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The emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) allotments will soon run out for Union County residents. Earlier this month, officials with the Ohio Department of Job and Family Service...

Triad officials are confident that the third time’s the charm when it comes to hiring a new treasurer to lead the district’s finances. During a special meeting Saturday, the Board of Education unanimo...

A Columbus man could be facing more than two decades in prison after coming to Marysville to allegedly sell drugs. A Union County Grand Jury indicted Cameron Lamar Hawkins, 19, of Columbus, charging h...

Fairbanks High School held its winter Homecoming ceremony between the boys and girls basketball games against Mechanicsburg. Amber DaRe (left) was crowned the queen and Dewey Ballard was named the kin...

Marysville High School students in Teacher Lindsay Welk’s vocational skills classes and classroom paraprofessionals are pictured above stocking the shelves of the Monarch Market, a new pantry for stud...

Adam Negley, standing, addresses visitors at the Mental Health and Recovery Board of Union County Thursday afternoon. The board held the meet and greet for local members, officials and Negley, who was...

Online car retailer Carmax is planning an auction house at 13311 Industrial Parkway in Marysville. In addition to a 7,100 square foot building, the site will have a sale staging area large enough for ...

Above, in the main photo, the North Union Business Advisory Council, consisting of teachers, board of education members, school administrators and local business representatives, receive a tour of TCI...

Mayor Jody Carney recently named the first recipients of the Plain City Youth Spotlight recognition. Through the program, young people in the community will be recognized for good works. From left are...

Plain City Council will once again consider noise regulations throughout the village. During council’s most recent work session, Zoning Inspector Derek Hutchinson asked council for guidance as to how ...

As Plain City officials consider the future of Pastime Park, they are zeroing in on one specific area: the campground. Parks and Recreation Director Linda Granger asked council during its most recent ...

Property owners connected to the Morris-Beery ditch project can still file an exception on assessments given by Union County officials. Those residents will be sent another letter from the county at t...

A Plain City man could be facing nearly two decades in prison after allegedly trying to steal a drill, attacking the owner, then attempting to steal the drill again. Christopher Shawn Kohl, 37, of Whi...

Marysville City Council will be discussing potential changes to the city’s Uptown Façade Improvement Program. At Monday night’s meeting, council heard the first reading to authorize the program for 20...

Lt. Jim Hill will become the new Richwood chief of police, effective Feb. 24. Following a brief executive session to discuss personnel on Monday, Mayor Scott Jerew recommended Hill to replace Monte As...

Fairbanks High School will celebrate its winter Homecoming this weekend. The king and queen will be crowned on Friday between the junior varsity and varsity boys basketball games against Mechanicsburg...

City officials, plant employees, contractors and others were on hand Monday to cut the ribbon on Marysville’s new water treatment plant on Raymond Road. (Journal-Tribune photo by Mac Cordell) -- Marys...

An area man has been indicted, accused of burglarizing a woman’s home, assaulting her, then holding her there against her wishes. A Union County Grand Jury has charged Tucker Allen Berridge, 23, of 96...

Some local school districts were in session while others were off, due to winter weather Monday. North Union had the day scheduled off for teacher professional development. North Union students Evan A...

The contract between county officials and the public defender’s office has been approved. The contract covers the relationship between the Union County Public Defender Commission, the Union County Cri...

The graphic provided by MKSK depicts the six “components” the consulting firm follows when creating a comprehensive plan. They include process preparation, baseline research, community outreach and en...

Editor’s note: The following release was supplied by the United Way of Union County. ––– The United Way of Union County is making changes to better fund agencies in 2023-24 which means extra time for ...

Marysville’s Board of Education is hoping for the best, but preparing for the worst in regard to its upcoming levy attempt. Hoping to convince voters to approve the five-year emergency operating levy ...

The East Fourth Street bridge was built in 1948. Officials have said the current sandstone and mortar infrastructure is deteriorating. In 2016 it was identified by the Ohio Department of Transportatio...

The Marysville Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is currently investigating an injury crash that resulted in an overturned semi on Wednesday at about 9:30 p.m. on U.S. 36 near Union Recyclers. A 2...

Construction plans for the Automotive and Mobility Innovation Center (AMIC) are underway and officials said the goal is for the project to go out to bid next month. Union County Economic Development D...

For hours on Thursday, U.S. 36 was closed near Union Recyclers in both directions because a semi rolled over on Wednesday at about 9:33 p.m. According to the incident report, the semi struck a tree, t...

A Bellefontaine man could be facing nearly a decade in prison after allegedly having sex with a local teen. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Tristan Xavier Holstein, 22, charging him with one ...

The North Union Local Schools District plans to put an emergency levy renewal on the November general election ballot. North Union’s Treasurer and CFO Scott Maruniak recently told the board of educati...

Paul D. Mathers was sentenced Tuesday for hitting and killing Angela Lemasters in May of 2022. Above, Dep. Bob Roberts handcuffs Mathers following the sentencing hearing while Mathers addresses those ...