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Home field advantage
News, Sports
By Chad Williamson 
January 13, 2025
About 4,000 people walked through the doors of the Marysville High School Sunday as the host site for the OAC Cheerleading State Championships. Roughly 80 teams put on 104 performances during the all-...
Milford could get help on infrastructure
News
By Michael Williamson 
January 13, 2025
Officials are going to look at Milford Center this year for possible grant funding opportunities. Thomas Perry, with the Community Development Consultants of Ohio, told the county commissioners recent...
Triad looks to revamp preschool program
Education, News
By Kyle Meddles 
January 13, 2025
Triad is looking at improving on the current pre-school system. At the organizational and regular meeting of Triad’s Board of Education on Thursday, Lee Claypool, Director of Student Services, said th...
Jerome plans park, cemetery upgrades
News, Plain City
By Kyle Meddles 
January 10, 2025
Jerome Township is eyeing improvements to Harry Wolfe Park and the Jerome cemetery. At the recent meeting of the trustees, Township Administrator Brandon Standley announced that at the end of 2024 the...
Cyberattack hits Marysville’s PowerSchool
Education, News
By From JT Staff Reports 
January 10, 2025
Another cybersecurity hit the Marysville school district. In an email to families this week, Superintendent Diane Allen said the district is aware of the data breach regarding the school’s PowerSchool...
Ready for snow
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By From JT Staff Reports 
January 10, 2025
The City of Marysville’s salt truck fleet, shown above, was ready to head out on the roads Friday afternoon as the area prepared for another round of winter weather. Earlier in the week, the Nation We...
Honda makes donation toward wildfire relief efforts
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By From JT Staff Reports 
January 10, 2025
Honda is donating $500,000 in disaster relief funds to the American Red Cross to support the tens of thousands of residents impacted by the California wildfires. According to a release from the automa...
Honda unveils EV models to be built locally
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Pictured above are the recently announced Honda 0 Saloon and Honda 0 SUV. The electrified vehicles will be built at the EV line at the Marysville Auto Plant. They will reportedly be available to U.S. customers in 2026. (Photo submitted)
By From JT Staff Reports 
January 9, 2025
Earlier this week Honda presented the world premiere of the first two models in the company’s new 0 Series line of battery electric vehicles at the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) – the Honda 0 S...
Joe selfie
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Pictured above is the selfie President Joe Biden took with J-T sports writer Aleksei Pavloff and his mother. Biden used Pavloff's phone to take the photo.
J-T reporter met the President at a function, Biden then used his phone to take a photo.
By Aleksei Pavloff 
January 9, 2025
Editor's note: Through family connections, Journal-Tribune sports writer Aleksei Pavloff recently had an opportunity to attend a White House function and meet President Joe Biden. Regardless of your p...
Comprehensive plan for county receives update
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By Michael Williamson 
January 7, 2025
Union County is planning an open house later this month to present its current draft of the area’s comprehensive plan. The Logan-Union-Champaign (LUC) Regional Planning Commission has been working on ...
City considers MORA expansion
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On Monday, Marysville City Council discussed expanding the Marysville Outdoor Refreshment Area (MORA) to include Happenstance Brewing Project. The current MORA, shown above in blue, would then expand to include the brewery on the northeast corner of East Fourth Street and Oak Street. (Graphic submitted)
By Michael Williamson 
January 7, 2025
Marysville is considering expanding the boundaries of its outdoor refreshment area. At the January Marysville City Council work session Monday, members of the board discussed expanding the Marysville ...
County gets a snow day
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A snow day can have a variety of meanings based on your daily duties. When three inches of snow dropped on the area overnight Sunday, some people plowed while others played. Above, with school out of session due to snow, several local residents took advantage of the free time and fresh powder to enjoy some sledding in Millcreek Park Monday afternoon. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)
By From JT Staff Reports 
January 6, 2025
Above, a man in the parking lot outside Bluebird Retirement Community walks into the biting winds on Monday as he operates a snowblower in an attempt to clean up from the winter storm. (Journal-Tribun...
First baby of the year born at Memorial
News
By From JT Staff Reports 
January 3, 2025
The first baby of 2025 arrived at the Memorial Miracle Life Center on New Year's Day. Millie May Ward, daughter of Breanna Zealer and Jacob Ward of Springfield, arrived on Wednesday at 8:08 p.m., weig...
Districts’ levy struggles top local news of 2024
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By From JT Staff Reports 
January 3, 2025
The difficulties local school districts had passing levies was voted the top local story of 2024 by the Journal-Tribune newsroom staff. Rounding out the top five were stories about the local sheriff’s...
Baldwin guilty on 32 felonies
Court News, News
By Kyle Meddles 
January 3, 2025
The criminal trial against former Union County Humane Agent Steffan Baldwin has reached an official decision. In the verdict filed Thursday, Judge Daniel T. Hogan found Baldwin guilty of 32 felony cri...
Top local stories of 2024: Numbers 6-10
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By From JT Staff Reports 
January 1, 2025
Events in nature, school flashpoints and growth issues dominated the top local stories of 2024, as voted by the Journal-Tribune newsroom staff. The stories holding positions 6 through 10 appear in tod...
