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Last day set for SROs
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Marysville Exempted Village School District has given notice that it will end an agreement with the city to provide School Resource Officers in each of the buildings. The move was part of a contingency plan enacted last week when the school levy failed. In addition to providing security for the buildings, the officers served as ambassadors for the police department with community students and families. Above, Officer Jason Nichols, one of the community SROs, interacts with students. Officials have said the eight resource officers and the sergeant that oversees the program will be absorbed by the police department.
Nov. 27 will be end of the line for officers in schools after levy failure
By Mac Cordell 
November 13, 2024
City officials are looking at next steps for police officers assigned to the schools after the recent levy failure. “We knew this was a possibility and we have a plan we are going to be implementing,”...
Jerome farmland rezoned commercial
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By Mike Williamson 
November 13, 2024
After more than a year of discussions, Jerome Township approved a rezoning request for rural land in the northern part of the township. Some residents who live nearby said they are not necessarily opp...
Cymbal of perseverance
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By Aleksei Pavloff 
November 11, 2024
Despite being diagnosed with cancer, Marysville alumnus Grayson Niemi was able to return as a member of The Best Damn Band In The Land (TBDBITL). Learning he had testicular cancer, Niemi was still abl...
Bonnell has seen it all in his long military career
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By Kyle Meddles 
November 11, 2024
The first time that Ken Bonnell was wounded was in 1969, southeast of Saigon in Vietnam, while assisting a rescue operation of a downed helicopter that crashed into a small river. He boarded a navy fa...
U.C. interest earnings likely to pass $5M, set record
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By Michael Williamson 
November 8, 2024
Union County’s interest income could hit another record at the end of the year despite a likely dip in quarterly earnings starting in the fourth quarter. Treasurer Andrew Smarra told the commissioners...
Locals take part in Japanese TV show
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Shelly Detwiler, center left, and her husband, Paul, center right, sit with four generations of the Koike family in Japan, eating a feast featuring edamame. The Jerome Township couple, won a trip to appear on Japanese TV this summer and flew to Japan for a week where they learned about the cultivation and use of the Japanese soybean variety. (Photo submitted)
By Michael Williamson 
November 8, 2024
Agriculture in Union County might bring to mind corn, soybeans, hay and other traditional crops synonymous with midwestern farming. What might not come to mind is Japanese edamame, but that is precise...
City buys three historic properties
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Marysville Steel, Hometown Auto, Eufinger building under new ownership
By Mac Cordell 
November 7, 2024
The City of Marysville has purchased a trio of properties around town. In October, the city purchased the building at 120 S. Plum St., the former Hometown Auto Center, and the Marysville Steel site, a...
Early voting total tops Election Day numbers
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By Mac Cordell 
November 7, 2024
Early voting was strong in Union County. Officials said the strong early turnout made for a smooth Election Day. Election officials said this is the first time they can remember early voting topping t...
Richardson easily tops Verbus in Ohio House race
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By Mac Cordell 
November 7, 2024
Marysville’s Tracy Richardson has been reelected to a fourth term in the Ohio House of Representatives. Richardson, a Republican, defeated Democratic challenger Lesley Verbus in Tuesday’s election to ...
More than 78% of Union County voters cast ballots
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By Mac Cordell 
November 7, 2024
More than three-quarters of all eligible voters in Union County voted in Tuesday’s election and nearly half cast their ballot before Election Day. According to the Union County Board of Elections, 37,...
School levy gains ground, still fails
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Poor support in townships key to Marysville's 351 vote loss
By Chad Williamson 
November 7, 2024
The Marysville Schools operating levy widened its appeal, narrowed its margin from a defeat in 2023, but ultimately was still defeated by district voters Tuesday. “We did think it was going to be clos...
Voters pass UCBDD measure by slim margin
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By Michael Williamson 
November 6, 2024
The levy for the Union County Board of Developmental Disabilities passed Tuesday, ensuring funding for the Harold Lewis Center will continue as normal. Unofficial results from the Union County Board o...
Library issue receives voters’ blessing
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By Kyle Meddles 
November 6, 2024
The Marysville Public Library levy replacement passed in Tuesday’s election, which will provide much of the library’s revenue moving forward into 2025. The library is set to receive $1,691,800 annuall...
