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By Aleksei Pavloff 
May 10, 2025
Plain City police were dispatched to the Plain City Public Library at 10:49 a.m., Friday, for a vehicle that struck the side of the building. Sergeant Tharon Prather with the Plain City Police Departm...
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A clapboard, used on film sets to mark scenes and sync sound and picture, shows the name of a feature film being shot in Logan county. The image was posted on one of writer and director Adam Meeks’ social media accounts in April. Union County, which tells the story of a young man going through a drug court program, is a full-length version of a short film of the same name, which Meeks shot here five years ago. (Photo submitted)
Film about area drug court stars Will Poulter
By Michael Williamson 
May 9, 2025
Union County is about to become a marquee name. Literally. Filmmakers are currently in neighboring Logan County shooting a feature film called, oddly enough, Union County , a story about a recovering ...
News, Plain City, Plain City News
By Kyle Meddles 
May 9, 2025
The Union County Engineer’s Office proposed a cost-sharing plan to Jerome Township for maintenance costs at the Mitchell-Dewitt roundabout. At the regular meeting of the trustees on Wednesday, Townshi...
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By Michael Williamson 
May 9, 2025
A line of law enforcement vehicles make their way through Plain City Wednesday night with lights flashing and sirens wailing. The parade was part of Light Ohio Blue, a statewide campaign to honor law ...
Court News, News
By Kyle Meddles 
May 8, 2025
A Columbus man who previously pled guilty to fleeing from law enforcement has now been indicted for fleeing his prison sentence. Amir Hassaun Cotner, 27, of Columbus, is currently at large after alleg...
JA levy turned down by 33 votes
Education, News, Plain City News
By Michael Williamson 
May 8, 2025
The bond issue for Jonathan Alder Local Schools appears to have been defeated by a thin margin. Unofficial results from Tuesday’s election show vote totals between Union and Madison counties within 33...
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By Kyle Meddles 
May 7, 2025
The Triad Local School District saw its proposed income tax pass at the polls, as all three counties appeared to vote in support of the tax, according to unofficial reports from the boards of election...
Marysville City Council, News
By Michael Williamson 
May 7, 2025
Marysville voters overwhelmingly passed both proposed amendments to the city’s charter. Unofficial results from the May 6 election show each measure passed with more than 2,000 votes more than the opp...
Education, Marysville School Board, News
Marysville levy committee co-chairs Erica Goodwin and Steve Cox check election results online Tuesday night at a watch party at Benny's Pizza. The school levy passed easily with more than 61% of the vote. (Photo submitted)
School issue passed by 2,000+ votes after pair of prior defeats
By Chad Williamson 
May 7, 2025
Marysville’s levy committee shored up weak spots from two previous levy defeats and came up with a huge win Tuesday night, garnering more than 61% of the vote in the yes column. “The fact that the mar...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
May 7, 2025
The Marysville Division of Police along with Marysville Fire and EMS responded to East Fourth Street at around 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, for a two-vehicle crash involving a Honda CRV that saw front-end dam...
Court News, News
By Kyle Meddles 
May 6, 2025
A Marysville man is facing as many as six years in prison for strangling and attacking family members. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Ronald Day, 52, of 840 Royal Oak Drive, charging him wit...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
May 6, 2025
The Marysville Fire Division conducted a live-fire training exercise from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday, in the area of Raymond Road near the City of Marysville Reservoir. As part of the training, a vacant...
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Thoroughfare could see as many as six in the future
By Michael Williamson 
May 6, 2025
Work will start on the Coleman’s Crossing and Industrial Parkway roundabout soon, but that’s not the only roundabout the corridor could see in the next few years. In fact, it could have as many as fiv...
Education, News
By From JT Staff Reports 
May 6, 2025
Saturday’s Bunsold Middle School Art Show had more than 300 pieces of art on display, including drawings, paintings, ceramics and mixed mediums. Pictured above, some of the record 425 attendees view t...
News, Plain City, Plain City News
By Michael Williamson 
May 6, 2025
A Plain City parade-goer cleverly turns her umbrella into a catcher’s mitt Saturday morning during the annual baseball parade. Residents and families braved the wet weather in the village’s uptown to ...
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By Michael Williamson 
May 5, 2025
Investigators said it could be several weeks before autopsy results are in regarding a toddler that drowned over the weekend. Lance Emberling, lead investigator with the Union County Coroner’s Office,...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
May 5, 2025
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced on Friday that there would be new leadership hirings, which included the assignment of Carl Coe as the new chief of staff of the department – a Marysville...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
May 5, 2025
A bell ringing was in order last week as staff members at McCarthy & Cox Retirement and Estate Specialists LLC commemorated the debut listing of their fund, the MC Trio Equity Buffered ETF (Ticker: TR...
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Grand jury indictments
By Kyle Meddles 
May 5, 2025
A Marysville woman is being charged in the vehicular assault of her own child after a drunk driving crash. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Courtney Megan Butler, 36, of 1878 Woodside Drive, c...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
May 2, 2025
Around 50 individuals gathered at Partners Park Thursday to celebrate the 74th National Day of Prayer. The theme of the event was Pour out to the God of Home and be Filled. Marysville City Councilman ...
Court News, News
By Kyle Meddles 
May 2, 2025
A Marysville man is facing over a hundred years in prison for raping his 5-year-old relative and involvement with child pornography. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Robin Scott Atkinson, 63, ...
News, Plain City, Plain City News
A new concept plan for a development on Route 161 east of Plain City shows possible commercial, multi-family and single-family lots on the 114-acre property. After village officials recently offered feedback on the design, developers said the project will likely move forward with the updates and a request to annex the land into the village. (Graphic submitted)
By Michael Williamson 
May 2, 2025
A redesigned concept for a mixed-use development just east of Darby Station is back before village officials in Plain City. At its recent meeting, village council heard an updated design for an 114-ac...
Marysville City Council, News
Marysville administrator visits Texas city to view similar project
By Michael Williamson 
May 2, 2025
Although it’s still years away, Marysville is working to stay in the conversation around passenger rail. City Manager Terry Emery told council Monday night that he got to see a successful example of r...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
May 1, 2025
Union County Tourism will have some extra funds for its upcoming trail project. In the lead up to America’s 250th anniversary, the group said it received a grant from the America 250-Ohio Commission f...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
April 30, 2025
Union County dog and cat owners are invited to the annual community rabies vaccination clinic on Sunday, May 18 from 1-4 p.m. Cost is only $12 per pet. Local pet owners can go to one of three Union Co...
Court News, News
Update
By Kyle Meddles 
April 30, 2025
The death penalty is not a possibility in the murder case of the man who stabbed his father. In the indictment of Micaiah Swindler, 27, of 1482 Meadowlark Lane, it was previously reported that Swindle...
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By Michael Williamson 
April 30, 2025
The Union County Board of Developmental Disabilities will likely ask for a levy renewal later this year and also see cuts to the organization. Superintendent Kara Brown told the county commissioners W...
Court News, News
By Kyle Meddles 
April 30, 2025
A man has plead guilty to raping a 12-year-old girl while he was her softball coach and is now facing at least 25 years in prison. Anthony James Davis was found guilty of two counts of felony rape of ...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
April 30, 2025
Marysville is preparing to celebrate prom Saturday night at the Bridgewater Banquet Center in Powell with the theme Under the Lantern Sky. Members of the Marysville High School court pictured above fr...
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By Kyle Meddles 
April 29, 2025
The Village of Richwood is going to look into training someone to do Backflow inspections to save on costs. At the regular meeting of Richwood Council on Monday, council member Brad Plotner said that ...