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By Mac Cordell 
September 27, 2017
Marysville divisions of police and fire responded to a two-vehicle crash shortly after 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at the intersection of London Avenue, Ninth Street and Milford Avenue, near Memorial Hospital. ...
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By Mac Cordell 
September 27, 2017
Ben Temple, left, and Jimmie Inskeep, right, work to wiggle loose a post Tuesday afternoon, in front of the County Office building, 233 W. Sixth St. Kyle Wiley, in the Bobcat, had already used the tra...
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By Jacob Runnels 
September 26, 2017
Pictured above is the special keepsake Saturday edition of the Journal-Tribune published 25 years ago when President George Bush visited Marysville. The newspaper did not print a regular Saturday edit...
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By Sherryl Sheets of the Richwood Gazette 
September 26, 2017
Richwood Zoning Inspector Marion Bump was questioned by village council members during Monday night’s meeting regarding the delay of a new business obtaining their occupancy permit at the industrial p...
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By Will Channell 
September 26, 2017
Marysville City Council opened up discussions Monday night about a property that could hold a barley malting facility near Weaver Road. The application, from Ohio Crafted Malt House, LLC, had already ...
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By Mac Cordell 
September 26, 2017
Along with a redesigned children’s area and a space for interactive technology, planned interior renovations at the Plain City Library also include a redesigned entryway and work stations to make the ...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
September 26, 2017
Former Walt Disney World Company executive Dennis Snow spoke to business leaders this morning at the Der Dutchman Restaurant in Plain City. Snow spoke to the audience about attention to detail and cre...
Suspect escapes after high-speed chase
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By From JT Staff Reports 
September 25, 2017
Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers were involved in a high-speed chase Saturday that went from Logan County to Scottslawn Road. According to officials, troopers attempted to stop someone in a light bl...
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By Mac Cordell 
September 25, 2017
A group of Union County landowners and businessmen has created an organization to bring community members and leaders together. At a recent meeting, Jerome Township resident John Wirchanski announced ...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
September 25, 2017
In this undated photo, Kelly Kuhns holds her son, Oliver, in Plain City, Ohio. Kuhns is advocating for an Ohio bill that would ban abortions based on the type of pre-natal Down syndrome diagnosis she ...
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By Will Channell 
September 25, 2017
The City of Marysville’s finance committee is considering changes to local sewer rates, and maintains that those rates aren’t going to rise for a while. At the committee’s meeting last week, Marysvill...
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By Mac Cordell 
September 23, 2017
Claudia, second from left, and Anna Mueller, right, enjoy cool treats from the Dairy Queen on Columbus Avenue with their grandparents, Stan and Regina Foos. The twins returned Friday from a three-day ...
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By Sam Dillon 
September 23, 2017
Jamie Dye of Jonathan Alder protects the football while an Indian Lake defender tugs on his arm during a rushing attempt in the first quarter of the football game Friday night. The Pioneers where able...
County has plan for natural disasters
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By Jacob Runnels 
September 23, 2017
Heavy winds, tornados, blizzards and floods - Union County has been through them all and is prepared to handle even more. Brad Gilbert, director of the Union County Emergency Management Agency (EMA), ...
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By Corinne Bix 
September 22, 2017
Pictured above as some of the letters created by Triad elementary student sent to sailors aboard the USS John S. McCain in memory of Petty Officer Jacob Drake who graduated from Triad High School in 2...
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By Will Channell 
September 22, 2017
Fire department officials are hoping to get a couple of new faces this year. At Thursday night’s finance committee meeting, officials presented some preliminary requests for new positions from various...
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By Mac Cordell 
September 22, 2017
Is given 10 doses of Narcan –––– A Marysville woman is dead and police are investigating. Amanda Gearheart, 27, was pronounced dead Thursday afternoon at Memorial Hospital. Deputy Marysville Police Ch...
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By Chad Williamson 
September 22, 2017
The Marysville Board of Education heard an update on an exchange trip to Japan that a group of local high school students experienced this summer. The five students told board members about various cu...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
September 21, 2017
Tim Schilling of Wings Enrichment Center gestures as he gives a tour of the newly renovated facility on South Walnut Street to participants in the United Way’s recent “Understand the Need” Bus Tour. W...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
September 21, 2017
Union County Sheriff’s Office deputies are investigating an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound at a residence in the 25000 block of Neel Road. A report came in Wednesday at about 5:42 p.m. of a 6...
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By Jacob Runnels 
September 21, 2017
At the Union County Health Department (UCHD) meeting Wednesday, the first reading of the proposed 2018 Environmental Health Fee Resolution fee was waived. The board has to review its policy on what th...
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By Mac Cordell 
September 21, 2017
KEETON –––– A local man could be facing more than a decade and a half in prison after allegedly breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s home and holding her there for nearly three hours. The Union County Gr...
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By Will Channell 
September 21, 2017
Traffic on Route 31 at the U.S. 33 overpass was disrupted this morning after a vehicle crash, according to a Nixle alert sent out at 6:48 a.m. By about 7:15 a.m., the vehicles involved had been put on...
Jerome Township Trustees respond to critical resident
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By Mac Cordell 
September 21, 2017
At nearly every trustees meeting, Jerome Township resident Barry Adler has used his three minutes of public comment to question the trustees on their use of money. Adler has repeatedly called the trus...
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By Will Channell 
September 21, 2017
Stephanie Bryner helps her son Aksel make rocket ships out of shapes at Wednesday afternoon’s Preschool-age story time at the Marysville Public Library. “He enjoys being with other kids and it’s a gre...
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By Will Channell 
September 20, 2017
This weekend the area around the Pottersburg Bridge will be the host to the 10th annual Covered Bridge Bluegrass Festival. The event will be Sept. 23 and 24 at 17141 Inskeep-Cratty Road at the bridge....
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By From JT Staff Reports 
September 20, 2017
The Liberty Township Fire Department responded to a residence near Route 31 and Miller Road for a fire that ended up torching a garage and everything in it. “It’s pretty well-ruined,” said Liberty Tow...
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By Jacob Runnels 
September 20, 2017
This morning members of St. John’s Lutheran Church put up the entrance for this weekend’s Reformation Renaissance Faire at Pastime Park in Plain City. From left unloading a part of the entrance are Ro...
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By Mac Cordell 
September 20, 2017
A local electronics store is closing its doors. Officials have confirmed the Marysville Best Buy, 770 Coleman’s Crossing Boulevard, will close at the end of business on Oct. 28. “We chose not to renew...
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By Will Channell 
September 19, 2017
Officer David Nist, right, uses the Marysville Police Department’s drug dog, Bear, to check a truck for drugs in front of Rural King on Monday morning. Deputy Chief Tony Brooks said police stopped the...