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Fairbanks High School hosted Northeastern for the 2023 Homecoming football game Friday evening. Rachael Hoover (left) was crowned the Queen and AJ Landon was named the King. The Panthers fell to the J...

Marysville staff is recommending a variety of rate increases for city services and facilities. At a recent work session, staff presented a plan to increase fees in an effort to help make the services ...

A petition by Millcreek, Liberty and Paris townships to clean up the logjam in Mill Creek has been approved by the Union County Commissioners. Officials are hoping the cleanout, affecting nearly 12,00...

The Village of Plain City was recently recognized by Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Director Anne M. Vogel as one of 48 businesses and organizations that are going above and beyond to prot...

The City of Marysville is looking to add some new members to a variety of boards and commissions. “This is a way to be included in the city they live in and to have an active role in the decisions tha...

In a split vote, the Jerome Township Trustees approved a rezoning application that will pave the way for RaceTrac to construct on an 8.99-acre area along U.S. 42. The Atlanta-based company plans to bu...

The Fairbanks High School football team will host Northeastern on Friday for the annual Homecoming game. Members of the FHS Homecoming court are from left, front row, Charley Shope, freshman; Mia Paga...

Representatives with the Samsung Richwood solar project visited Leesburg Township Monday to answer questions about the proposed 250-megawatt project. Officials offered a map that shows the project are...

Marysville officials recently studied the city’s Fybr parking system. The study, conducted between Memorial Day and Labor Day, measured how often a parking spot in the Uptown was occupied and how long...

At 2:20 p.m. Wednesday, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will send a test alert to nearly every cellphone, radio and television around the country. FEMA, in coordination with the Federal...

Next month, the Union County Commissioners will consider restricting all unincorporated land in the county to large wind and solar construction projects. The diagonal lines across each township indica...

Marysville officials have narrowed their pool of potential fire chiefs. City Manager Terry Emery said the hiring committee will interview four candidates. He said the list of finalists includes Bryan ...

Union County is not only growing faster than officials initially thought, it’s growing even faster than that. William Murdock, the executive director of the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORP...

Front Porch Home owner Cheryl Steiner, at center, said her customers generally come from about a 30-mile radius, although she has plenty of Plain City customers as well. Steiner said she enjoys being ...

Going into the final quarter of the year, city officials are pleased that revenue is up. At Monday’s meeting of the city council’s finance committee, Finance Director Brad Lutz reported the city recei...

BUILD Cowork + Space is working to create a coworking space at the Lamplighter building, 129 N. Main St. Wednesday, officials from the company presented the lamp post that was originally at the front ...

In the growing region of Central Ohio, Plain City’s development manager is focused on embracing growth while being selective about what exactly comes to the village. “We are focused on responsible, co...

Members of Silver Scene Players, the community theater group in Marysville, work through a rehearsal of “12 Angry Men” ahead of performances this weekend. The group is marking 10 years since its forma...

Marysville City Council is considering legislation that would allow for increased lot coverage on properties in the village. The consideration is in response to a change in what is counted in figuring...

Plain City officials approved the final development plan for Maren Reserve, a residential development that will include single-story apartments and patio homes for empty nesters, as well as traditiona...

Richwood will be receiving new equipment thanks to a grant from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. At the village’s regular council meeting Monday night, Monte Asher, the village’s administrato...

A Marysville man could be facing more than a century and a half in prison and his codefendants could each be facing decades. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Gregory Lee Combs, Amie Lee Miller...

For more than six decades the star atop the elevator on the former Heritage Grain site illuminated the Marysville holiday season. Eventually, the star would no longer work and repair crews were unable...

Pictured above is the Reba McEntire-inspired corn maze appearing at the MAiZE at Little Darby Creek this year. The operation is open through Oct. 29. (Photo submitted) -- In celebration of the October...

The Union County Health Department is one of just twenty-three local health departments across the nation to earn a 2023 Model Practice award from the National Association of County and City Health Of...

The Marysville School District is hoping to never again see a day like Aug. 29, 2023. That day encapsulated the constantly fluid busing situation within the district that has forced supervisors to fin...

Triad’s Middle School principal highlighted the success of one of the newest - and most popular - elective classes during Thursday’s Board of Education meeting. Principal Vinnie Spirko said there is c...

A group of Marysville residents is asking the Ohio Supreme Court to put a referendum back on local ballot. Last year, the citizen group worked to put a referendum on the November 2023 ballot to overtu...

Local public health officials are working to ensure those who are at the highest risk still have the chance to get the COVID-19 vaccine, despite the high cost of the shot to the health department. The...

Fairbanks officials shared new renderings for their master facility plan at the board of education meeting on Monday. Above, the additions and renovations coming to the high school and middle school b...