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Voting open for event guide cover All Ohio Balloon Fest organizers are seeking public input on the 2017 event guide cover. Readers may visit www.marysvillejt.com to vote for their favorite submission ...

Jerome Township officials are wondering how long they will be able to afford fighting annexation of township property into Dublin. At Monday night’s meeting, the Jerome Township Trustees unanimously v...

As the state budget nears completion, local officials continue to be concerned about a lost tax that could cost the county nearly half a million dollars. “I am not optimistic,” Union County Commission...

Drivers in Marysville’s Mill Valley subdivision may be noticing a very slow parade of trucks, grinders, street sweepers and other equipment along with green-clad walkers. Decker construction is millin...

Ky Dennison, left, and Ryan Cochran, right, work to clear a hole in a yard on Chiprock Drive in Marysville recently. The men, along with owner Sean Dennison, back, are with Dennison Drilling. The grou...

Triad School District will pay $15,000 to settle a lawsuit after the district refused to allow a television station to videotape a meeting. At its recent meeting, the Triad Local Schools board of educ...

Union County Prosecuting Attorney Dave Phillips, left, and magistrate John Cannizzaro, right, are shown during the scheduled arraignment of Todd Lane, 43, for a murder charge in Union County Common Pl...

Dayo Adeoye, who will be a senior at Marysville High School, was elected governor at Buckeye Girls State this week. Adeoye is shown above as she selects her cabinet at the week-long event conducted by...

A three-car crash was reported Thursday, at 12:25 p.m., at the intersection of Route 347 and Wolford-Maskill Road. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol report, an orange 2013 Dodge Dart driven b...

The project to connect Mill Wood Boulevard will start next year, and the city is looking to issue some debt to fund it. City officials spoke to the Marysville Finance Committee Thursday night about th...

Members of the Marysville Board of Education discussed, at length, concerns voiced over the large number of valedictorians in the district. In 2017, Marysville High School named 28 valedictorians, dow...

From Italy to Marysville, one could say newly appointed Magistrate John Cannizzaro has lived the American dream. “English is my second language,” he said, without any hint of an accent. Cannizzaro, wh...

As the weather becomes hotter, families are looking for outdoor activities that let them cool off. Playing in the splash pad at Partners Park earlier this week are, from left to right, Jonathan Mannin...

At 4:32 a.m., May 27, John Dixon called 911 to report his roommate assaulted him. Eleven minutes later, police had the alleged assailant in custody and Dixon was fighting for his life, a fight he woul...

Representatives from the newly formed Triad community networking meetings presented to North Lewisburg council on what the group has been working on since organizing in January. Mayor Cheryl Hollingsw...

DEIS –––– Is leaving to take job in Grandview Chris Deis says he believes that when he looks back, the four years he has spent in Marysville will be the best of his career. “It has been the best four ...

The flag at the Union County Courthouse is shown today, which is Flag Day in the United States. A 1916 proclamation by President Woodrow Wilson set aside June 14 to honor the flag and National Flag Da...

Shortly after 4 p.m. Tuesday, near the intersection of Bethlehem Claibourne Road and Route 37, a red 1998 Ford Explorer, pictured above, rolled onto its top in a ditch after the driver failed to negot...

Plain City officials discussed the future of Pastime Park at Monday’s council meeting. The Parks Committee has made a recommendation to limit offerings at the park and remove the baseball diamonds and...

The city’s project to widen Route 31 will also see benefits to access into Mill Valley. A new entrance into the subdivision will be built, while the westbound on-ramp from U.S. 33 to Route 31 will be ...

When Richwood Village Council met Monday evening, Mayor Scott Jerew was absent from the meeting, but council approved a resolution which authorizes him to work on securing contracts on three parcels o...

Tammy Hyder and her grandson Eddie Hyder, both of Lantern Drive, settle in to watch the animated film Moana Saturday night at Movie in the Park in the Mill Valley South Park. Families flocked to the p...

Pictured is an East Fifth Street house belonging to Robert Anderton, who recently came before city council in support of the city taking a more active role in preserving homes. Anderton said his home,...

Despite swelling costs, a local group of investors is pushing forward with a plan to renovate the former Avalon Theater in uptown Marysville. The group has been approved for non-profit status as Marys...

Eric Sterin, of Marysville, throws a pool noodle through a hoop at this weekend’s Friday Nights Uptown at Partners Park. The theme for the event was “Wine and Jazz.” Local wineries offered samples, wh...

A Union County Health Department (UCHD) program is ready to give hearing aids to people in need, but donations are necessary for it to stick around. Tim Kelley, an accreditation coordinator for the UC...

Pictured above, fifth grade students Tara Rice and Kylie Wolfe, of Fairbanks Elementary School, placed in a logo designing competition through the Ohio Energy Project’s Be E3 Smart program. Rice won s...

Union County Sheriff’s Office deputies are looking for a woman after she allegedly assaulted her daughter and killed her pet kitten during an argument this week. According to an email from the Union C...

Rick Salazar and the Twisters rock out at last night’s First Wednesday event, giving the crowd some classic rock standards. Salazar, far left, was joined by bassist J.T. Jones and drummer John Raugh. ...

It’s back to the drawing board for a development planned for construction on Creekview Drive. The Marysville’s planning commission voted 5-2 this week to table an application for a section of housing ...