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Bonds an obstacle to sale of Richwood Opera House
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By Kyle Meddles 
July 23, 2024
Richwood Council’s former plans to fix the broken truss in the Opera House and put it up for sale have fallen through. At the regular meeting on Monday, Mayor Scott Jerew said that he was worried abou...
Officials reworking incentive policy
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By Michael Williamson 
July 22, 2024
Union County is in the process of updating its Economic Development Incentive Policy (EDIP) in an effort to make the document more streamlined. Economic Development Director Eric Phillips told the cou...
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By Mac Cordell 
July 22, 2024
The Marysville pool has reopened. “So far, it’s been a good day,” Amanda Morris, recreation and events manager for the city, said Monday afternoon. The city reopened the pool at about noon, Monday aft...
Fairbanks receives auditor’s award
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By From JT Staff Reports 
July 22, 2024
Fairbanks Treasurer Aaron Johnson received the Auditor of State Award. Johnson was notified recently by state officials that the district’s financial services office was given the award. “We were humb...
Presidential pressure
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By Mac Cordell 
July 19, 2024
An estimated 10,000 people rallied in Uptown Marysville on Sept. 26, 1992, to greet and hear from President George Bush who was in the midst of a two-day train tour of Ohio and Michigan. Then-Sheriff ...
County, Jerome Township begin mending fences
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By Michael Williamson 
July 19, 2024
Union County and Jerome Township are one step closer to finalizing agreements between the groups after more than a year of tension and negotiations. The county commissioners passed a resolution Wednes...
Glass shards force pool to be drained
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By Mac Cordell 
July 18, 2024
The Marysville City Pool will be closed for up to a week after a child found glass in the water. Officials looked and found more glass in the pool’s shallow end. At least three other central Ohio pool...
Designation could pay dividends for health department
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By Kayleen Petrovia 
July 18, 2024
The Union County Health Department is making more progress toward becoming a primary healthcare provider for some community members, ensuring that those in need of services will have a voice in the pr...
Fulk named Grand Marshal of Steam Thresher Show
News, Plain City
By From JT Staff Reports 
July 18, 2024
The Miami Valley Steam Threshers Association recently named Kenneth Fulk as the Grand Marshal for the 75 th Annual Reunion and Show. “ Well now, that’s quite an honor!” officials said Fulk responded w...
JA receives money to help homeless students
News, Plain City
By Michael Williamson 
July 18, 2024
Jonathan Alder is getting an additional chunk of grant money that will go to helping the district’s homeless students. At the July board of education meeting Monday, the group approved a McKinney-Vent...
Harry Wolfe Park to see improvements
News, Plain City
By Kayleen Petrovia 
July 17, 2024
Jerome Township officials are planning improvements to Harry Wolfe Park that they hope will make the park and pond more accessible to all community members. The trustees voted unanimously Tuesday to s...
Franke’s has grown with the city, Honda
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By Michael Williamson 
July 17, 2024
Franke's Wood Products, Inc., on Collins Avenue, has been an award-winning staple in Marysville since 1968. The company is run by Chris Franke, who took over the family business in 2023 after the pass...
Innovation Corridor group to hire executive director
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By Mac Cordell 
July 17, 2024
The Northwest 33 Innovation Corridor Council of Governments (COG) is hiring an executive director. At Wednesday’s special COG meeting, the body voted to hire Doug McCollough as executive director of t...
Art show, demo derby to return to 2024 fair
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By Mac Cordell 
July 16, 2024
Officials and volunteers are getting the Union County Fairgrounds ready for next week’s county fair. Above, Larry Paver helps mulch flower beds on the fairgrounds. Paver is one of dozens of volunteers...
Jefferson Starship member got start in OSU band
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By Michael Williamson 
July 16, 2024
Jefferson Starship’s Dave Freiberg said Ohio holds a special place in his heart. “ I grew up outside Cincinnati and played at Ohio State in the band,” he said. “Coming there is like coming home.” Frei...
