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One-year-old Evelyn Shrider and her mother, Courtney, braved the cold and snowy conditions Monday to take advantage of the Merry on Main iceless skating rink in Marysville’s Partners Park Pavilion, 12...

Growth — both philosophically and specifically — was at the heart of much discussion at Marysville City Council’s final meeting of the year. At the meeting, council held a public hearing for the annex...

North Union celebrated the retirement of three staff members at the board of education meeting Monday night. Each of the staff members celebrated nearly a decade with the district and nearly three dec...

Triad officials are hoping to receive a $2.5-million grant that would allow them to add an expansion to the high school that renovates the ag lab and adds an allied healthcare lab and IT lab to teach ...

An apparent dispute over guns has led to the indictment of a Columbus man. A Union County Grand Jury has indicted Jayden Alexander, 19, of Columbus, charging him with two counts of having weapons unde...

Residents will have the opportunity to share their opinions on a proposed, second innovation district in Jerome Township. The trustees will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. Dec. 27 regarding a zoning a...

Cindy Lou Who and these three too enjoyed meeting the Grinch Sunday afternoon. The Grinch took over Santa’s house at Partners Park. Those wanting to share their Christmas wish list with Santa will hav...

A new agreement with the City of Marysville has cooled the board of education’s interest in turning to an income tax to generate operating money. Three of the four Marysville School levy options float...

A Marysville man could be facing decades in prison after allegedly raping a woman and holding her against her will. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Christian Sayvonn Buchanan, 30, of 101 E. F...

Jonathan Alder is starting the master facility planning process to look at how the district will handle growth over the next several years and an early step in that process will be demolishing the old...

Union County is experiencing a “child placement crisis,” an issue local officials said has been a growing for at least two years. Sue Ware, director of Humans Services, said not only is it an issue in...

Marysville’s iceless ice skating, Merry on Main, has become an annual tradition in the pavilion at Partners Park, 125 E. Sixth St. The rink opened Saturday and will remain until Jan. 2. The rink will ...

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...