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By Jacob Runnels 
July 14, 2017
At 2:56 p.m. Thursday, a head-on crash stopped traffic on Northwest Parkway. According to the Union County Sheriff’s Office report, a silver 2012 Chevrolet Silverado, driven by Mason Hall, 22, of Urba...
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By Jacob Runnels 
July 13, 2017
On Wednesday morning at about 9:30 a.m., youths from area churches helped to beautify the Marysville Post Office by planting flowers, laying mulch and cleaning up the area. The activity is a part of T...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
July 13, 2017
Brandon Taylor, left, and Ron Valentine of Martin Painting of Columbus are shown applying primer to the cannon adjacent to Veterans Memorial Auditorium on West Sixth Street Wednesday. After the primer...
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By Mac Cordell 
July 13, 2017
Robert Damiano and Christina Damiano –––– Couple indicted on burglary charges gives reason for relocating to area Ohio’s reputation as a hotbed for heroin is apparently attracting criminals from aroun...
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By Will Channell 
July 13, 2017
After an approval from the Marysville Planning Commission last week, a new mixed-use development on Columbus Avenue is a step closer to reality. David Fisher, of real estate law firm Kephart Fisher, p...
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By Jacob Runnels 
July 12, 2017
If there’s anything that ruins summer fun, it’s coming down with a bad case of salmonella, botulism or E. coli because of improper food handling. The Union County Health Department (UCHD) is gearing u...
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By Mac Cordell 
July 12, 2017
Tractors, trucks, engines, farm implements of all sorts, along with a variety of steam powered and old-fashioned gadgets are filling Plain City’s Pastime Park this week, part of the annual Miami Valle...
North Lewisburg discusses medical marijuana operations
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By Corinne Bix 
July 12, 2017
North Lewisburg needs to decide as to how it will handle new state legislation that allows medical marijuana for people with certain conditions. Mayor Cheryl Hollingsworth asked council to review the ...
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By Mac Cordell 
July 12, 2017
As the fiber line on U.S. 33 nears completion, local officials say the project is serving as a model statewide. “The ball is just getting started,” Marysville IT Director Aaron Story told the Union Co...
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By Will Channell 
July 11, 2017
New developments and concerns regarding infrastructure were themes at Monday night’s Marysville City Council meeting. Council member Nevin Taylor asked officials about the state of pavement on Eighth,...
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By Sherryl Sheets of the Richwood Gazette 
July 11, 2017
Monday night’s regular meeting of Richwood Village Council was filled with updates of various projects. Eric Mescher of Access Engineering presented some arial photos of Richwood Lake with a proposed ...
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By Mac Cordell 
July 11, 2017
As Duane Lord of the Marysville Street Department works to repair a street light, Marysville Division of Police Officer Robert Butterworth directs traffic Monday afternoon at the intersection of Damas...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
July 11, 2017
Two power lines on Jackson Road were pushed over by a falling tree during Monday’s afternoon storms. While neither line impeded traffic, one fell into a tree sparking a small fire, which was quickly e...
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By Mac Cordell 
July 11, 2017
There will be a pair of new faces in Plain City beginning this week. At Monday night’s meeting of the village council, administrator Kevin Vaughn said the newly hired village engineer and zoning inspe...
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By Will Channell 
July 10, 2017
The City of Marysville is looking to put a nine-month moratorium on demolitions on a portion of East Fifth Street after public pushback at last month’s planning commission meeting. Last month, the cit...
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By Jacob Runnels 
July 10, 2017
Connie Reese, center with a yellow shirt, is shown above as she instructs seniors how to line dance this morning at the Community and Seasoned Citizens (CASC) of Marysville. Later in the day, seniors ...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
July 10, 2017
North Lewisburg celebrated the Fourth of July several days after the holiday on Saturday at the village’s park. A slow-pitch softball tournament was held throughout the day, and food vendors, bounce h...
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By Mac Cordell 
July 10, 2017
GREENE –––– Already behind bars, a Butler County woman could be facing another eight years in prison. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Kimberly Greene, 38, of the Ohio Reformatory for Women. G...
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By Will Channell 
July 10, 2017
With the Marysville reservoir open for public use, officials are looking to add a new arm to the city’s emergency response services: a diving team. Fire Chief Jay Riley told the city’s public safety c...
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By Mac Cordell 
July 8, 2017
Dublin Police officials believe what was originally reported as a large monkey on the loose may have been a fox. “There was a business that had video, pretty good video from their surveillance system ...
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By Mac Cordell 
July 8, 2017
BRADLEY –––– Home break-in could lead to decade in prison A local man could be facing a decade behind bars after allegedly breaking into his girlfriend’s home. The grand jury has indicted Robert L. Br...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
July 8, 2017
Voting has just concluded for the All Ohio Balloon Fest event guide front cover contest. With more than 35 percent of the vote, Abby Strahm was announced the winner of the AOBF contest where 60 fifth ...
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By Mac Cordell 
July 8, 2017
The Jacquemin and Wesner properties lie on the west side of Hyland Croy Road, north of Weldon Road between Hyland Croy and U.S. 33, north of Weldon Road, in Jerome Township. (Marysville Journal-Tribun...
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By Jacob Runnels 
July 7, 2017
Christina May Smart, 85, of Plain City, died Wednesday, July 5, 2017, at Bluebird Retirement Community in Marysville. She was very active in social activities with her friends. She enjoyed swimming, g...
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By Will Channell 
July 7, 2017
Steve Burns shares a hug with his job coach, Janis Phillipson, while City Manager Terry Emery (right) looks on. Burns, who has a learning disability, is known in the community for watering the flowerp...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
July 7, 2017
GANGLUFF –––– Marysville native Stephen Gangluff is back on the links, this time at the Peek’n Peak Resort in Findley Lake, New York for the LECOM Health Challenge at part of the Web.com Tour. After t...
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By Will Channell 
July 7, 2017
Union County Sheriff’s deputies and units from the Marysville Fire Department responded to an injury crash in the 17000 block of Bear Swamp Road on Thursday at 12:55 p.m. The drive of a 1998 Honda Acc...
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By Mac Cordell 
July 7, 2017
Alleged fraud could mean decades in prison for pair A pair of individuals could be facing decades behind bars for allegedly stealing from local taxpayers. A Union County Grand jury has indicted Michae...
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By Will Channell 
July 6, 2017
Pictured is a table made by Ohio Reformatory for Women inmates to be auctioned off at the Union County Fair. It’s one of several types of art and furniture that inmates create, which Warden Ronnie Bur...