Tina LaRoche, left, has been appointed as the new director of the Union County Board of Elections. She said a major initiative of the board will be to expand a program that teaches area high schoolers...

Kayla Fredendall of Jonathan Alder watches the ball after she smashes it for a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat the Greenville Green Waves 5-3 during the regional finals on ...

LANE –––– Roommate being held on $500,000 bond A Marysville man is dead after sustaining severe head injuries from an alleged beating this weekend.

MEYER –––– Jacob Meyer, son of Jerry and Rachel Meyer, has earned the rank of Eagle Scout.

Several area communities honored America’s fallen service members with Memorial Day events Monday. Above, wreaths representing military-support organizations and commemorating U.S. conflicts are displ...

A developer has requested a conditional use permit to construct a 530,000 square foot building at 8341 Industrial Parkway in Jerome Township. Paperwork filed in Jerome Township indicates the building ...

Jerome Township is 44 acres smaller today than it was yesterday.

Memorial Day parades will be held in the following places Monday: -Marysville will start at 9 a.m. on Plum Street and proceed up Fifth Street. -Jerome Township will begin at 10 a.m. at the Jerome Meth...

Don Jillisky, pictured at the bench, is retiring this month after serving as magistrate in the common pleas court since 2009. He said serving in the court has confirmed to him the importance of law wi...

There will be 119 graduating seniors walking across the stage this tonight at 7 p.m. at North Union High School. They will carry 13 years of educational memories with them when they receive their dipl...

Various communities in and around Union County have announced their plans for ceremonies honoring members of the armed forces of the United States for Memorial Day Monday.

Shawn Sech, Union County Health Department Director of Health Promotion and Planning, is shown above demonstrating to residents of Marysville how to use Narcan on a person who is overdosing on heroin....

ANNE AND MEL DANIEL –––– Visiting nursing homes and senior centers, delivering meals and advocating for those who are unable to do so for themselves are just some of the examples of the remarkable wor...

Calling 911 is meant to be a last resort, but for some residents, dialing those three numbers is an all-too-frequent occurrence.

The Destination Imagination team from Creekview Intermediate School is headed to the global competition in Knoxville, Tennessee. The students made all of the props, costumes and sets for their skit, u...

At 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, the driver of the pictured 2009 Honda Accord lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a ravine off Route 347 in Raymond. The driver, who was not identified in Union County Sh...

Property owners, township request time to reach deal The public hearing on a proposed annexation in Jerome Township has been postponed.

On Tuesday, at the intersection of Sixth and Main streets, the Union County Health Department, along with officers from the Marysville Police Department, the Ohio State Highway Patrol and the Union Co...

At around 1:30 p.m. on Monday, an unknown driver, in a 2000 Honda Accord, drove through a red light at the intersection of Industrial Parkway and U.S. Route 42, failed to stop and struck a 1995 Intern...

Surrounded by her family, Madison Williams of Dublin holds her Carnegie Hero medal, which she received at a recent ceremony at Brookdale Marysville, 1565 London Ave. Madison wanted to hold the ceremon...

Marsyville City Council heard some lively discussion Monday night about homes in the city’s historical district.

The need for council legislation versus approved policy was at the heart of several discussions at Monday night’s village council meeting in Plain City.

Spring storms can bring damage and flooding, but occasionally offer one of nature’s more beautiful creations - rainbows, like the one shown above snapped in the Easton Road area Sunday afternoon. This...

The fourth grade class at Edgewood Elementary School put on its annual wax museum presentation Friday morning at Marysville’s Partner Park. The students researched famous Ohioans and donned outfits th...

The Union County Health Department expects to see a large influx of mosquitoes and ticks in the county this summer.

Members of the Marysville High School graduating class of 2017 throw their caps in the air at the conclusion of Saturday’s ceremony. Despite rain and storms earlier in the day, Marysville High School ...

YOUNG –––– Teen charged in armed robbery When you deal with criminals, sometimes you become the victim of a crime.

A Bunsold Middle School eighth grader reportedly died Friday morning of a gunshot wound from a weapon found near his body.

Editor’s note: Fairbanks High School will hold its 2017 graduation on Saturday, May 27. Three individuals tied for the number one ranking in the class.

Jaxen Miller, 8, rides the mechanical bull at this week’s Friday Night’s Uptown event at Partners Park. The event Friday was country-themed, with the Jacked Up and the Tim Workman Duo playing for atte...