Plain City voters generous; pass three levies Tuesday
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By Michael Williamson 
November 6, 2024
All three levies on the ballot for the Village of Plain City passed Tuesday. Voters in both Union and Madison counties turned out in support of the village’s police, fire and library measures at the N...
Pumpkin drops held
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By From JT Staff Reports 
November 6, 2024
Marysville held a pair of Pumpkin Drops, one Sunday afternoon and one Monday afternoon, at Decker Fire Station. Residents could bring their own pumpkins to be dropped from the city’s ladder truck Sund...
Voters hit the polls
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By Chad Williamson 
November 6, 2024
Voter turnout in Union County and around the country was very strong for the 2024 election. While more than 40% of the county’s registered voters cast their ballots early, many polling locations, incl...
Programs impact school behavior issues
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By Michael Williamson 
November 5, 2024
Reports of youth behavioral issues in Union County are going down and the Mental Health and Recovery Board said it’s due in large part to the increase in prevention programs in schools. As part of the...
City eyes changes to facade improvement grants
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By Mac Cordell 
November 5, 2024
Marysville City Council is discussing potential changes to a pair of programs designed to improve the city’s Uptown. Council President Donald Boerger said he wanted council to look at and discuss the ...
Going old school
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Heather MacLaughlin instructs her third grade students with a pen and paper during the technology outage at Navin Elementary last week. (Photo submitted)
Lessons from COVID helped Marysville teachers stay nimble in face of technology outage last week
By Chad Williamson 
November 4, 2024
When a cyberattack shut down internet access and various affiliated systems at the Marysville School District last week a couple of things helped lessen the blow for staff and students. The first was ...
Marysville man charged in choking incident
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By Mac Cordell 
November 1, 2024
A Marysville man could be facing prison after allegedly choking his live-in-girlfriend. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Nicholas Edgar Alexander Hay, 23, of 1900 Morning Song Road, Apt. 304. ...
Man charged with illegal voting
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By Mac Cordell 
October 31, 2024
A Plain City man has been charged with voting illegally. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted James Anthony McDonald, 62, of 7304 Weldon Road, Plain City, charging him with four counts of illegal ...
Repaving Fourth Street a long and winding road
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By Mac Cordell 
October 31, 2024
Over the last two years, travelers on the city’s north side have had a love-hate relationship with Fourth Street. They love it when the street that acts as a bypass around Fifth Street is open and hat...
Theater group makes donation
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By From JT Staff Reports 
October 31, 2024
The cast and crew of Silver Scene Players’ production of “Grumpy Old Men, The Musical” present Jenn Williams with a check for $5,637. Williams represents the local non-profit, “She Dreams Again,” an o...
Ghouls come tonight
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By Michael Williamson 
October 31, 2024
The spirit of Halloween flowed through the decorations at this house on Willowcreek Drive in Plain City this week. Residents will see all the ghosts and goblins take to the streets at 6 p.m. tonight w...
Jon Alder drops on state report card
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By Michael Williamson 
October 30, 2024
Jonathan Alder made progress on the 2023-24 state report card but also lost half a star, which officials said means there is work still to do. Officials presented information from the state report car...
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By Michael Williamson 
October 30, 2024
Fairbanks is getting a new behavior analyst for the district thanks to a grant from one of the county agencies. At the recent board of education meeting, Superintendent Adham Schirg said the new Board...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
October 30, 2024
Many children say they want to become a veterinarian when they grow up. Yet few of them actually do. Carlie (Snodgrass) Buergel, DVM, is one of those few – thanks in part to the solid foundation she b...
City council votes down ban on pot dispensaries
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By Mac Cordell 
October 29, 2024
In a 3-4 vote, Marysville City Council Monday rejected legislation that would have banned recreational marijuana retailers in the city. Council members Henk Berbee, Zack Bordner and Scott Hunter voted...
Richwood pickleball project hits a snag
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By Kyle Meddles 
October 29, 2024
Richwood officials are rescinding their motion to accept a prospective bidder for the pickleball courts at the park due to an anomaly in the bid tabulation form. At the regular meeting of village coun...