lutheran Church and School this morning. Police found the victim, a 39-year-old man, hanging from a fence using a ...

Pictured is a rendering of the future 35,000-square-foot ODOT facility being built on Collins Avenue and Route 36. The new building will replace the current on Chestnut Street, and offer more up to da...

Marysville Assembly #145 attended the 87th annual Session of the International Order of Rainbow for Girls at Kenyon College, Gambier, in July. Those attending were Mila Bartel and Hanna Kilbargar, bot...

Youth Service Assistant Meghan Patijarevich leads Shelby Emch, 2, pictured, and other children in a “Silly Dance Party” this morning at the Marysville Public Library. The party was part of the library...

Noa Kageyama specializes in coaching people through their performance anxiety, where they tense up and start internally panicking when they’re performing in front of an audience or if the stakes are h...

A Marysville woman died in a car crash Tuesday night. According to the Marysville Division of Police (MPD), a red 2011 Chevy Cruze, driven by Gabrielle E. Martin, 20, of Marysville, struck a bridge su...

LANE –––– The trial of Todd Lane came to a sudden conclusion Wednesday when both sides agreed to a deal. Lane, 44, pleaded guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter, a felony of the first degree...

Standing at less than five feet tall, Jo Ann Edwards is pictured comparing herself to the cardboard cutout of her great-grandfather, Noah Orr, which stands at nearly eight feet tall, at his former hom...

Hannah Thompson performs a leap while on stage at the Rising Star national dance competition in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. Thompson took first place in the teen category and won first place in the best-of-th...

While plans to renovate the Union County Justice Center have been scaled back, county officials said they want to focus on changes that will make the facility more secure. A new plan calls for an expa...

Marysville High School (MHS) officials know that standardized test scores in the building have to come up and all options are on the table – including adjusting lunch periods to make more instructiona...

Pictured is the interior of the Ballistic Armored Tactical Transport (BATT), which the Marysville Division of Police is hoping to purchase. Money will be drawn from the city’s police trust fund and ge...

Editor’s note: The city of Marysville will celebrate its 200th birthday on Aug. 10, 2019. In order to help tell the city’s story, we asked local residents of all ages to give us their thoughts on what...

When visitors come to Marysville for the All-Ohio Balloon Fest next week, they won’t just see a fun event for the whole family – they’ll see a community coming together. The All-Ohio Balloon Festival,...

Above, Union County Prosecutor Dave Phillips, standing, shows photographs of John Dixon’s bruised face to Marysville Police Sgt. Terry Basinger, seated in the witness box. Basinger testified that he t...

Elizabeth Ohl, the 2018 Distinguished Young Women winner from Ohio, is shown speaking to a committee meeting for the program Monday night at the Marysville Public Library. Ohl shared her experiences f...

The Fairbanks Local School District will soon have its own propane station. The board of education voted to purchase a propane fueling station from Union Propane for $17,554, at a special meeting Mond...

LANE –––– Nearly a year after it was initially scheduled, the trial of a local man, accused of killing his roommate and long time friend, has begun. The trial of Todd Lane began Monday. Lane, 44, of 6...