2024

Police Beat
By From JT Staff Reports 
April 11, 2024
According to Plain City Police Department reports: An officer responded to Caroline Drive at 10:38 a.m. March 19 for an alarm drop. The officer found the residence secure and relayed the findings to t...
Police Beat
By From JT Staff Reports 
April 11, 2024
According to reports from the Marysville Police Department: Alberto Hernandez, 33, of 816 W. Fourth St., was arrested for a felony warrant at 11:21 p.m., Tuesday at 800 Delaware Ave. As part of the ar...
Running for veterans
News
By Mac Cordell 
April 11, 2024
Paul Johnson is running 3,000 miles across the United States, from Los Angeles, California to New York City, New York. Johnson, a Navy veteran, is raising funds for Team Red White and Blue. To date he...
City puts moratorium on dollar stores
News
By Mac Cordell 
April 10, 2024
Marysville City Council has approved a 12-month moratorium on all small box discount stores in the city. Officials said the city zoning code has no definition for stores like Dollar General, Family Do...
Private bourbon club looking at Plain City location
News, Plain City
By Kayleen Petrovia 
April 10, 2024
A members-only bourbon bar is one step closer to opening in Plain City, after officials approved an application that will allow the owner to move forward with acquiring a liquor license. Council voted...
Police Beat
By From JT Staff Reports 
April 10, 2024
According to reports from the Marysville Police Department: An unnamed individual was arrested after police responded to a home in the 700 block of W. Fifth Street at 7:28 p.m., Sunday on an animal co...
Police Beat
By From JT Staff Reports 
April 10, 2024
From Union County Sheriffs Office Reports: At 11:20 a.m., Friday, deputies met with a resident in the 10000 block of New California Drive to investigate a photograph dispute between an ex-boyfriend an...
Marysville athletes place during Stingel Invitational
Sports
By Aleksei Pavloff 
April 10, 2024
Marysville’s girls placed fourth and the boys finished 12th during the Stingel Invitational at Pickerington North High School. Centerville won the 17-team girls meet with 103.5 points. Pickerington No...
Jonathan Alder squads triumph
Sports
By Aleksei Pavloff 
April 10, 2024
Jonathan Alder’s baseball squad improved its record to 3-1 overall and 1-0 in the Central Buckeye Conference. The Pioneers rolled to an 11-1 victory over Northwestern in a conference game and topped H...
Local athletics shut down for solar eclipse
Sports
By Aleksei Pavloff 
April 10, 2024
Lady Monarch pitcher Josie Bumgarner fires the ball toward the plate in this file photo. MHS won a pair of recent games and upped its record to 4-6. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) -- A portion ...
Alder, Marysville tennis teams finish with mixed results
Sports
By Tim Miller 
April 9, 2024
Marysville’s Gianni Russo sends the ball back over the net. Russo won his match during a recent competition against Gahanna. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) -- Jonathan Alder’s boys tennis squad...
FMS Panthers win meets
Sports
By Tim Miller 
April 9, 2024
The Fairbanks Middle School boys and girls track and field teams won recent meets. The boys tallied 111 points. Triad finished with 99, followed by Delaware Christian-29, St. John’s-27 and Genoa Chris...
Lady Cats top Urbana; sweep two from Elgin
Sports
By Bob Putman 
April 9, 2024
North Union’s Zoe Wedding slides into the plate with a run during a victory over Elgin. (Photo submitted) -- The week did not get off to a good start last week for the North Union softball team. The L...
NU baseball squad splits with Ridgemont, Indian Lake
Sports
By Bob Putman 
April 9, 2024
North Union’s Caden Potts fires the ball toward the plate against Ridgemont. Potts fanned 13 during the game. (Journal-Tribune photo by Bob Putman) -- During any sports season there can be times that ...
Panther diamond squads topple Cedarville Indians
Sports
By Tim Miller 
April 9, 2024
Fairbanks’ varsity baseball team upped its record to 2-3 with an 8-3 victory over Cedarville The Panthers grabbed a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the first and plated six runs over the fourth-through-sixt...
Monarch baseball team rallies for victory over Dublin Jerome
Sports
By Tim Miller 
April 9, 2024
Monarch catcher Rocco Marchetti prepares to tag out a Dublin Jerome base runner at the plate. MHS improved to 6-0 with a 3-2 victory. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) -- Marysville’s varsity base...
Ring of fire!
News
By Mac Cordell 
April 8, 2024
Above, locals and visitors alike ventured to the Marysville Upground Reservoir Monday afternoon to witness the complete solar eclipse. At left is a closer photo of the actual eclipse from the reservoi...
Eclipse crowds arrive
News
By Mac Cordell 
April 8, 2024
The Fairfield Inn parking lot on Coleman’s Crossing Boulevard was filled with out-of-state license plates, including these from Maryland and Connecticut as well as peculiar bumper stickers and other e...
April is Distracted Driving Awareness month
News
By From JT Staff Reports 
April 8, 2024
April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month and the Ohio State Highway Patrol is urging motorists to commit to eliminating distractions while behind the wheel. Ohio’s distracted driving law b...
JA families attend eclipse event
News, Plain City
By Michael Williamson 
April 8, 2024
Nearly 500 Jonathan Alder students and families visited Canaan Middle School Friday night for the district’s Space Night event. Hosted by Amazon Web Services, the event offered STEM and educational ac...
Triad baseball team expects to compete with young players
Sports
By Aleksei Pavloff 
April 8, 2024
Triad’s baseball team is pictured from left, front row, Alfred Johnson, Wyatt Smith, Duncan Funderbugh, J.J. Roberts, Waylin Holtsberry, and Connor Hayes; second row, Jayden Blackburn, Russell House, ...
Jon Alder lacrosse squad rolls past Licking Valley
Sports
By Aleksei Pavloff 
April 8, 2024
Jonathan Alder’s Jack Kennedy (20) sprints past Licking Valley’s Carson Ramsey (22) during the first quarter. The senior attackman scored six goals and notched three assists in the team’s win over the...
Marysville’s Price will continue basketball career at Malone
Sports
By Tim Miller 
April 8, 2024
Marysville High School senior Abbey Price (11) eyes the basket during a 2023-24 game. Price will continue her hoops career at Malone University. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) -- Marysville Hig...
End to a rainy week
News
By From JT Staff Reports 
April 8, 2024
Recent heavy rains soaked the early-blossoming flowers around Union County this week. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kevin Behrens)
Villages seek funding help for pricey projects
News
By Michael Williamson 
April 5, 2024
A few Union County villages could soon get more funding for needed infrastructure projects if applications get approved. Representatives from Community Development Consultants (CDC) of Ohio, Access En...
United Way, Honda partner for community study
News
By Mac Cordell 
April 5, 2024
Over the next several months, local residents will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on what makes a community and what they want theirs to look like. The United Way of Union County has par...