City/county split of logjam fees set
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The City of Marysville will pay a third of the construction costs for the Mill Creek logjam project, according to an agreement between the city and the county approved Monday. Both entities will be using American Rescue Plan Act money to cover those costs, which had to be appropriated by the final day of the year. Crews have already started removing trees like the ones shown above which have created hundreds of logjams along the creek. (Photo submitted)
By Michael Williamson 
December 30, 2024
A final agreement between the city and county is in place regarding funding for the Mill Creek logjam project. The Union County Commissioners approved the intergovernmental agreement between the count...
Holiday twister hits area
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Union County Emergency Management Agency Deputy Director Kathy Brown reviews damage to a barn on Payne Road Monday. The National Weather Service confirmed that a weak F0 tornado hit the property Sunday afternoon. (Photo submitted)
By From JT Staff Reports 
December 30, 2024
An apparent tornado caused damage to a property west of Marysville this weekend. The National Weather Service determined that the storm activity that moved across the county resulted in a weak F0 torn...
Man charged in domestic incident with gun
Court News, News
By Kyle Meddles 
December 27, 2024
A Marysville man is facing up to 36 years in prison for allegedly holding a handgun to his ex-wife’s head. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Joshua Glen Perdue, 44, who’s court-listed address i...
County, Township will put $1.6M toward U.S. 42 project
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By Michael Williamson 
December 27, 2024
The final local contribution to the U.S. 42 and Industrial Parkway intersection project will be $1.6 million. Engineer Jeff Stauch told the Union County Commissioners recently that the county reached ...
PCPD officers visit children’s hospital
News, Plain City
By From JT Staff Reports 
December 27, 2024
The Plain City Police Department participated in this year’s Operation Santa’s Sleigh on Dec. 23. Sponsored by Light Ohio Blue, the event showcases support from first responders around Ohio to the chi...
24-unit development planned for Richwood
News
By Kyle Meddles 
December 25, 2024
Richwood Council revealed plans for a 24-duplex development on 350 N. Franklin St. At the regular meeting of the village on Monday, council member Brad Plotner said the board of zoning appeals (BZA) h...
County births outpace deaths
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Union County continues to see births outpacing deaths as shown in this graphic from the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC). Birth numbers are one of a variety of metrics MORPC uses to track population growth in central Ohio. This graphic also shows Union County growing to over 96,000 people by 2050. (Graphic submitted)
U.C. population could approach 100k by 2050
By Michael Williamson 
December 25, 2024
Union County continues to see a trend not typical in the state: births are still outpacing deaths. William Murdock, executive director with the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) gave his a...
Churches plan holiday services
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Marysville's Santa Claus checks for letters in the mailbox at Partners Park before a shift of meeting with local boys and girls at his house. Santa has his sleigh packed up, ready for long hours of deliveries tonight. (Journal-Tribune file photo)
By From JT Staff Reports 
December 23, 2024
Local churches have announced their holiday service schedules: St. John’s Lutheran Church Christmas Eve services – Tuesday, Dec. 24, family service at 7 p.m., candlelight service at 11 p.m., communion...
Fairbanks continues planning for future growth
Education, News
By Jack Christian 
December 23, 2024
One future project in preliminary discussions at Fairbanks is the development of a campus access road designed to separate bus traffic from parent pick-up lines. Pending approval, this road could incl...
Memorial Health 2025 budget grows
News
By Chad Williamson 
December 20, 2024
Through a challenging climate merging healthcare giants, Memorial Health continues to grow. Memorial’s Board of Trustees approved the 2025 operating budget Thursday night, showing the health system ex...
Triad will bring back levy renewal
Education, News
By Kyle Meddles 
December 20, 2024
For the second time, Triad officials are set to place a renewal of the district’s existing levy on the ballot on May 6, 2025. At the board of education meeting Thursday, members voted unanimously to r...
Resident injured in Broadway fire
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Fire and emergency personnel look through a shed that caught fire behind the Old Stone Haus Tavern in Broadway early Friday morning. One resident was burned and transported to Memorial Hospital and then The Ohio University hospital after the fire broke out just after 6 a.m. Firefighters on-scene were able to contain the fire and the tavern resumed regular operations. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)
Flames contained to shed; Old Stone Haus Tavern to remain open
By Mike Williamson 
December 20, 2024
This story has been updated from its previous version A resident is being treated for burns after a fire broke out in a shed behind the Old Stone Haus Tavern in Broadway. According to the Union County...
Elementary celebrates Holidays around the world
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By From JT Staff Reports 
December 19, 2024
Participants in Navin Elementary School's Holidays Around the World celebration pose at the end of the performance Wednesday. The event showcased holiday traditions from around the globe, including In...
Dave Burke ends career of public service
News
By Michael Williamson 
December 19, 2024
Union County Commissioner Dave Burke signed off this week, bringing what he called a “20-year blessing in public service” to a close. At the Wednesday county commissioners meeting, Burke made his part...