Plain City

Jonathan Alder’s school board is contemplating changing the usage policy for the stadium after the recent completion of a new stadium at Jonathan Alder High School. Superintendent Gary Chapman said it...

The finished Jonathan Alder High School turf field and scoreboard will be on display for the public to see Thursday ahead of the first football game of the season on Aug. 30. Alder’s Athletic and Musi...

Plain City Police Chief Dale McKee, left, presented certificates of achievement to two officers at the village’s council meeting Monday night. Sgt. Tharon Prather, center, was recognized for 15 years ...

According to Plain City Police Department reports: On July 31 at 4:06 p.m., an officer was dispatched to West Main Street in reference to a narcotics investigation. The anonymous complainant stated th...

The Plain City Police Department will gain a few more officers. Village council members approved the addition of a police levy on the November ballot at a special council meeting Monday night. The mea...

Construction is underway on an addition at the Der Dutchman restaurant on Jefferson Street. The restaurant plans to expand the bakery. The 5,000 -square-foot prohect has seen several delays due to its...

Students from Jonathan Alder High School grades 10-12 traveled to Europe for a Global Leadership Summit in Switzerland in July with students from around the world. The theme was to discover and analyz...

Plain City officials are looking at design plans for a possible duplex on the village’s west side. The Board of Zoning Appeals looked at an application at the Tuesday evening BZA meeting for a single-...

A young audience member watches a performance by the Naked Karate Girls, a rock/pop band from Cincinnati, who headlined Saturday’s 2019 Rock the Clock event in Plain City’s Uptown. (Journal-Tribune ph...

As crews in Plain City wrap up their final week of paving on Maple Street, the village is preparing to move forward on a similar project one block over. Designs are being put together for the reconstr...

The Plain City Police Department provided a photo Tuesday from footage of an attempted vehicle theft in a village neighborhood from July 17 around 4:30 a.m. According to a statement from the police th...

According to Plain City Police Department reports: An officer was dispatched to North Avenue in reference to a theft July 11 at 11:49 p.m. Upon arrival, the officer made contact with the complainant w...

Left, a line of Oliver tractors rolls down Main Street in Plain City for the annual Steam Threshers Grand Parade on Friday. Oliver was the 2019 feature tractor for the Miami Valley Steam Threshers Ass...

Crews working on the Maple Street project in Plain City have added curb cuts and sidewalks to the entirety of the street. Although no additional width has been added to the street, the work will preve...

This rendering shows a preliminary design plan for the proposed Madison Meadows mixed-use development in Plain City. The 104 acres of land would house three sub-sections of mixed-use housing and a 12-...

According to Plain City Police Department reports: Officers responded to North Avenue in reference to a domestic violence incident June 30 at 3:06 a.m. Dispatch advised that Isaac Davis was choking hi...

Register for the Summer Reading Program to win prizes for reading over the summer months. These events are coming up soon at the library: A Magical Universe – LIVE Magic Show – Monday, at 1p.m. Get re...

Jerome Township is one step closer to putting a fire levy on the November ballot. At their regular meeting Tuesday night, township trustees approved a resolution declaring the necessity for the levy a...

Tractors are moving into place for the 2019 Miami Valley Steam Threshers Association’s annual steam show at Pastime Park in Plain City. The event kicks off Thursday, July 18 at 10 a.m. with the openin...

Plain City could see a few additions to their police department staff. Village council discussed the possibility of adding an officer or two to the department at the work session Wednesday night. Conv...

According to Plain City Police Department reports: Officers were dispatched to McDonald’s in reference to a suicide attempt June 24 at 6:14 p.m. Upon arrival, the officers made contact with the subjec...

The Plain City Public Library, 305 W Main St., is urging residents to register for the Summer Reading Program to win great prizes for reading over the summer months. The Maiming of the Shrew Mystery G...

Jerome Township is adding a third meeting to their monthly trustee schedule. With the influx of development applications, township officials said the extra day might lighten the load of covering topic...

According to Plain City Police Department reports: An officer was requested by the Union County Sheriff’s Office to Industrial Parkway in reference to an alarm drop June 17 at 10:09 p.m. Once the offi...

The Jonathan Alder School Board got its first look Tuesday at state testing results. At Tuesday night’s meeting, Assistant Superintendent Dr. Misty Swanger presented preliminary state assessment resul...

Kim Miller-Smith, central region manager for the Ohio School Boards Association, was at Tuesday night’s Jonathan Alder School Board meeting to discuss a variety of the organizations initiatives. While...

According to Plain City Police Department reports: An officer was dispatched to Perry Pike in reference to a loose dog June 10 at 6:18 p.m. Upon arrival, the officer located a black male Shih Tzu. The...

Conversation over a proposed fire levy in Jerome Township will continue until the middle of July. The board of trustees held its regular meeting Monday evening where the levy was proposed and the meet...

Stephen Hollen is dressed in historical colonial dress as he performed at the annual Plain City Historical Society meeting Tuesday night. Hollen, a humorist, historian and writer, dressed as Dr. Thoma...

According to Plain City Police Department reports: The officer was met at the Police Department by a complainant May 27 at 9:59 p.m. The complainant stated that she was walking past the subject’s hous...