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Pictured above are the recently announced Honda 0 Saloon and Honda 0 SUV. The electrified vehicles will be built at the EV line at the Marysville Auto Plant. They will reportedly be available to U.S. customers in 2026. (Photo submitted)

Pictured above is the selfie President Joe Biden took with J-T sports writer Aleksei Pavloff and his mother. Biden used Pavloff's phone to take the photo.

On Monday, Marysville City Council discussed expanding the Marysville Outdoor Refreshment Area (MORA) to include Happenstance Brewing Project. The current MORA, shown above in blue, would then expand to include the brewery on the northeast corner of East Fourth Street and Oak Street. (Graphic submitted)

A snow day can have a variety of meanings based on your daily duties. When three inches of snow dropped on the area overnight Sunday, some people plowed while others played. Above, with school out of session due to snow, several local residents took advantage of the free time and fresh powder to enjoy some sledding in Millcreek Park Monday afternoon. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

The City of Marysville will pay a third of the construction costs for the Mill Creek logjam project, according to an agreement between the city and the county approved Monday. Both entities will be using American Rescue Plan Act money to cover those costs, which had to be appropriated by the final day of the year. Crews have already started removing trees like the ones shown above which have created hundreds of logjams along the creek. (Photo submitted)

Union County Emergency Management Agency Deputy Director Kathy Brown reviews damage to a barn on Payne Road Monday. The National Weather Service confirmed that a weak F0 tornado hit the property Sunday afternoon. (Photo submitted)

Union County continues to see births outpacing deaths as shown in this graphic from the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC). Birth numbers are one of a variety of metrics MORPC uses to track population growth in central Ohio. This graphic also shows Union County growing to over 96,000 people by 2050. (Graphic submitted)

Marysville's Santa Claus checks for letters in the mailbox at Partners Park before a shift of meeting with local boys and girls at his house. Santa has his sleigh packed up, ready for long hours of deliveries tonight. (Journal-Tribune file photo)

Fire and emergency personnel look through a shed that caught fire behind the Old Stone Haus Tavern in Broadway early Friday morning. One resident was burned and transported to Memorial Hospital and then The Ohio University hospital after the fire broke out just after 6 a.m. Firefighters on-scene were able to contain the fire and the tavern resumed regular operations. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

Marysville City Council member J.R. Rausch, pictured here seated at right, was given a standing ovation Monday night after announcing that he would be stepping down for work-related reasons at the end of this year. In an emotional speech to the room, Rausch thanked the community for its support over his 13-year tenure with the city. Pictured from left are council members Zack Bordner, Steven Wolfe, Henk Berbee, Donald Boerger, Scott Hunter and Mark Reams. (Journal-Tribune photo by Michael Williamson)