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According to Plain City Police Department reports: An officer responded to an inactive neighbor dispute that happened the previous day at the North Avenue Apartments on North Avenue at 1:27 p.m. Dec. ...

Union County Sheriff Jamie Patton is asking drivers to “take a deep breath and take a time-out” after a pair of road rage incidents involving guns this week. “People are losing their temper and it is ...

Jerome Township officials are considering whether to approve the rezoning of 356 acres east of Currier Road and south of U.S. 42, illustrated above, from Rural Residential District to Planned Developm...

The Union County Coroner’s Office has ruled that a local man killed his wife then days later killed himself. The coroner’s office has ruled that Forrest “Ed” Jenkins killed his wife, Darlene Jenkins, ...

Plain City Mayor Jody Carney and Pleasant Valley Fire District Chief Mark Kidd took a moment to honor Council member John Rucker, whose term will expire at the end of this year after eight years on co...

Richwood will be back on the ballot next year with a second attempt to pass the village’s operating levy. At the regular village meeting Monday night, council voted to bring the renewal levy back on t...

Villages throughout the area are preparing to celebrate Christmas with vibrant light displays and decorations. In Plain City, the Christmas tree at Bicentennial Park is lit at the center of the Uptown...

Organizers for the Care Train of Union County said this year’s event was another example of the community embracing the season of giving. On Saturday morning, the annual auction raised $211,000 in fun...

A local woman is dead after she was hit by a car while she was crossing the road Sunday. Kristen Johnson, 43, of Poplar Street in Marysville, was pronounced dead Sunday evening at Grant Medical Center...

Officials said that despite a series of terroristic threats at Marysville and other school districts in the county and around there state, the school day was uneventful, said school and law enforcemen...

Investigators have identified the body of Steven C. Carpenter, 63, of Magnetic Springs, found dead Sunday in Bokes Creek. Carpenter was last seen in November. (Photo submitted) -- A 63-year-old Magnet...

In advance of the Christmas and New Year holidays, the Union County Health Department is once again offering free COVID test kits. Test kits can be reserved online at UnionCountyCOVID.org/testing and ...

This week the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration gave priority status to a passenger rail line connecting Pittsburgh to Chicago, which would also have a stop in Marysv...

Union County Sheriff Jamie Patton said the department’s new contract may be a “game-changer” for staffing issues at the agency. After spending the better part of the last year or more traveling the st...

Images from the proposed Uptown Design Guide, which includes examples of acceptable designs, are pictured above. (Graphic submitted) -- As Plain City officials continue to consider how changes to the ...

Students at Marysville’s Navin Elementary School celebrated holidays around the world this week. Each class selected a country and made a display in their classroom or the gym, representing the variet...

Fairbanks Elementary School students stand with members of the Armed Forces during the school’s Veterans Day event. Students collected supplies for the Troop Care Box Program, which will send gifts to...

Plain City officials are once again considering changes to the village’s noise ordinance, this time proposing adding decibel levels. Council President James Sintz explained during a work session Wedne...

The Union County Health Department is asking residents for their help in hitting a goal of 400 responses to a community survey launched in early November. The survey can be taken online at www.uchd.ne...

Until votes are cast regarding a bill affecting property values, Union County officials said they can’t say for certain when tax bills will go out. At the regular monthly meeting of county officials T...

Marysville City Council is in the process of reviewing plans for the Marysville East Development on the city’s east side. The project will be developed in multiple phases. Council recently heard the f...

As Jerome Township officials work toward an update of their comprehensive plan, they are also working to ensure it stays up-to-date in the future. “It really is kind of a fluid thing,” Trustee Megan S...

Marysville City Council has given final approval to an agreement to revise the city’s Tax Increment Financing (TIF) agreement with the school district. At its Monday meeting, council unanimously agree...

Developers recently shared a conceptual site plan for a three-story, mixed-use apartment building to be constructed on Alcott Drive and U.S. 42. The development, illustrated above, would have storefro...

Marysville City Council has rejected a plan to extend a local Tax Increment Finance agreement through 2067. City council recently voted down legislation that would have extended the Tax Increment Fina...

The fate of the Richwood Opera House is still up in the air following an update from the revitalization committee. Members of the group that was formed three years ago to investigate pathways to resto...

Santa took a trip through Marysville during the annual Christmas Parade Sunday. Pictured above, the Marysville High School Marching Band performs on North Main Street. At right, Santa’s sleigh is pull...

Officials from the Mental Health and Recovery Board of Union County and Union County Health Department are pictured celebrating the installation of a Naloxbox, which contains the life-saving opioid ov...

Santa waves at parade-goers in Richwood Saturday as the village kicked off the annual Christmas parade. There were 24 floats and the theme was “Christmas in ‘R’ Town.” The Richwood Area Business Assoc...