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By From JT Staff Reports 
October 16, 2017
The Marysville High School Marching Band is shown above performing at the Buckeye Invitational band competition at the Ohio State University Saturday. The band received a Superior rating, the highest ...
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By Mac Cordell 
October 16, 2017
Union County has received a pair of federal grants to help people with mental illness. Dr. Phil Atkins recently announced the Mental Health and Recovery Board has received a $125,000 grant as part of ...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
October 14, 2017
Mason Soviak (left) and Taylor Day (right) pose for a photo after being crowned this year’s Homecoming king and queen before the start of the North Union football game against Galion. To see the full ...
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By Mac Cordell 
October 14, 2017
Kenton man charged with inducing panic –––– The Kenton man who brought a toy gun to work at Honda’s Marysville Auto Plant has been arrested and could face nearly six months in jail. Christopher Robert...
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By Mac Cordell 
October 14, 2017
U.S. Senator Rob Portman, wearing jeans, wrapped up his Ohio Auto Manufacturing Jobs Tour in Marysville on Friday. Portman was in town to tour Honda’s Marysville Auto Plant. Above, Portman speaks with...
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By Jacob Runnels 
October 13, 2017
Crews from the City of Marysville are shown above working to relocate a water line on North Main Street, near the water treatment plant, earlier this week. In addition to a building demolition last we...
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By Jacob Runnels 
October 13, 2017
On Thursday morning, Amanda Morris is shown leading Scott Hamilton’s 10th grade American history class as students learned about the legends and folklore of Marysville. The group is shown above at the...
Gun scare reported at Honda
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By Mac Cordell 
October 13, 2017
A tense situation at a local manufacturing plant ended peacefully this morning. Law enforcement and first responders were called to Honda’s Marysville Auto Plant, 24000 Honda Parkway, shortly after 8 ...
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By Marysville Journal-Tribune 
October 12, 2017
Crews demolish a garage structure behind the former location of Fiesta Grande earlier this week. The current owner of the Mexican restaurant owns the land. According to City Planner Chad Flowers, the ...
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By Marysville Journal-Tribune 
October 12, 2017
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...
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By Mac Cordell 
October 12, 2017
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...
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By Will Channell 
October 12, 2017
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...
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By Jacob Runnels 
October 11, 2017
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...
North Lewisburg continues to consider natural gas supplier
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By Jacob Runnels 
October 11, 2017
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...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
October 11, 2017
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...
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By Jacob Runnels 
October 10, 2017
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,...
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By Mac Cordell 
October 10, 2017
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...
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By Will Channell 
October 10, 2017
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...
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By Will Channell 
October 9, 2017
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...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
October 9, 2017
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...
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By Mac Cordell 
October 9, 2017
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...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
October 7, 2017
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...
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By Mac Cordell 
October 7, 2017
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...
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By Will Channell 
October 6, 2017
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...
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By Jacob Runnels 
October 6, 2017
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 ...
Pair of marijuana applications filed in county
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By Mac Cordell 
October 5, 2017
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...
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By Jacob Runnels 
October 5, 2017
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...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
October 5, 2017
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...
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By Will Channell 
October 4, 2017
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...