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Large slate of candidates file across county
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Large slate of candidates file across county
By Michael Williamson 
August 8, 2025
Union County voters may see a few more names on the ballot hoping to fill vacant office seats this fall. The filing deadline for the November election passed this week and officials with the Union Cou...
Jerome Township officials act on vendor complaints
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Jerome Township officials act on vendor complaints
By Jack Christian 
August 8, 2025
Jerome Township officials implemented a new regulation for transient vendors as residents' complaints pile up. Eric Snowden, Jerome’s Zoning Inspector, spoke Tuesday at the board meeting about the ris...
Memorial creates sexual assault exam program
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Memorial creates sexual assault exam program
Victims will no longer have to travel for forensic exams
By From JT Staff Reports 
August 8, 2025
Editor’s note: The following story is supplied by Memorial Health. ––– Memorial Hospital has established a new Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program, providing a vital service for survivors of ...
CDBG program appears safe for now
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CDBG program appears safe for now
Grant program helps small communities
By Michael Williamson 
August 7, 2025
Efforts are still moving forward to get assistance to some of the smaller communities in Union County through the federal government’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. Despite earlier...
Construction crew clips gas line
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Construction crew clips gas line
By Kyle Meddles 
August 7, 2025
The Marysville Fire Department responded to a gas line leak that shut down North Maple Street between Sycamore Street and Elwood Avenue on Tuesday. At 2:30 p.m., a Nixle alert was issued from the City...
Coaches offer crystal ball for fall on MJT Podcast
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Fairbanks’s head football coach Dave Carroll (left) sits down with Marysville Journal-Tribune Sports Editor Tim Miller (right) during a podcast recording at Fairbanks Elementary School last week. The Marysville Journal-Tribune Podcast has already begun publishing conversations with coaches ahead of the 2025 fall season with more scheduled to run prior to the first Friday night slate of games. Interviews can be accessed wherever you get your podcasts. (Journal-Tribune photo by Michael Williamson)
Coaches offer crystal ball for fall on MJT Podcast
By Aleksei Pavloff 
August 6, 2025
The Marysville Journal-Tribune podcast has evolved since its inception in 2021. Originally promoted as a way for local sportswriters to convene and chat about Friday night football games, the MJT Podc...
August is Breastfeeding Awareness Month
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August is Breastfeeding Awareness Month
By From JT Staff Reports 
August 6, 2025
Editor’s note: The following release comes from the Union County Health Department. ––– To coincide with National Breastfeeding Month, Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jim Tressel signed a procla...
Maintenance of waterway will follow logjam removal
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Maintenance of waterway will follow logjam removal
By Michael Williamson 
August 6, 2025
What will the continued maintenance of Mill Creek look like after the logjam project is completed? The exact approach has not been finalized but Joe Eads with the Union Soil and Water Conservation Dis...
New Richwood “fest” is this weekend
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The map above, provided by village officials, shows free parking options for everyone attending Summerfest on Aug. 9. The zones displayed in yellow identify the available parking lots. Park drives will be closed to general parking during the event, with exception to vehicles with handicap parking permits. Students with the North Union Shooting Club will offer shuttling services from the lots and all tips go to the club. (Graphic submitted)
New Richwood “fest” is this weekend
By Kyle Meddles 
August 6, 2025
The party of the summer in Richwood is taking place Aug. 9 at the Richwood Lake Park, bringing with it a slew of events involving many local community organizations acting as hosts, sponsors and benef...
Some traffic flow to be maintained through work on Five Points
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Some traffic flow to be maintained through work on Five Points
By Michael Williamson 
August 6, 2025
When work begins on the Five Points roundabout two years from now, traffic will slow down, but won’t completely stop going through the intersection. Questions arose around the community, asking if the...
Plain City teen will be race “Champion”
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Pragalya, pictured above, gives a presentation on hearing loss at Wyandot Elementary School in Dublin as part of an interactive workshop for elementary students on Dec. 19 last year as part of her non-profit organization Hear2Connect. (Photo submitted)
Plain City teen will be race “Champion”
By Kyle Meddles 
August 6, 2025
This October, the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Columbus Marathon offers an opportunity for athletes to race for a good cause – but for one 18-year-old Plain City resident, the race offers a means of...
Grand jury brings charges in two recent shootings
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Grand jury brings charges in two recent shootings
By Kyle Meddles 
August 6, 2025
Two recent shootings in the county have led to felony assault indictments for two local individuals. The Union County Grand Jury has charged Chandilier Nicole Gee, 35, of 578 Allenby Drive, with one c...
Paws for a dip
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Paws for a dip
By Aleksei Pavloff 
August 6, 2025
Cody Storch and his 10-month old Newfoundland, Chloe, take advantage of the comfortable, sunny weather while playing at the Marysville Reservoir this week. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)
Calling for a change
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Schools try to get ahead of state's cell phone mandate
Calling for a change
By Jack Christian 
August 6, 2025
The Ohio Department of Education (ODE) has implemented a new model policy aiming to minimize student cell phone use during school hours. Schools have the option to adopt the model policy or create one...
Roundabout nears completion
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Two roundabouts on Coleman’s Crossing Boulevard, one at East Fifth Street and one at the western entrance of Walmart, as shown above, will be the first phase of intersection upgrades done on the roadway sometime in the next 1-2 years. Work will also include adding a median, eliminating many of the left turn options for those parking lots. (Graphic submitted)
Roundabout nears completion
Planning for two more begins
By Michael Williamson 
August 6, 2025
The roundabout project at Coleman’s Crossing Boulevard and Industrial Parkway is progressing ahead of schedule and is likely 2-3 weeks from opening. Kyle Hoyng, engineer at the City of Marysville, sai...
