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City of Marysville worker Bryan Gilliland works to smooth out concrete on a sidewalk at the corner of Fourth and Plum streets Monday. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kevin Behrens)

The cost for health insurance benefits for county employees is going up but officials agree the county should absorb most of the cost. Union County Commissioners recently voted to approve the rates in...

Local health department officials are honing in on a handful of goals to help serve the county as efficiently as possible. During the most recent Board of Health meeting, Accreditation Coordinator Tim...

Jonathan Alder and North Union were among the participants on Saturday in the Dublin Jerome Celtic Classic. The Pioneers finished seventh in the Gold Varsity girls race and the boys team finished nint...

U.S. 33 was closed in both directions Friday morning following a single-vehicle crash in Jerome Township. According to a statement from Lt. Shawn Cook, commander at the Marysville Post of the Ohio Sta...

Traffic piled up at the Five Points intersection on Thursday afternoon after a disabled train blocked the railroad crossing on Delaware Avenue. (Journal-Tribune photo by Ally Lanasa) -- A train experi...

The Jerome Township Board of Trustees adopted one new procedural policy, but chose not to act on another. The policy adopted will reduce the number of meetings at which department heads are in attenda...

The residents of a Jerome Township home are safe after a garage fire spread into their home. Jerome Township Division of Fire Chief Douglas Stewart said JTFD crews responded to a reported structure fi...

The City of Marysville has several options for the Five Points intersection and wants to hear the public’s opinion on them. Marysville will host an open house from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at City Hall, 209...

As hundreds of soldiers gathered to prepare to be deployed, the attention was not on them but the audience. “The most difficult sacrifice lies with those who care about the soldiers on this floor,” sa...

The North Union Board of Education recently discussed allocating money to establish a separate fund for North Union Elementary School’s student council. During the meeting on Monday, Board President B...

Marysville’s finance committee has noted it will likely see more revenue from property tax next year, though probably not as much as people might think. Finance Director Brad Lutz said that when prope...

Union County officials have received a qualified energy project request from the Cadence Solar Project, the second of the solar companies to request the tax exemption. If it’s approved by the county, ...

Michael N. Wright, 60, died Tuesday, at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Wright was driving this 2008 Toyota Tundra south on Route 31 when the red semi-truck crossed the center line an...

After months of advocating for the purchase of an aerial ladder truck from Pierce Manufacturing, the Jerome Township Fire Chief told the trustees he would rather purchase the equipment from Sutphen th...

A pair of crashes had traffic snarled and a major road closed Wednesday morning. Officials from the Ohio State Highway Patrol and the Union County Sheriff’s Office said many of the crash details are n...

Trees along West Fifth Street in Marysville have been in the ground for about a year and the city is doing young tree maintenance to keep them healthy. The maintenance involves removing the water bag ...

Honda officials are acknowledging they have overpaid some employees and asking for their money back. Last week, some employees at Honda’s Marysville Auto Plant received a memo letting them know that a...

Fairbanks officials are considering presenting a series of informational talks on human trafficking to middle school students. At the regular meeting on Monday night, school board members and parents ...

The North Union Board of Education approved the proposal from LeVan’s Excavating in the amount of $133,644 for early site work for the new football practice field on Monday. The cost was under the arc...

North Union High School has shared its 2022 homecoming court. Pictured above, in the back row from left, are freshman Hunter Green, senior Gavin Bango, senior Lincoln Harrah, senior Trey Bossaller, ju...

Jonathan Alder School Board member Christine Blacka, right, was recognized by Kim Miller-Smith, left, of the Ohio School Board Association for 15 years of long-standing service at the September school...

Local families of soldiers belonging to the C Battery of the 1st Battalion of the 134th Field Artillery Regiment participated in a day of family fun hosted by the Union County Family Readiness Group. ...

When you think of Union County, you might not immediately think of tourism but recent numbers reflecting travel to the area might beg to differ. Union County Convention and Visitors Bureau Director Ka...

Marysville Police Department officials are urging students to be mindful of the consequences of their words, after a student reportedly threatened to commit violence at the Homecoming Dance. “These ar...

Pictured above is a portion of Cottage Street, the last brick street in Marysville, running between Fourth and Sixth streets. The side street could be paved at a cost of $50,000, but it could cost as ...

The MAiZE at Little Darby Creek returns for   its 21st Season with a brand new design. With eight acres of corn planted and their new design now created, the Rausch family is bringing the “MAiZE craze...

Triad High School crowned its 2022 Homecoming king and queen during ceremonies Friday evening. The king is Kyle Walborn and the queen is MaKenzie Trapp. The Cardinals won their second game of the seas...

A man and woman have been transported to Columbus area hospitals and a search warrant was executed at their home. Marysville Police Chief Tony Brooks said at about 3:53 a.m. Friday police were called ...

Union County Economic Development Director Eric Phillips is retiring this month but won’t be away from tending to county business for very long. County Commissioners held a public hearing at the regul...