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A development planned for Columbus Avenue will probably prove attractive for some, as long as they like music. Marysville City Council had its first reading of a mixed-use development going in on Colu...

Local firefighters were able to quickly handle a fire on Elwood AvenueTuesday. An unattended stove at the vacant home caused the fire, officials said. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) –––– Fire o...

One Plain City official is asking that new development pay for park improvements in the village. Plain City Councilman Nick Kennedy is asking the village to increase park impact fees in the village. A...

According to the Marysville Police Department, on Monday at 12:34 p.m. there was a three-car crash at 977 Delaware Ave. A gray 2008 Toyota Hybrid, driven by Jacqueline Andy, struck a silver 2011 Toyot...

Members of Marysville City Council had some misgivings about the upcoming Enclave at Mill Valley development Monday night. Tim Schacht gave the council an update on the city’s design review board and ...

Over the past few months, members of the Richwood Village Council have received questions regarding the status of the former Richwood Town Hall building located at 101 S. Franklin St.. Many years ago ...

Marysville dahlia grower Dick Westfall shows one of his flowers last week. Westfall has a pair of fields on his property where he grows his flowers, which he takes to various competitions in Ohio and ...

The Jerome Township Zoning Commission will get its first chance tonight to hear details about a proposed housing development adjacent to the metro park. Developers of Glacier Pointe will be at tonight...

Marysville and Jonathan Alder met on the gridiron to open the 2017 football season Friday night. The nature of the two gatherings reveals who came out on top. Above, Pioneer players celebrate their 35...

According to the Union County Sheriff’s Office, at about 9:45 a.m. on Friday, a 1999 Sterling 827 semi owned by Keith Taylor Trucking and driven by John Secrest, 67, of Mt. Sterling, was heading westb...

With an increased social media presence in people’s lives, it may come as a surprise that loneliness is now considered a national threat to public health. “I think (loneliness) a big problem,” said Ph...

Deputies and units from the Jerome Township Fire Department responded to a crash on Industrial Parkway Thursday at 1:55 p.m. where a 2008 Jeep Wrangler lost control, drove off the road and into an emb...

Motorists on U.S. 33 had to contend with a pair of crashes Thursday morning, one of which saw a dump truck having its bed ripped off by an overpass. According to a release from the Union County Sherif...

Prosecutors are trying to close the American Inn, 10220 U.S. 42, in Jerome Township. Officials claim the motel is a public nuisance and a drain on the resources of the Union County Sheriff’s Office. (...

When in the midst of a hospital stay, most patients probably believe the layout of the room is inconsequential, perhaps designed so the facility could squeeze in the most rooms in the smallest space. ...

U.S. 33 westbound was closed this morning after a dump truck with its bed raised struck the Beecher Gamble overpass today at about 8:45 a.m. The truck separated from the bed and traveled several hundr...

A West Liberty man could be facing as many as three years in jail after allegedly passing a bad check for more than $40,000. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Benjamin L. Harmon, 68, of 210 W. ...

Jacob Drake, left, and Brad Frick are enjoying a meal together at a restaurant in Great Lakes, Illinois, in 2014, before Drake had to catch his plane ride to Virginia. Both joined the Navy and have be...

Drake –––– Jacob Drake, of North Lewisburg, is one of the confirmed missing sailors who were aboard the USS John S. McCain on Monday when it collided with an oil tanker off the coast of Malaysia. Drak...

Tonight’s Powerball jackpot is set to come in at about $700 million, the second largest in U.S. history. Some local businesses have taken note of that and even jumped on the bandwagon. Brittany Roush,...

Jamie Gaines, general manager of Poor Boys Smoke Shop on Delaware Avenue, spent the early part of this week returning vapor juices to the shelf of the store. Last year, law enforcement officials raide...

On Tuesday afternoon, at 2:20 p.m., the Marysville Fire Department was dispatched to 127 W. Fifth St. on a report of smoke coming from the building. The building had been evacuated and traffic was clo...

Vickie Hoffman, Chief Academic Officer, addressed the North Union School Board about professional development for teachers, aides, bus drivers, non-cerficated staff and office staff at the Monday nigh...

Fairbanks third, fourth and fifth graders were able to view the solar eclipse Monday afternoon, following some lengthy lessons about the phenomenon. Pictured are, left to right, McKenna Lentz, Vinny L...

The Fairbanks Board of Education approved the purchase of a new maintenance truck at Monday night’s meeting. According to Superintendent Bob Humble, maintenance worker Scott Shively had voiced concern...

Interest in Jerome Township Civil War statue spikes Jerome Township and law enforcement officials are working to protect a Civil War monument that has become the township’s symbol. Last week, Mel Keef...

Though bullying is an old practice, it’s constantly evolving with the advent of technology and social media in the form of cyberbullying. Cyberbullying, according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is...

Police responded to an apparent domestic incident outside the Marysville Exempted Village School District administrative offices at about 4 p.m. Friday. Marysville Superintendent Diane Mankins said th...

A Westerville man was cited for OVI and possession of drug paraphernalia after he ran his car off a road and onto train tracks this weekend. Troopers received calls of a 2017 Toyota Camry stuck on rai...

A bee lands on a flower on Seventh Street last week, collecting pollen for its hive. The flying insects will have a span later this week perfect for collecting pollen, with clear weather slated from W...