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Community members gathered on Saturday for a tree dedication ceremony in honor of former Plain City Mayor Douglas “Pete” Meaige. His family members dedicated a tree in his honor, including a plaque co...

County officials and others are asking Marysville City Council not to extend an existing Tax Increment Financing Agreement in the city. Earlier this week council held a public hearing for an ordinance...

Plain City residents could be receiving their trash bills on a new schedule beginning in the new year. Council members heard the first reading of an ordinance Monday that would alter garbage collectio...

Plain City Council got a first look at the plans for a residential development that would add almost 90 acres and 227 homes to the village. Amanda Webb, with Fischer Homes, shared the developer’s plan...

City officials are preparing to update Marysville’s thoroughfare plan. As part of the plan, engineers considered natural growth as well as projected development to determine what areas will likely nee...

The caseload continues to increase for the public defender’s office and with that comes an increase in funds for contract services. At a recent meeting of the county commissioners, the board agreed to...

More than 100 area veterans showed up for the annual Veterans Day ceremony held at North Union Elementary School Friday. Program highlights included the reading of poems written by students, songs, pr...

Community members are pictured attending the annual Voice from the Stone Veterans Day program Saturday in an image from the Union County Veteran’s Plaza Facebook page. The 2023 program honored Spanish...

Community members are pictured attending the annual Voice from the Stone Veterans Day program Saturday in an image from the Union County Veteran’s Plaza Facebook page. The 2023 program honored Spanish...

As community members prepare for Thanksgiving gatherings, the Union County Health Department is offering free COVID test kits. The test kits can be reserved online at unioncountyCOVID.org/testing and ...

Production associates at Honda will see an 11% pay increase beginning in the new year. According to information from Honda, the increase will be effective for all production associates at U.S. facilit...

More than a year after the Jerome Township Trustees first heard a request from their fire chief to purchase an aerial ladder truck, they will do so. The board voted unanimously during their most recen...

The body camera footage from Marysville Police Officers involved in a chase of a murder suspect from Pennsylvania on Nov. 2 was recently released. A censored compilation of the footage surrounding the...

Dean Otworth, project engineer for the Mill Creek logjam cleanup, outlines the creek’s watershed area and the waterway itself, represented on the map as the red, centerline. Union County officials hel...

The Avalon Theatre, in conjunction with Impact60, announces the Ohio premiere of the award-winning short film “Brainstorms” directed by Julie Pacino, daughter of award winning actor Al Pacino. The pre...

Glen Stillings quickly enlisted in the Air Force at the start of World War II before he was captured by German forces and held as a Prisoner of War. His wife, Betty, at right, always had hope that he ...

Like many children, Walt Henderson didn’t know everything about his dad. Even as an adult, there was a lot about his father Walt didn’t know. Walt, who is active in the community and school district, ...

Next year, Marysville City Council will look very different and the land on Route 245 will look the same. According to unofficial results from the Union County Board of Elections, Marysville voters ap...

Only one of two levies passed for the Fairbanks school district and that may mean a return to the drawing board for the district. Superintendent Adham Schirg said even with one measure getting voted d...

According to unofficial results from the Union County Board of Elections, as of Wednesday morning, it appears as though Steven Wolfe, who ran as a write-in candidate, has defeated incumbent Aaron Carp...

Jerome Township residents decisively struck down a measure to implement limited home rule while electing a former trustee to a vacant seat on the board. Voters cast 3,218 ballots against limited home ...

Plain City Council will retain one of its incumbents and seat two new members following Tuesday’s election. Tyler Harriman, James Sintz and Aaron Lewis were the top three vote-getters in a field of si...

The field house at the Marysville High School was abuzz with activity Tuesday afternoon as polling location for several precincts in the city. Voters turned out in large numbers to decide the fate of ...

The Marysville Marching Band continued its streak of 14 years of superior “I” ratings at the Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA) state marching band finals on Sunday in Piqua. Pictured with the aw...

Avalon Theater officials have presented a plan to create a parklet in front of the theater at 121 S. Main St. The plan was first presented in 2020, but has been scaled back to occupy just two on-stree...

One of Union County’s overpasses may be closed longer than originally anticipated. During the regular meeting of county department heads Tuesday morning, Engineer Jeff Stauch told officials that the B...

A missing woman has been found and police officials are thanking the public. Marysville Police Chief Tony Brooks said he wanted to “thank the public for their assistance, the Ohio State Highway Patrol...

Steam rises from hot asphalt being put down on Elwood Avenue this morning. The nearly $2-million project includes asphalt resurfacing, concrete curb installation, concrete driveway approaches, concret...

City and school officials are working to revise a long-standing property tax sharing agreement. At Monday’s city council work session, officials presented a revision to the city’s Tax Increment Financ...

Plain City Council members voted last week to grant its remaining federal COVID relief dollars to a group of local businesses and a nonprofit after the pair proposed a plan to work together to meet ea...