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By Mac Cordell 
May 31, 2022
A local man was shot and killed by a law enforcement officer Monday following an incident in Mill Valley. Matthew Todhunter, 33, of Raymond, was shot Monday by a Union County Sheriff’s Office deputy. ...
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By Mac Cordell 
May 26, 2022
Marysville officials are pleased with public input on improvements to a local intersection and they say they are ready to move forward with additional planning. The city hosted a meeting Tuesday to gi...
Memorial Day events slated
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By From JT Staff Reports 
May 26, 2022
Communities throughout the county have ceremonies, parades and services planned to observe Memorial Day. Activities scheduled are listed as follows: Marysville : A ceremony to honor the dead lost at s...
Students tour historic Uptown
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By Mac Cordell 
May 26, 2022
Marysville City Council Member Donald Boerger recently lead a group of home school students on a tour of the city’s historic Uptown area. The tour started at Partners Park with a brief overview of wha...
Jonathan Alder names top scholars of 2021-22
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By From JT Staff Reports 
May 26, 2022
Valedictorians: Elizabeth Chin, Trevor Cox, Owen Detweiler, Garrett Ferguson, Mary Ferrito, Reagan Gray, Lauren Howell, Ashlei Kelley, Jessica Kelley, Kylie King, Elizabeth Lombardi, Anastasia Medici,...
PC Music in the Park to begin
News, Plain City
By From JT Staff Reports 
May 26, 2022
Plain City’s annual Music in the Park series kicks off this weekend. The third annual Bluegrass and BBQ event will be held from noon to 9 p.m. Sunday in Pastime Park, 370 N. Chillicothe St. The event ...
‘Our world isn’t as it used to be’
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By Chad Williamson 
May 25, 2022
As Marysville school officials were still processing the response to a shooting incident near the high schools on Friday, they were reminded 1,400 miles away that worst case scenarios are sometimes re...
Plain City taps Lupton as next administrator
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By Kayleen Petrovia 
May 25, 2022
After a months-long search, Plain City officials decided the best person to lead the village was the one already in place. During its most recent meeting, council voted unanimously to hire Haley Lupto...
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By Ally Lanasa 
May 25, 2022
Samsung C&T Corporation America and HULL officials held an open house Monday evening about the proposed Richwood Solar Project at the Leesburg Township Fire Department on Route 347. According to the e...
Fairbanks High School names top scholars for class of 2022
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By From JT Staff Reports 
May 25, 2022
Fairbanks High School has announced its top scholars and scholarship winners for the 2021-22 school year. Valedictorian Caden Feller is the son of Jon and Trista Feller. He is a captain for the soccer...
Richwood looks to update 1979 zoning map
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By Ally Lanasa 
May 24, 2022
The Village of Richwood Council is in the process of adopting an official zoning map. Richwood’s current legalized zoning map is from December 1979. Subsequently, other maps were created in 2002 and 2...
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By Mac Cordell 
May 24, 2022
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...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
May 24, 2022
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...
Case highlights lack of strangulation laws in Ohio
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By Mac Cordell 
May 23, 2022
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...
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By Chad Williamson 
May 23, 2022
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...
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By Chad Williamson 
May 23, 2022
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...
Shooting suspect remains at large
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By Mac Cordell 
May 23, 2022
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 robotics team finishes 11th in World Championship
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By Ally Lanasa 
May 23, 2022
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...
Multiple shots ring out at Meadows
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By Mac Cordell 
May 20, 2022
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...
Uptown color
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By Mac Cordell 
May 20, 2022
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...
United Way honors top workplace campaigns
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By From JT Staff Reports 
May 20, 2022
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...
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By Mac Cordell 
May 19, 2022
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...
Richwood Farmers Market receives grant from UCHD
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By Kayleen Petrovia 
May 19, 2022
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...
Marysville names top scholars for class for 2022
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By From JT Staff Reports 
May 19, 2022
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...
Caravan passes through area
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By Chad Williamson 
May 19, 2022
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 Twp. disbands park committee
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By Kayleen Petrovia 
May 18, 2022
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 ...
Richwood Library to seek renewal levy
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By Ally Lanasa 
May 17, 2022
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...
Finance committee OKs city staff expansion
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By Mac Cordell 
May 17, 2022
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 ...
Richardson touts funds for ORW programs
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By From JT Staff Reports 
May 17, 2022
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...
Eagles lodge renovation project progressing
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By Mac Cordell 
May 17, 2022
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...