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As Monday night’s city council meeting drew to a close, Council President Mark Reams offered his assessment. “This is an interesting meeting tonight,” Reams said. Council Chambers was nearly packed in...

At left, members of the Marysville Class of 2022 toss their caps in the air at the conclusion of the district’s graduation ceremony Sunday. Below, the students walk onto the football field Sunday morn...

Union County Prosecutor Dave Phillips is saying a recent grand jury indictment highlights the need for state lawmakers to approve legislation making strangulation a crime. Dolan Chauncey Mills, 38, of...

A program originally designed to fight terrorism is being molded into a form that will allow older Marysville students to mentor younger Monarchs. Three Marysville students addressed the board of educ...

A young girl smiles at a Pink Panther character during the first Friday Nights Uptown event of the 2022 season. The event featured a musical performance by Fleetwood   Gold and NACHO Street Band. Vend...

Law enforcement officials continue to search for the man allegedly responsible for an early morning shooting in Marysville Friday. Shawnta Draper, 43, of Columbus, has been charged with one count of f...

North Union High School Team 6008C “C U Later” is pictured above, from left Leah Matlack, Eric Snider and Savannah Queen, competing in the VEX Robotics World Championship 2022 earlier this month in Da...

A significant portion of the Meadows apartment complex in northern Marysville was closed off as law enforcement officials investigated a shooting. As of press time, police are still looking for the su...

City employees are working to spruce up the Marysville Uptown in advance of tonight’s Friday Nights Uptown celebration, the first of the season. The event will be held from 6-10 p.m. It will feature m...

Above, from left to right, Mark Finney, Cassandra MacDonald, and Megan McCarthy Collins of McCarthy & Cox accept the 2021-22 Ultimate Goal Buster Award for their United Way of Union County workplace c...

Local law enforcement officials continue to search for a pair of men that took a motorcycle then led police on a car and foot chase. About 11:41 a.m., Thursday, the Union County Sheriff’s Office recei...

Officials at the Union County Health Department are excited about the future of the Richwood Farmers Market. The Board of Health approved a $5,000 intergovernmental agreement with the Village of Richw...

Editor’s note: The following information is supplied by the Marysville School District. ––– The Marysville School District has named its valedictorians and scholarship winners for the class of 2022. M...

Hundreds of law enforcement cruisers from across the state made their way through the area Tuesday night as part of the Light Ohio Blue Caravan. The caravan made its way along Fifth Street at about 8 ...

Jerome Township’s Trails and Parks Committee is no more, for now. In a split vote Tuesday, the Board of Trustees voted to disband the committee, pending further board action. Trustees Megan Sloat and ...

The North Union Board of Education approved a resolution to declare it necessary for a tax levy to benefit the Richwood-North Union Public Library on Monday. The library board has proposed a 1 mill, f...

The City of Marysville’s Finance Committee is supporting the expansion of city staff at a cost of more than $500,000 per year. At Monday night’s finance committee meeting, the group agreed to support ...

Ohio State Rep. Tracy Richardson of Marysville announced the release of more than $300,000 for correctional facilities, including Ohio Reformatory for Women located in Marysville, for faith-based resi...

Officials with the Marysville Eagles say they are hoping to be in their new building by midsummer. “I think we are moving right along,” said John Engle, president of the Marysville Aerie 3506 of the F...

The Union County Shriners Club has donated more than $500,000 to the Shriners Children’s Healthcare system over the last 20 years. The club’s biggest fundraiser is its “Cans for a Cause” which collect...

Throughout April, David Vollrath, pictured at right, trained Adam Hodnichak to succeed him as the executive director of the Union County Foundation. Vollrath officially retired on Friday, April 29. (P...

A Utah man could be facing prison time after allegedly running away with a Richwood girl. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Andrew Lui, 21, of Logan, Utah. Lui is charged with interference with...

A research and development company that creates clean energy sources is ready to begin producing their fuel cells in Jerome Township. The Jerome Township Board of Trustees, Jonathan Alder Board of Edu...

A member of the Richwood Boy Scout Troop 440 is managing the installation of a 12-foot lighthouse at the south point of the peninsula at Richwood Lake for his Eagle Scout project. “I was presented wit...

Meg Michel, a local real estate broker and Union County Foundation board member, is pictured above with friends Olexi Kurylyshyn, on the right, and his son Yarko who she traveled with to Kyiv, Ukraine...

Recently, the Union County Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Institute Class of 2021-22 held its graduation. This was the 18th class to graduate. The class is designed to enhance the capabilities of lo...

Plain City officials are zeroing in on a final version of a new zoning code, which they hope will add more diversity to housing options in the community. Village council recently held a joint work ses...

A Plain City investor who has plans to renovate several Uptown buildings is preparing to spend $2 million revitalizing another. Rayce Robinson, with FMC Investments, LLC, wrote in a tax abatement appl...

Tempers flared at a recent Marysville City Council meeting as officials held a public hearing on the rezoning of 102 acres on Weaver Road. The developers of Otway Landing have asked the city to rezone...

As part of the Food for America program, Marysville FFA members taught Creekview Intermediate School students about the agricultural stages of making a pizza. FFA members led lessons about pizza toppi...