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By Chad Williamson 
July 25, 2017
A sexual assault was reported in the camping area of the Union County Fairgrounds early Monday morning. According to Union County Sheriff Jamie Patton, the alleged incident, involving a 19-year-female...
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By Mac Cordell 
July 24, 2017
SPARKS –––– The operator and co-owner of a former Marysville business has pleaded guilty to a series of charges stemming from that business. Dwayne Edward Sparks, 53, of 301 Scott Farms Boulevard, Mar...
County unemployement is second lowest in state
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By Mac Cordell 
July 24, 2017
Economic development officials say they are busy. Stanford told the commissioners that the most recent numbers showed Union County with an unemployment rate at 3.4 percent. “That is the second lowest ...
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By Will Channell 
July 24, 2017
Dan Stowell, of Patrick Brush Run Road, sprays a fake house with a fire hose the Marysville Fire Department set up for residents at Saturday’s Day in the Park event. Musical artists played and booths ...
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By Chad Williamson 
July 24, 2017
Pictured above, children on the Union County Republican Party’s float throw candy to crowds along Main Street at Sunday’s Union County Fair parade. The 2017 fair opened Sunday and will run through Sat...
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By Mac Cordell 
July 22, 2017
Clinton, Franklin county events impacted by influenza earlier this month Officials with the Union County Fair are taking recent incidents around Ohio very seriously. Earlier this month, Ohio Departmen...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
July 22, 2017
Members of the Union Township Fire Department, along with crews from Marysville, responded to a reported house fire at 64 Railroad Street in Milford Center Friday at 11:30 a.m. Scanner reports indicat...
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By Corinne Bix 
July 21, 2017
Triad is hard at work this summer as it continues to make building improvements across the district. All but seven windows are completed at the elementary and middle schools. Superintendent Chris Pipe...
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By Chad Williamson 
July 21, 2017
Pictured above is a rendering of the new designs for the proposed Marysville High School football stadium renovation, which will include a turf playing surface. Among the plans are designs to allow ve...
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By Will Channell 
July 21, 2017
A much-needed traffic light will cost considerably more than expected, according to City of Marysville officials. Finance Director Justin Nahvi told the city’s finance committee Thursday night that th...
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By Jacob Runnels 
July 21, 2017
According to the Union County Sheriff’s Office, at around 3:18 p.m. Thursday, there was a three-vehicle rollover crash at the intersection of Route 739 and Johnson Road in Raymond. The crash involved ...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
July 20, 2017
A 24-hour period beginning Wednesday saw several crashes throughout Union County. Shown above left is a truck that ran off the side of the road and flipped over before coming to stop at 12:33 p.m. on ...
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By Jacob Runnels 
July 20, 2017
On Wednesday morning, the Union County Health Department (UCHD) adopted a resolution to force residents in Raymond and Peoria to abandon their private septic systems and start using a public system. T...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
July 20, 2017
Oliver Fox, 7 of Marysville cools off on a slip-n-slide earlier this week at a residence on Seventh Street. Temperatures have climbed into the 90s the past two days but forecasters predict four days o...
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By Jacob Runnels 
July 19, 2017
An alley between State and Center streets in Milford Center was closed Tuesday afternoon after a portion of a tree fell across the roadway. Officials from the Union County Sheriff’s Office did not pro...
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By Will Channell 
July 19, 2017
Workers from Durable Slate stand high above the ground Tuesday afternoon, inspecting the roof of the First United Methodist Church at the corner of Sixth and Court streets. The church’s business admin...
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By Will Channell 
July 19, 2017
Pooling together Marysville’s Dayton Power & Light customers might happen one day, but officials don’t believe now is the time. “It’s not something we’ll ever totally turn our backs to,” said City Man...
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By Mac Cordell 
July 19, 2017
Union County Auditor Andrea Weaver said her office has already started gathering evidence for the six-year revaluation set for 2019. Weaver said photographers working for her office will be going to p...
Fairbanks schools to get new PA system
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By Jacob Runnels 
July 18, 2017
The Fairbanks Board of Education has announced Fairbanks Middle and High School building will receive its new public address (PA) system in August. As part of Monday’s board of education meeting, Supe...
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By Will Channell 
July 18, 2017
City workers are shown above as they dig along a portion of West Eighth Street to replace aging cast iron waterlines Tuesday morning. The work is part of the city’s larger waterline replacement progra...
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By Sherryl Sheets of the Richwood Gazette 
July 18, 2017
The North Union Board of Education heard a presentation by Union County Sheriff Jamie Patton and North Union School Superintendent Rich Baird regarding the need for a school resource officer in the sc...
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By Jacob Runnels 
July 17, 2017
An accident Friday at 11:43 a.m. snarled traffic at the intersection of Coleman’s Crossing Boulevard and Delaware Avenue. According to the Marysville Police Department report of the crash, a white 200...
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By Mac Cordell 
July 17, 2017
Man faces felony charge for incident at BMV A Richwood man was charged on July 4 for driving drunk, but it is what he allegedly did the next day that could land him in prison for years. Michael J. Nib...
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By Will Channell 
July 17, 2017
Nick Ambrozich, left, and Madeleine Wright, both of the Central Ohio YMCA, dust off some hard-to-reach places at the Union County YMCA Friday afternoon. The YMCA had a “deep cleaning” day Friday and w...
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By Mac Cordell 
July 17, 2017
Ed Lucas, construction inspector for the Union County Engineer’s office, was on Sam Reed Road early this morning to make sure the road was marked as closed. He said beginning today, contractors will b...
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By Will Channell 
July 15, 2017
Professional chalk artist Hilary Meyers Frambes, of Plain City, works on a picture of Wonder Woman at this weekend’s Friday Nights Uptown event at Partners Park. Frambes was invited by the Marysville ...
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By Nancy Clark 
July 15, 2017
Above , Landon feeds his new service dog a treat at the Harold Lewis Center playground Friday morning. Below, Theo watches over Logan while he swings at the Harold Lewis Center playground Friday morni...
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By Mac Cordell 
July 14, 2017
A Richwood man could be facing as many as two decades behind bars for the alleged assault and abduction of his girlfriend and her son. Terry Ray Gregory, 30, of Richwood, whose court-listed address is...
Mixer theft leads to suspect being Tasered
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By From JT Staff Reports 
July 14, 2017
Officers used a Taser on a man who stole a $229 Kitchen Aid mixer from Wal-Mart Wednesday afternoon. According to Marysville Deputy Chief Tony Brooks, officers responded to the call at about 3:46 p.m....