NU sees rise in economically disadvantaged students
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By Kyle Meddles 
July 16, 2024
North Union saw a decrease in title funding this past year. At the regular meeting of the school board on Monday, Chief Academic Officer Sandy Richards gave the curriculum report at the meeting , whic...
Woman indicted for pruning shears attack
Court News, News
By Mac Cordell 
July 16, 2024
A York Township woman is in jail after allegedly stabbing her boyfriend with a pair of pruning shears. The Union County Grand jury has indicted Ashleigh Rose Lynn, 26, of 26603 Ford Reed Rd., Richwood...
Commissioners seek grant funding Magnetic Springs sewer project
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By Michael Williamson 
July 16, 2024
Officials are moving forward with the grant application for the Magnetic Springs sewer system project. The Union County Commissioners approved a resolution Wednesday supporting the move after hearing ...
Troupe to perform Camp Delaware today
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By From JT Staff Reports 
July 15, 2024
Community Arts Network, a non-profit performing arts organization based in Delaware, will be holding a production of Camp Delaware The Musical at Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 233 W. Sixth St., this w...
BCI takes fresh look at unsolved 1993 Burnside killing
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By Mac Cordell 
July 12, 2024
A local death, unsolved for more than three decades is getting a second look, by a new set of eyes. In June, the Union County Prosecutor’s Office asked the Ohio Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal I...
Airport board approves new hangar
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By Kyle Meddles 
July 12, 2024
The Union County Airport Authority approved the lease for construction of a privately funded box hangar, the first of its kind at the airport. At the regular meeting on Tuesday, Woolpert Consulting di...
Fairbanks FCCLA members compete in nationals
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By From JT Staff Reports 
July 12, 2024
Pictured above are Emerson Cochran, left, and Caroline Wilson who recently took part in the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America National Leadership Conference in Seattle. (Photo submitted)...
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By Mac Cordell 
July 11, 2024
An agreement with The Silos at Marysville may herald good news for the city’s Christmas Star and other projects in the community. Marysville City Council is in the process of approving an agreement wi...
Harold Lewis preschool funding may be cut if UCBDD levy fails
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By Michael Williamson 
July 11, 2024
Union County Board of Developmental Disabilities has a levy on the ballot this November and if it fails, it could mean a stoppage in funding for the Harold Lewis Center. Board officials are looking at...
Utility woes deal financial blow to North Lewisburg
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By Chad Williamson 
July 10, 2024
The bills for deferred maintenance in North Lewisburg are coming due and the residents might feel the sting. At a Tuesday meeting, village officials discussed a trio of topics that would all result in...
Plain City prepares for first TIF
News, Plain City
By Kayleen Petrovia 
July 10, 2024
Just as Plain City officials approved a policy that will guide when and how they offer economic development incentives, they took a step toward approving the village’s first ever Tax Increment Financi...
Weeks Plumbing – a family business built on opportunity
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By Mac Cordell 
July 10, 2024
Scott Weeks, right, and his wife, Loretta, left, along with their son, Chris, center, own and operate Weeks Plumbing. The local company, which specializes in both new construction pluming and plumbing...
Jerome OKs temporary pot moratorium
News, Plain City
By Kayleen Petrovia 
July 9, 2024
All land uses related to the growth or sale of marijuana will be prohibited in Jerome Township temporarily, although the trustees did not set a definite time limit on the prohibition. At its most rece...
Richwood Opera House may get reprieve
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By Kyle Meddles 
July 9, 2024
Richwood Council is reconsidering its conversation about demolishing the Opera House. At Monday evening’s regular council meeting, concerned locals and members of the Opera House Committee turned up t...
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By Mac Cordell 
July 9, 2024
For a third meeting, a group of local residents was at Marysville’s City Council meeting asking the group to respond to a series of comments member Mark’s Reams wife, and others, have made. This time,...