News

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 ...

The map above illustrates the locations and coverage of tornado sirens in and near Union County. Each dark red dot represents the site of a siren, while the concentric, lighter red circle shows the on...

The New Albany Company is looking to rezone 591 acres on the city’s south side. The development, Marysville South, will likely resemble the company’s innovation park proposed for the Marysville East d...

The site of the second phase of the Jerome Grand multi-family, residential development is depicted above. The first phase of the apartment development is adjacent to U.S. 33, at left, a site to the so...

The Village of Plain City recently purchased a 1949 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway caboose, pictured above, from Mr. Tree Christmas Tree Farm in Blacklick. The caboose will be added to the Public Square ...

Meg Michel and her daughters are continuing the family tradition of real estate sales in Union County. Michel, right, and her daughters, Andrea White, left, and Katie Crocco, center, work as agents wi...

When Moody’s assigned its highest AAA bond rating to Tolles Career and Technical Center in Plain City last month, it put the school in elite company. Only four other schools in the state – and no othe...

The North Union School Board approved an increase in the price of school lunches. At the regular meeting on Monday, the board of education approved an increase in breakfast and lunch prices by $0.25 f...

Officials from the local and state health departments are urging Ohioans to be aware of excessive heat this week and to take precautions to prevent potentially dangerous heat-related illnesses, includ...

A Bellefontaine man could be facing more than three decades in prison after allegedly putting a gun to his ex-wife’s head. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Joshua Glen Perdue, 43, charging him...

Editor’s note: The following information is supplied by the OSU Extension Office. ––– As we reach the middle of June, OSU Extension State Climatologist, Aaron Wilson has expressed concern for both hum...

Ohio Power Siting Board staff is recommending the Richwood Solar project be denied, the first response from the state since the application was submitted in January. The staff recommendation does not ...

Dane Flynn, Ohio’s Mini-Master Model Builder, is pictured with his creation for the North American national competition. The Lego creation, built on the Ohio flag, includes some of his favorite things...

Union County will not be a guarantor for the Airport Authority’s planned T-Hangar project. The decision pushed the group to discuss new options for the plan that looks to bring 15 additional T-Hangar ...