Local News, News
March 25, 2025
Over the weekend, deputies with the Union County Sheriff’s Office responded to Costco and other businesses in the area on eight reports of fraud invol...
Marysville City Council, News
Prices will range from $500-$700K
March 25, 2025
One Marysville City Council member wants to make sure the city is not repeating mistakes made during the construction of Mill Valley. On Monday night,...
Sports
Members of North Union’s softball program are from left, front row, Leah Cox, Kale Keigley, Josie Held, Eulaela Colwell and Caralyn Hinkle; second row, Kailin McElroy, Sierra Farrington, Hazlee Hall, Emma McElroy, Rylee Fox and Kennedy Harrah; third row, assistant coach Catie Pelfrey, assistant coach Jessica Wedding, Brenna Martino, Catherine Hinkle and head coach Pat Grove. (Journal-Tribune photo by Bob Putman)
March 25, 2025
There will be a lot of familiar faces for Pat Grove as he approaches his second season as North Union’s head softball coach. The Lady Cats have nine r...
Sports
Fairbanks High School senior Lexie Cushman puts defensive pressure on an opposing player during a 2024 game. Cushman will continue her academic/athletic careers at Marietta College. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
March 25, 2025
Marietta College will become the new athletic/academic home for Fairbanks High School soccer player Lexie Cushman. The FHS senior recently announced t...
Sports
North Union’s varsity baseball team is pictured from left, front row, Blaine Ware, Jaxon Mabery, Braylen Riffle, Peyton Davis, Hudsyn Wilson and Tyler Krebehenne; second row, Jason Cremeans, Austin McMahon, Brooks Wills, Dylan Beard and Owen Wills; back row, head coach Chris Roseburrough, Evan Berry, Alex Dexter, Miles Marlette, Ashtin Haubiel and assistant coach Aaron Krebehenne. (Journal-Tribune photo by Bob Putman)
March 25, 2025
North Union had a special baseball season in 2024. The Wildcats, who finished with a 16-10 record, won their first-ever Central Buckeye Conference Mad...
Sports
North Union’s boys track and field team is pictured from left, front row, Sam Hancock, Wyatt Stacklin, Brady Staley, Ryan Staley, Landon Long, Peyton Wood, Caiden Carey, Collin Welch and Tim Collier; second row: Ethan Miller, Kory Ransome, Eddie Blair, Ben Bonnell, Mack Marlette, Trace Huff, Brock Smith, Kadrin Riffle, Brycen Delawder and Tristan Granlee; third row, Wyatt Davis, Landry Dible, Nick VanHoose, Wyatt Arver, Jaxon Heminger, Easton Duvall, Jackson Kemp, Luke Brown, Jacob Weigand, Braedon Scowden and Trenor Kyte; fourth row, assistant coaches Penny Cunningham and Ivan Leavitt, Mason Andrews, Ethan Gorman, Dainon Lindsey, Max Leavitt, Broden O’Reilly, Zaim Habib, Felix Plouck, Zach Meyer, Noah Lewis, Xavier Gruber, assistant coach Syd Bacon and head coach Cole Krawczyk. (Journal-Tribune photo by Bob Putman)
March 25, 2025
The number of athletes on the North Union girls track and field team stands at 47, a good number to be able to spread out in all of the events. The do...
Local News, News
March 25, 2025
Over the weekend, deputies with the Union County Sheriff’s Office responded to Costco and other businesses in the area on eight reports of fraud involving counterfeit currency. Sheriff Mike Justice sa...
Marysville City Council, News
Prices will range from $500-$700K
March 25, 2025
One Marysville City Council member wants to make sure the city is not repeating mistakes made during the construction of Mill Valley. On Monday night, council heard the first reading of an ordinance t...
Local News, News
Mike Justice finds that empowering staff makes transition smoother
March 24, 2025
Editor's note: Union County Sheriff Mike Justice allowed the Journal-Tribune to shadow him as he went about his rounds one day recently, sharing his perspectives a few months in on the job. -- Just a ...
Education, News
March 24, 2025
Triad is setting its sights on school safety grants while navigating an ever-changing federal and state funding landscape. At the recent meeting of the Triad Board of Education, Superintendent Vickie ...
News
March 24, 2025
The Magnetic Springs sanitary sewer project has received its full funding request from the state. The Ohio Department of Development announced recently that Union County will receive $750,000 to const...
News
March 24, 2025
Local filmmakers looking to make a movie will have a reason to do so next month. The Avalon Theatre is introducing the new Avalon Film Festival, a challenge to movie makers to make a film over one wee...
News, Plain City
March 21, 2025
Jerome Township and Union County officials are poised to approve a tax abatement for a developer planning to construct 42,000 square feet of speculative building space on Industrial Parkway. At a rece...
Education, News
March 21, 2025
Navin Elementary School fourth graders presented their music and art show called "Road Trip Through Music" on Wednesday. The road trip took them through different genres of music with stops for soundt...
Local News, Marysville School Board, News
Elementary arts, 15 high school AP classes would go if levy fails; start time for K-6 would change
March 21, 2025
The teachers and courses that have their fate in the hands of district voters were finalized Thursday night at the Marysville Board of Education meeting. At least 14 teachers were given notice that th...
