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By From JT Staff Reports 
November 10, 2016
This photo shows children playing recently on new playground equipment installed in Greenwood Park. Shown in the photo are Halle Ruby (8), River Tornberg (9), Brynn Hansen (9), Silas Ruby(3), Joey Rub...
9-1-1 levy wins easily
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By Will Channell 
November 9, 2016
Union County passed Tuesday’s 9-1-1 levy, and because of that residents might soon see some improvements to how to contact nine local authorities.
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By Mac Cordell 
November 9, 2016
PELANDA AND JORDAN –––– Local voters have reelected incumbent candidates in Union County’s two contested elections.
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By Will Channell 
November 8, 2016
The development proposed to the Marysville Planning Commission Monday night includes a mix of residential and commercial use. Overall, the commission challenged the applicant to be more creative with ...
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By Will Channell 
November 7, 2016
Bo Johnstone, Docent Director of the Union County Historical Society, speaks at Sunday’s Voices From the Stone ceremony in front of the Union County Veterans Monument on the courthouse lawn. This year...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
November 5, 2016
The work to replace the Route 31 bridge over U.S. 33 is about halfway done.
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By Sam Dillon 
November 5, 2016
Preston Eisnaugle, quarterback for Jonathan Alder, prepares to hand the ball off to running back Jamie Dye during the Pioneers opening playoff game against Bishop Hartley. The Pioneers struggled to ge...
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By Mac Cordell 
November 5, 2016
Pocket-dial to 9-1-1 foils alleged robbers Accidentally calling 9-1-1 is never good, but when you and your cohorts are in the process of robbing a house, the results can really ruin your plans.
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By Mac Cordell 
November 4, 2016
Above, Democrat Theresa Hooks, left, and Republican Tina LaRoche, both election specialists, are lost in a sea of voting machines as they work together to prepare the devices for Election Day. In the ...
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By Will Channell 
November 4, 2016
Liberty Township Fire and EMS officials stand near a chicken coop that caught fire on Perkins Road Thursday at about 1:30 p.m. The fire was contained within about 20 minutes. According to Liberty Town...
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By Mac Cordell 
November 3, 2016
BENDER –––– A Mill Valley man is headed to prison for making and selling drugs in Marysville’s largest housing development.
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By From JT Staff Reports 
November 3, 2016
Union County residents may have experienced a power outage or brief flicker yesterday, depending on where they live.
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By Mac Cordell 
November 2, 2016
Officials will use ducts like the one above to run 432 strands of fiber network along U.S. 33 from Dublin to the Transportation Research Center in East Liberty, then back Industrial Parkway to create ...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
November 2, 2016
SMITH –––– Editor’s note: A feature story about retiring URE CEO Roger Yoder will appear in the Nov. 22 Journal-Tribune. ––– The Union Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc., (URE) board of trustees announc...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
November 1, 2016
When Mother Nature cooperates, Union County communities know how to do Trick-or-Treat night. Above, Richwood children fill the area of East Ottawa Street where residents were passing out candy from a ...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
October 31, 2016
Pictured above is a reader submitted photo of Halloween decorations at 1242 Monteclair Court. With many area communities scheduling Trick-or-Treat for tonight, readers are encouraged to submit photos ...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
October 31, 2016
As shown above, children came out in droves for Scarysville’s uptown Trick-or-Treat Saturday morning dressed in their best costumes. Today is Halloween and Trick-or-Treat for Marysville, Richwood, Pla...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
October 31, 2016
The Union County Board of Developmental Disabilities (UCBDD) will begin preparations for sharing a superintendent with the Hardin County Board of Developmental Disabilities, after approval from the bo...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
October 29, 2016
REED –––– The Union County Veterans Remembrance Committee has finalized its plans for the upcoming Veterans Day Ceremony to be held on Sunday, Nov. 6 at 2 p.m. at the Veterans Plaza on the Union Count...
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By Chad Williamson 
October 29, 2016
Pleasant Valley Fire and EMS personnel responded to this single-vehicle rollover crash near the intersection of Route 161 and Cemetery Pike Road Friday at 9:55 a.m. According to officials at the scene...
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By Mac Cordell 
October 29, 2016
Editor’s note: This is the second of a three-part series on local election races and issues which will appear on the ballot on Nov. 8. A story about the Fairbanks bond issue, slated to run Friday, had...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
October 28, 2016
Neighbors say pictures don’t do justice to the Halloween decorations at the home at 304 Taylor Ave., in Marysville. Since moving in about eight years ago, the homeowner has decorated for many holidays...