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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...

Citizens Against Richwood Solar, pictured here in green t-shirts, were among the visitors to North Union High School last week for a public solar meeting. The citizen-led solar opposition group was am...

Traffic on West Fifth Street, near Emmaus Road, was stopped for a time Sunday evening as police investigated a woman allegedly “trying to stuff themselves into a trash bag while lying on the roadway.”...

North Union graduate Blake Taylor’s horse, Blossom, will be featured on a stamp from the U.S. Postal Service next year. The pair are pictured in the photo above. Below, Blossom is pictured second from...

A Pennsylvania man is dead and another man is in custody following a police chase Thursday that ended near 19906 Bear Swamp Road. The two men stopped in the area and fled on foot. The driver apparentl...

Union County law enforcement officials are still investigating the apparent murder-suicide involving a husband and wife in Leesburg Township. According to the Union County Coroner’s Office, Forrest “E...

An arrangement by owner Paul Grose with Dean and Darrison Cook gave residents of Bluebird Retirement Community a chance to take a ride on a combine Friday morning. Thirteen residents took turns sittin...

Law enforcement and first responders are pictured on Bear Swamp Road after an individual was reported dead following a vehicle pursuit. The male was reportedly a suspect in a murder in Pennsylvania an...

A husband and wife were found in the bed of their home on Kaiser Road Thursday afternoon, dead from gunshot wounds. According to Union County Coroner David Applegate the incident appears to be a murde...

Plain City officials said judges of the Fall Festival’s Costume Contest had an especially tough time selecting winners among a variety of creative costumes. In the 0-2 years category, Ziggy and Sonny ...

Local officials are looking for feedback regarding the need for high-speed internet in certain parts of Union County. Bill Narducci, the county administrator, told the commissioners Wednesday that a g...

This year’s Voice from the Stone Veterans Day program will honor Spanish American War Veteran Samuel Layton Hill. The Veterans Remembrance Committee will host the program at 2 p.m. Nov. 11 on the Cour...

Area trick-or-treaters were greeted with some of the chilliest Halloween temperatures in recent years Tuesday. The high temperature for the day only climbed into the low 40s, a stark contrast from las...

The Union County Coroner’s Office has ruled that it does not have enough information to make a determination on how two women died, in unconnected cases. The coroner’s office recently released reports...

Police are investigating after this 1995 Chevy S-10 Blazer crashed into the Big Darby Creek off Middleburg-Plain City Road on Tuesday morning. The driver was found dead inside the vehicle, though poli...

This house on Taylor Avenue was all decked out and ready for Tuesday night’s Trick-or-Treaters in Marysville. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kevin Behrens) --

Union County residents who showed up for the commissioners’ vote to restrict solar projects last week were surprised to find out it is postponed. The commissioners voted to table the decision at the r...