Columns/Editorials
March 22, 2024

Mike Drops – Founders knew the importance of compromise

By Michael Williamson

When I have questions about or frustrations with our American system – what’s right, what’s wrong and how we should think about operating as good citizens – I turn to reading about the past. And as much as possible, I try to read the words of the Founders themselves.
Sometimes a single line i...

Columns/Editorials
By From JT Staff Reports 
January 20, 2026
When people talk about the local car business having the worst month of November in 10 years and bars closing their doors permanently because drinking has now jumped the shark, we can be thankful in o...
Columns/Editorials
By Kyle Meddles 
January 12, 2026
I think U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is beginning to operate more in line with Nazi Gestapo agents than an American law enforcement agency. This Wednesday, a 37-year-old woman was sho...
Columns/Editorials
By Chad Williamson 
January 5, 2026
The story of newspapers over the last 20 years is less about how the news is delivered and more about how it is consumed. The days of people waiting for bundles of papers to be dropped at newsstands t...
Monarch royalty crowned
Education, Local News, News
By Tim Miller 
January 28, 2026
Marysville High School and the Early College High School crowned their queens and kings for the Winter Homecoming Friday evening. Pictured from left are Luis Zapata Santamaria (king) and Saria Lane (q...
Fairbanks girls hand Tigers first loss; Jonathan Alder Pioneer boys defeat Kenton Ridge
Sports
Livi Maine (44) of Fairbanks applies defensive pressure to an opponent in this file photo. Maine led the team with 12 points during a recent win over West Liberty-Salem. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
By Tim Miller 
January 28, 2026
Fairbanks’ girls basketball team handed West Liberty-Salem its first setback in the Ohio Heritage Conference North Division. The Lady Panthers’ 55-42 triumph puts the Tigers at 11-1 in the division an...
Local athletes of week named
Sports
By Tim Miller 
January 28, 2026
The Journal-Tribune has named its athletes of the week. They are as follows: Marysville: Junior wrestler Carter Shank is Marysville’s honoree. Shank was the highest-placing Monarch during the recent M...
Jonathan Alder senior will play golf at Ohio Dominican
Sports
By Tim Miller 
January 28, 2026
Mother Nature’s recent winter blast obviously means local golfers won’t be hitting the links for quite some time. An area high school linksman, however, will continue his career on the collegiate leve...
Benjamin Logan bowlers top Fort Loramie
Sports
By Tim Miller 
January 28, 2026
Benjamin Logan’s boys bowling team defeated Fort Loramie 2707-2450 during a recent match. Conner Chambers led the Pioneers with games of 234 and 205 for a 439 series. Wyatt Levan finished with a 428 s...
Fairbanks, NU SRO fees won’t go up this year
Education, Local News, News
By Michael Williamson 
January 28, 2026
A couple of school resource officer (SRO) contracts up for discussion last year will not change in the near term. The Union County Commissioners passed a series of measures recently that approved the ...