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Workers from Durable Slate stand high above the ground Tuesday afternoon, inspecting the roof of the First United Methodist Church at the corner of Sixth and Court streets. The church’s business admin...

Pooling together Marysville’s Dayton Power & Light customers might happen one day, but officials don’t believe now is the time. “It’s not something we’ll ever totally turn our backs to,” said City Man...

Union County Auditor Andrea Weaver said her office has already started gathering evidence for the six-year revaluation set for 2019. Weaver said photographers working for her office will be going to p...

The Fairbanks Board of Education has announced Fairbanks Middle and High School building will receive its new public address (PA) system in August. As part of Monday’s board of education meeting, Supe...

City workers are shown above as they dig along a portion of West Eighth Street to replace aging cast iron waterlines Tuesday morning. The work is part of the city’s larger waterline replacement progra...

Jerome Township resident Barry Adler was at Monday night’s trustee meeting, asking the board to be more responsible with public money and more responsive to the public. Adler said he is “especially co...

The North Union Board of Education heard a presentation by Union County Sheriff Jamie Patton and North Union School Superintendent Rich Baird regarding the need for a school resource officer in the sc...

An accident Friday at 11:43 a.m. snarled traffic at the intersection of Coleman’s Crossing Boulevard and Delaware Avenue. According to the Marysville Police Department report of the crash, a white 200...

Man faces felony charge for incident at BMV A Richwood man was charged on July 4 for driving drunk, but it is what he allegedly did the next day that could land him in prison for years. Michael J. Nib...

Nick Ambrozich, left, and Madeleine Wright, both of the Central Ohio YMCA, dust off some hard-to-reach places at the Union County YMCA Friday afternoon. The YMCA had a “deep cleaning” day Friday and w...

Ed Lucas, construction inspector for the Union County Engineer’s office, was on Sam Reed Road early this morning to make sure the road was marked as closed. He said beginning today, contractors will b...

Professional chalk artist Hilary Meyers Frambes, of Plain City, works on a picture of Wonder Woman at this weekend’s Friday Nights Uptown event at Partners Park. Frambes was invited by the Marysville ...

Above , Landon feeds his new service dog a treat at the Harold Lewis Center playground Friday morning. Below, Theo watches over Logan while he swings at the Harold Lewis Center playground Friday morni...

A Richwood man could be facing as many as two decades behind bars for the alleged assault and abduction of his girlfriend and her son. Terry Ray Gregory, 30, of Richwood, whose court-listed address is...

Officers used a Taser on a man who stole a $229 Kitchen Aid mixer from Wal-Mart Wednesday afternoon. According to Marysville Deputy Chief Tony Brooks, officers responded to the call at about 3:46 p.m....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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 ...

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...

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,...

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 ...

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...

The Milford Center Village Council approved a resolution to find and fix a mysterious leak in the village water lines. The resolution allows council member Chris Kise to spend up to $8,000 to find the...

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...

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...