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The Union County Commissioners are expressing frustration with a plan they say will cost the county nearly half a million dollars annually. For more than a year, Republican legislators have been tryin...

Fairbanks High School will host West Jefferson on Friday for the Homecoming football game. The school’s Homecoming court is pictured from left, front row, freshman Lizzie Nicol; sophomore Kalor Greve;...

The most recent string of hurricanes that battered the Gulf Coast saw first responders from across the country helping areas affected. In the future, Marysville could stand among them. “Natural disast...

Price of tags to rise $4 When dog owners purchase their dog licenses for 2018, they will find the tag a bit more expensive. The Union County Commissioners have approved an increase in the price of dog...

The Comic Book Club at Packrat Comics in Marysville meets every Wednesday to discuss whatever is going on in the comic book world. Members started three weeks ago and are looking for ways to involve t...

Union County officials have reached an agreement to purchase the Richwood Bank building at 249, W. Fifth St. Officials said the county needs are expanding and they need the additional space to accommo...

Editor’s note: The following information is submitted by Union County Community Concert Association Board Member Florence Allen. ––– Logan Wells will highlight “A Tribute to Patsy Cline” on Saturday a...

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. ...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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), ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...