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A butterfly rests on a flower on Boerger Road earlier this week. Images like these will become increasingly rare in the coming weeks as the weather gets colder. This Saturday’s Tailgate in the Park wi...

Officials at the Tri-County Regional Jail are working to provide around the clock medical care for inmates. Jail Executive Director Scott Springhetti said generally the jail has a nurse on duty 12 hou...

Marysville’s pair of McDonald’s restaurants will be getting makeovers soon. During a brief meeting, the city’s design review board passed two site plan applications Wednesday night to renovate the res...

According to the Union County Sheriff’s Office, a black 2003 Ford Explorer, driven by Rachael D. Barth, 27, of Marysville, lost control of her vehicle, struck a ditch and rolled over at Route 37, near...

The residents of North Lewisburg were given a chance to consider having a natural gas supplier in their town at Tuesday night’s meeting. Bob Smith, a partner with Legacy Pipeline, asked the village co...

Pictured above are Marysville Journal-Tribune news clippings detailing the events leading up to Honda’s announcement that it would locate a manufacturing facility in Union County 40 years ago. What st...

The Village of Milford Center approved the purchase of an asphalt recycling machine for $20,400 at its meeting Monday night. Councilman Howard Van Dyke had been researching asphalt mixers since March,...

Jerome Township is adding law enforcement. Currently, Jerome and Millcreek townships partner to share the cost of three public safety officers (PSO). Jerome Township pays 75 percent of the cost, an es...

The area highlighted in red above is the site of a proposed barley malting operation discussed at Monday night’s Marysville City Council meeting. It is up for rezoning from light to heavy manufacturin...

The Marysville pool is a staple of the local community, and city officials have been thinking about both its short-term and long-term future. This year’s statistics paint a picture with both ups and d...

The Marysville Journal-Tribune recently honored several of its best carriers for National Newspaper Carrier Week. Those honored must have delivered the paper for longer than two years and have had les...

CLARK –––– Union County Prosecutor Dave Phillips is encouraging residents who see a dangerous domestic situation to call 911 and anyone in a dangerous domestic situation to get help. “There are resour...

Pictured above, Marysville made history Friday night as four members of Homecoming royalty were crowned prior to the football game against Westland. The local district holds high school classes at the...

Sometimes the bond between siblings is unbreakable. For one Marion family, even a trip to a detention facility could not break it. A Union County Grand Jury has indicted Phillip Michael Simpson and hi...

Marysville Homecoming candidates, from left, Samuel Essig, Sara Berkland and Thomas Rush of Marysville High School throw candy during Thursday evening’s Marysville Homecoming Parade. There are homecom...

Pictured are students from Navin Elementary School engaging in a “walking school bus” for National Walk to School Day this morning, hosted by the Union County Health Department (UCHD). The walk began ...

The Village of Plain City is making changes to the way it budgets for the year. “We’ve got a lot happening in the village,” said Village Administrator Kevin Vaughn. “We are excited about the future. I...

A recently released report details requests for a pair of marijuana cultivator licenses for Union County. The Ohio Department of Commerce recently released the ‘Business Entity and Contact Information...

Marysville city workers were busy tearing down a building on North Main Street earlier this week to prepare for a bridge project slated to begin next year. The project will continue with the removal o...

Editor’s note: The following information is supplied by Wayne Dellinger, Union County Extension Educator for Agriculture and Natural Resources. ––– With record heat at the end of September and unusual...

Deputies responded to a crash Tuesday night that included a cattle trailer that ran into a business on Bells Road and U.S. 42. A heifer in the trailer gave birth shortly after the crash. (Photo submit...

A former Marysville resident experienced a stroke of luck this weekend after narrowly avoiding harm in Las Vegas. Jamie Lee, of South Bend, Indiana, experienced the Las Vegas shooting this weekend fro...

Pictured above, the 2017 Fall Homecoming Court for Marysville High School has been named. Pictured above are, from left to right, in the front row, Adetokunbo “Dayo” Adeoye, Madison Heflin, Sara Berkl...

Members of the Marysville Fire Department’s diving rescue team train at the Union County YMCA Monday afternoon. The city only recently put together a diving team, spurred partly by increased local int...

The above illustration shows the plan for the new Ryan Homes development on Route 38 and Boerger Road. The city’s planning commission voted 5-0 Monday night to recommend council pass the application. ...

MARTIN --- A local man could be facing two decades behind bars after allegedly pulling a tactical knife on police officers. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Donald L. Martin, charging him with...

The Jerome Township Fiscal Officer has said he no longer represents the township in matters of public records and is encouraging trustees and employees to educate themselves about the legal requiremen...

The Jonathan Alder High School football team will host Bellefontaine on Friday for its annual Homecoming game. Members of the JA Homecoming court are from left, front row, freshmen Josh Kaeser and Jul...

Jim Reighard, with his daughter Hannah on his shoulders, jousts against his son Caleb at the Reformation Renaissance Faire at Pastime Park in Plain City this past weekend. The event celebrates the 500...

Officials from a proposed adults-only hotel have said the plan is on hold. Belamere Suites owner John Kranjec said a proposed hotel at 15620 Watkins Road is, “on the back burner while we work on anoth...