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Vehicles involved in an early morning crash that left one driver dead sit at the edges of Route 31 near Miller Road Saturday. The driver of the 2009 Honda Civic was pronounced dead at the scene after a 2023 Jeep Renegade crossed the centerline and hit the vehicle head-on, according to the Union County Sheriff’s Office. The Jeep driver was taken by MedFlight to a Columbus-area trauma center. (Photos submitted)

At Adventure Trails campground near Bellefontaine

This purple chair, displayed outside the Mental Health and Recovery Board of Union County, is one of a number of chairs placed throughout the Marysville Uptown area for National Recovery Month. Part of the “Empty Chair Project,” decorated purple chairs have been placed in front of nearly 16 businesses to bring awareness to drug overdose deaths during the month of September. (Journal-Tribune photo by Michael Williamson)

A flash from the July 27 lighting strike at Triad is pictured above from the perspective of a security camera facing the pavilion at the football stadium. The voltage from the strike caused a multitude of technical glitches and damages that are still being assessed. (Photo submitted)