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The Fairfield Inn parking lot on Coleman’s Crossing Boulevard was filled with out-of-state license plates, including these from Maryland and Connecticut as well as peculiar bumper stickers and other e...

April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month and the Ohio State Highway Patrol is urging motorists to commit to eliminating distractions while behind the wheel. Ohio’s distracted driving law b...

Nearly 500 Jonathan Alder students and families visited Canaan Middle School Friday night for the district’s Space Night event. Hosted by Amazon Web Services, the event offered STEM and educational ac...

Recent heavy rains soaked the early-blossoming flowers around Union County this week. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kevin Behrens)

A few Union County villages could soon get more funding for needed infrastructure projects if applications get approved. Representatives from Community Development Consultants (CDC) of Ohio, Access En...

Over the next several months, local residents will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on what makes a community and what they want theirs to look like. The United Way of Union County has par...

Jerome Township officials gave the green light to a tax abatement that will be offered to a new logistics center. Trustee Chair Barry Adler emphasized that the Enterprise Zone Agreement with Mixt Solu...

Representatives from the Union County Emergency Management Agency, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Small Business Administration and the Ohio Emergency Management Agency, visited Union County las...

The Jerome Township Division of Fire will add one new member in an attempt to handle the growth in the area. “I think there is a need,” said Township Administrator Brandon Standley. “I think it’s only...

The Plain City Parks and Recreation Department is hosting a workshop for community members interested in learning how to successfully plant trees. “Trees 101” will be hosted at the Cattle Barn shelter...

Heavy rains pummeled much of Union County this week, leaving waterways and properties flooded. The rain Monday and Tuesday created standing water in fields and even front yards like this residence on ...

Questions linger for Fairbanks officials after two attempts to pass a levy failed at the ballot box. The board of education held a special meeting Monday that, among other things, opened a discussion ...

Just four days out from Monday’s total solar eclipse, local officials are making their final preparations and urging residents to do the same. “We are ready. We have done about all we can do,” said Br...

Planning Next, a Columbus-based planning group, was hired to assess the city’s comprehensive plan, developed in 2018. As part of the process, the group surveyed city council and the planning commissio...

Students and families gathered for the annual pancake breakfast in February to help raise funds for the North Union Robotics program. While the district’s teams have been very successful this year and...

Marysville is working to get parks, trails, shelters and other city recreational facilities prepared for warmer weather. Above, crews from Union III Outdoor Living work to replace paver stones around ...

With less than a week until the total solar eclipse on April 8, officials from the Union County Health Department are offering tips on how to prepare. “Prepare for this event like a winter storm is co...

A pair of West Virginia women could each face more than four decades in prison after allegedly attempting to traffic cocaine and fentanyl. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Lynn Sue Tucker and ...

Editor’s note: The following release is supplied by Memorial Health. ––– Memorial Health announced today that Jacob Boucher, MD, has been tapped to serve as Medical Director of Memorial Medical Group ...

The Samsung Richwood Solar application has been issued its letter of completeness from the state. At the regular meeting Wednesday, the Union County Commissioners discussed a letter sent out last Frid...

A local man, already serving a prison sentence for sexual conduct with a child, is again facing charges for rape. Jordan Daniel Butler, 35, is charged with one count each of rape and disseminating mat...

For the second time in two years a Marysville teacher has been asked to sign a last chance agreement with the district following allegations of inappropriate interactions with female students. At a re...

Plain City officials said the annual Easter Egg Hunt was a success, drawing approximately 1,000 attendees to search for 9,000 eggs. Along with candy, children were able to redeem tickets found in eggs...

The Jonathan Alder Board of Education approved a measure this month to allow administrators to seek bids for the demolition of 340 W. Main St. in Plain City. The project has an estimated cost of $830,...

Churches throughout the community are celebrating Holy Week with a variety of services leading to Easter Sunday. Church locations and services in the area include: -- Agape Marysville , 800 Amrine Mil...

Tolles is working to reimagine its agricultural related course offerings after a drop in admissions to the program in recent years. At the March Jonathan Alder Board of Education meeting, Tolles Super...

A Plain City property owner that was hoping to create a Downtown Revitalization District withdrew his application during a public hearing on the matter. “Pencils have erasers for a reasons,” Rayce Rob...

A preservation organization has some ideas for what to do with Richwood’s Opera House dilemma. At the regular council meeting on Monday, visitors from Preservation Ohio proposed their thoughts on the ...

Marysville city officials say their conversations with school leaders are starting to pay off. They say the proof of that was on display in two pieces of legislation in front of council Monday. Counci...

Plain City is partnering with the local American Legion to create a new program to honor village veterans. The village is launching a Military Heroes Banner Program, through which banners featuring lo...