Summer Farm Fest sees state leaders attend
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Summer Farm Fest sees state leaders attend
By From JT Staff Reports 
August 5, 2025
Ohio governor candidate Vivek Ramaswamy speaks to the crowd at the Union County Republican Party's Summer Farm Fest Sunday. The third annual event, held at Cook farms at 20158 Wolford Maskill Road, al...
Runnin’ down a bone
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Runnin’ down a bone
By Aleksei Pavloff 
August 4, 2025
Three-year-old Gracie jaunts across the grass while at the Marysville Bark Park off North Maple Street Monday afternoon. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)
Questions remain about York Township biodigester
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Questions remain about York Township biodigester
By Michael Williamson 
August 4, 2025
The biodigester project in York Township is moving along but there may be additional questions about what happens to the gas created by the process when the facility is up and running. Originally pitc...
Leesburg saves money on ambulance
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Leesburg Township Fire Department staff, pictured from left, assistant fire chief John Cooke, Sabrina Mizer, Daniel Weirick, Cameron Thrasher and Landon Heckel, pose in front of their newly refurbished ambulance outside of the fire department on Friday. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kyle Meddles)
Leesburg saves money on ambulance
By Kyle Meddles 
August 4, 2025
The Leesburg Township Fire Department, which is part of the Northwestern Joint Fire District, acquired a newly refurbished ambulance truck last week in a move that expedited time constraints and saved...
Slip-and-slide gathering
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Slip-and-slide gathering
By From JT Staff Reports 
August 2, 2025
Ben Haigh, 10, tumbles at the bottom of a long slip-and-slide near the intersection of Court and Seventh streets, amid much warmer temperatures earlier this week. A group of youths were taking part in...
PCPD make headway on police staffing
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PCPD make headway on police staffing
By Jack Christian 
August 2, 2025
Plain City Police Chief Dale McKee is continuing the search to fill multiple open officer positions within his department, but one of those roles has now officially been filled. At a recent board meet...
Gridiron Midnight Madness
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Gridiron Midnight Madness
By Aleksei Pavloff 
August 1, 2025
While residents of Richwood were fast asleep, North Union's football program was wide awake Friday morning just after midnight. The Wildcats began their official padded practices yesterday as teams fr...
County makes cybersecurity improvements
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County makes cybersecurity improvements
By Michael Williamson 
August 1, 2025
Union County is adding another layer of protection to its cybersecurity infrastructure. The county commissioners approved a resolution Wednesday for Arctic Wolf, an advanced cybersecurity program that...
Benefit in the Barn will donate to Hope Center
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Pictured above is an image from the 2024 Benefit in the Barn event. The 2025 version of the event will take place Aug. 16 with proceeds benefiting the Hope Center and Delaware County Hunger Alliance. (Photo submitted)
Benefit in the Barn will donate to Hope Center
By From JT Staff Reports 
August 1, 2025
Organizers for the Benefit in the Barn announced that the affair is returning for its 11th year on Aug. 16 at We Feed U Farms, 5530 Radnor Road, Radnor. All net proceeds will benefit the Delaware Coun...
Local artist’s work part of Ohio State Fair
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Local artist’s work part of Ohio State Fair
By From JT Staff Reports 
July 30, 2025
Artist James Mellick of Milford Center has two dog carvings accepted in the fine arts exhibition of the 2025 Ohio State Fair. "Ghost Dog in Cherry" and "Beagle Boy Blue" are part of the 300-plus accep...
CPD officer with local ties, sentenced in shooting
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CPD officer with local ties, sentenced in shooting
By From JT Staff Reports 
July 30, 2025
A former Ohio police officer and North Union graduate who stood trial in the shooting death of Andre Hill was convicted of murder and sentenced 15 years to life in prison on Monday. Adam Coy, 47, who ...
Former Hometown Auto site demo complete
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Former Hometown Auto site demo complete
By From JT Staff Reports 
July 30, 2025
With demolition of the former Hometown Auto site complete, Marysville officials are working to prepare the site for work on the town run, which flows under the property. No official development plans ...
Growth prompts city to eye ward adjustments
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Recently annexed land into the City of Marysville, shown above in the red and blue striped areas, is pushing council to reconsider boundaries for those parts of town. Added land in Ward 1 would be part of the Marysville North development and added land in Ward 2 would be part of Marysville East. (Graphic submitted)
Growth prompts city to eye ward adjustments
By Michael Williamson 
July 30, 2025
With the growth in the northern and eastern parts of the city, Marysville is going to need to redraw some of its boundaries. At the regular meeting of Marysville City Council Monday, the board heard t...
Manville park ribbon cutting held in Magnetic Springs
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Manville park ribbon cutting held in Magnetic Springs
By Kyle Meddles 
July 29, 2025
Leesburg Township celebrated its recently-installed walking trail and playground at the Lee Manville Memorial Park in Magnetic Springs with a ribbon cutting Monday afternoon as part of a $163,000 proj...
Little league group looks for help from Richwood Council
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Little league group looks for help from Richwood Council
By Kyle Meddles 
July 29, 2025
The North Union Little League is looking for help from village council to fund the repair of the boy’s baseball diamond, which has seen flooding issues that have led to multiple delayed games. At the ...