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Jerome Township and Union County officials approved a tax abatement for a developer planning to build a 24,000-square foot speculative building in the township. Union County/Marysville Economic Develo...

A Marysville woman is in jail in Indiana after allegedly stabbing a woman multiple times. Kaya G. Lewis, 20, of 722 Wedgewood Drive, has been charged with one count each of aggravated battery and batt...

Following the state legislature’s passage of a new cell phone law for schools, Jonathan Alder is looking at how it will update its own policy to follow state guidelines. The board of education discuss...

The conceptual plans illustrated above show a proposed design from Como Development and OutdoorFX to create several buildings of flex space for light industrial uses. The road pictured at far left is ...

Officials from the Union County Health Department and law enforcement agencies are encouraging community members to stay safe this holiday weekend by driving sober or getting a ride home. "We want to ...

A Marysville woman is dead after taking her own life Tuesday. Elizabeth Kolze, an investigator with the Union County Coroner’s Office, confirmed that a 20-year-old Marysville woman was declared dead a...

Marysville City Council is once again taking up the idea of inspecting rental homes. At Monday night’s city council work session, Zoning Inspector Zach Andrews presented a plan to inspect rental homes...

The staff at the Marysville Journal-Tribune is up for a record-setting 13 honors in the Ohio Associated Press newspaper awards later this month. That number is five more than the newspaper’s previous ...

Connolly Construction, led by second-generation owner, Phillip Connolly, holds a groundbreaking for Green Pastures in the early 1990s. (Photo submitted) -- Editor’s note: This is the sixth in a series...

Last week, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed the state’s Capital Budget bill. The bill contains more than $13 million for Union County entities, including: $12.5 million to the Transportation Research ...

Michael Tua, 49, of Marysville, died Sunday as a result of injuries he sustained in a two-vehicle crash on U.S. 33. (Photo submitted) -- A Marysville man is dead following a two-vehicle crash Sunday o...

Triad officials are preparing to place a renewal of the district’s existing levy on the ballot in November. At the Board of Education meeting Thursday, members voted unanimously to request the certifi...

Pictured above is a da Vinci Robotic Surgical System like the one being leased by Memorial Hospital. The robot will allow surgeries to be performed with smaller incisions, allowing shorter recovery ti...

Communities throughout the county will offer residents a variety of ways to celebrate Fourth of July, from parades to fireworks shows. Marysville The Marysville Independence Day Parade steps off at 10...

Plain City Public Library will be asking for a levy renewal this fall, a little earlier in its usual five-year cycle. Chris Long, the library director, said going earlier ensures there will be time to...

Memorial Health will be getting into the retail pharmacy business. The health system has agreed to purchase Dave’s Pharmacy from Cardinal Health, hoping for a variety of benefits by expanding into a n...

Officials held a ribbon cutting Friday for the Automotive and Mobility Innovation Center (AMIC), 1000 Innovation Way. The technology incubator will occupy about 18,000 square feet of a larger building...

Lt. Tom Jaskiewicz, at right, is pictured with Plain City Police Department Chief Dale McKee. The police department and council recently celebrated Jaskiewicz’s 25th anniversary of full-time service w...

As work on U.S. 33 is coming to a conclusion for this year, local officials are planning for a series of future infrastructure improvements. Over the next couple of years, several bridges in the commu...

A Fairbanks student is working to add a unique communication option to one of the district’s playgrounds. Kadence Kise, an incoming senior at Fairbanks High School, is working on her Eagle Scout proje...

Plain City voters will decide in November whether to replace the village’s police levy. Council unanimously approved a resolution Monday to place a replacement, 5-mill levy for police protection on th...

Union County residents hold up signs in opposition to the planned Richwood Solar project at the first hearing from the Ohio Power Siting Board Tuesday evening. People gathered at North Union High Scho...

Members of the Mosier Family said they have always strived to provide for the community through their local grocery store and butcher shop. Pictured from left are Andy Mosier, Gene Mosier and Amy Karn...

A husband and wife are asking Marysville City Council to amend legislation they believe is targeted at the Marysville Exempted Village School District. Doug and Gail Jenkins were at Monday’s city coun...

Richwood Council is switching gears, now considering demolishing the Opera House. At the regular meeting on Monday, council reached the conclusion that if they are not going to replace the lost truss,...

A group of citizens continues to want Council member Mark Reams out of office and now they are taking a different approach. At the June 10 City Council meeting, a group of residents asked Reams to ste...

Despite comments made at a local meeting, developers for the proposed Marysville South project say they do not have specific plans and specifically said those plans do not include a Microsoft data cen...

Marysville Early College High School (ECHS) has a new principal after the resignation of Jennifer Hinderer on July 31. Reynoldsburg Principal Scott Bennett was approved by the board of education at a ...

If there wasn’t enough on the line with Marysville’s operating levy attempt in November, the district’s future is now also tied to a second issue on that same ballot. The Marysville Board of Education...

Jonathan Alder officials are juggling increasing enrollment and costs as the district moves further into its master facility planning process. School officials held the first strategic planning forum ...