Local News, News
The robbery suspect, pictured above, wore all black as he carried out two robberies, one at the Village Pantry Marathon at 303 E. Fifth St. and the other at Certified Oil Marathon at 809 Columbus Ave. The suspect used a black handgun – which police believe to be a Glock – to steal an unknown amount of money from the two stores. Anyone with information on the robberies have been asked to contact Det. Anthony Lollini at 937-645-7300. (photo submitted)
March 20, 2025
The Marysville Police Department is currently investigating two armed robberies that occurred in Marysville last night. At 8:37 p.m., Wednesday, police responded to the Village Pantry Marathon at 303 ...
Local News, News
March 20, 2025
The Union County Sheriff’s Office responded to U.S. 33 near the Beecher-Gamble Road overpass for a two-vehicle injury crash involving a Honda and a semi truck. At 8:29 a.m., Thursday, the Honda was tr...
Local News, Marysville School Board, News
March 19, 2025
The Marysville school board is entering into contract negotiations with Dr. Zachary Howard to be the district’s next superintendent. After several interviews with finalists the school board voted 5-0 ...
Court News, Local News, News
Man gets 25 years for rape of young family members
March 19, 2025
“He is too dangerous and depraved.” A statement from the court describing Garry Lee Giles, 82, of West Mansfield, following his sentence of 25 years in prison last week after being found guilty of rap...
Local News, News
Commissioners continue to be unhappy with incentives
March 19, 2025
The Union County Commissioners are still not quite satisfied with some of the approaches to the new Economic Development Incentive Policy (EDIP). Board members told Economic Development Director Eric ...
Local News, News
March 19, 2025
The Union County Auditor’s Office is running out of space. That’s what Auditor Andrea Weaver told the county commissioners Wednesday during the board’s regular session. She said, not unlike the commun...
Education, News
March 19, 2025
The Marysville Elks Lodge recently made the first of two food donations to the Monarch Market at Marysville High School, a move made possible through the Elks Beacon Grant. The donations brought $3,00...
Education, News
March 18, 2025
Fairbanks is weighing all of its options ahead of its decision to fill the district’s top leadership role. The board of education met in executive session for part of Monday night’s regular monthly me...
Education, News
March 18, 2025
Members of the North Union school board are honoring a special employee. At the beginning of the 2025 school year, Vicky Clark accepted the role of Interim North Union Elementary School Principal unti...
Marysville City Council, News
Traffic boxes in Marysville’s Uptown may soon get a little more colorful like the ones pictured above. The city and Main Street Marysville are asking local artists to submit their designs for artwork for the 2025 Uptown Traffic Box Art Project. Chosen designs will be converted into a vinyl covering that will then be wrapped around the boxes. Artists have until April 9 to submit their work. (Graphic submitted)
March 18, 2025
Local artists have a little less than a month to submit their concepts for Marysville’s traffic box art project. Main Street Marysville and the City of Marysville recently put out a call to creative c...
Local News, News
March 18, 2025
A couple of characters find themselves in a precarious situation atop a collapsed platform in “The Play That Goes Wrong,” the latest production from local theater group, Silver Scene Players. The come...
Sports
Members of North Union’s softball program are from left, front row, Leah Cox, Kale Keigley, Josie Held, Eulaela Colwell and Caralyn Hinkle; second row, Kailin McElroy, Sierra Farrington, Hazlee Hall, Emma McElroy, Rylee Fox and Kennedy Harrah; third row, assistant coach Catie Pelfrey, assistant coach Jessica Wedding, Brenna Martino, Catherine Hinkle and head coach Pat Grove. (Journal-Tribune photo by Bob Putman)
March 25, 2025
There will be a lot of familiar faces for Pat Grove as he approaches his second season as North Union’s head softball coach. The Lady Cats have nine returning letter winners from last year’s team that...
Sports
March 24, 2025
“I was in shock.” That was Justin Price’s reaction when he learned he would not be returning as the girls varsity basketball coach at Marysville High School. The newspaper was informed of the news lat...
Sports
Jenna Dee of Fairbanks smacks a homer in this file photo. Dee homered during the Lady Panthers’ 2025 opening game in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
March 24, 2025
Fairbanks’ softball team plated three runs in the top of the fifth inning and defeated Grant Community (Illinois) High School 7-4. The game came during the Lady Panthers’ spring break trip to Pigeon F...
Sports
Marysville High School senior Allison Price goes up for a basket against defensive pressure during a 2024-2025 game. Price will continue her roundball career at Huntington University in Indiana. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
March 24, 2025
Marysville High School senior Allison Price ended her high school basketball career with a Division I district runner-up finish with the team. Now, she will concentrate on playing the sport at the nex...
Sports
This is a photo of the 1964-65 Jonathan Alder boys basketball team that won what was then the Class A district championship. Like the 2024-2025 Pioneers, that Alder squad also fell in the regional championship game and missed going to the state tournament. Members of the 1964-65 team are pictured from left, front row, Dave Lowry, Bob Beach, Bob Jeffers, Bill Leftwich, Roger Pinney and head coach Cliff Rose; second row, Larry Cooke, Carl Troyer, Dave Raber, Pat Boyhan, John Crager, George Hostetler, assistant coach Ray Russell, manager Phil White and Tim Converse. Not pictured, Ken Greene. (Photo submitted)
March 22, 2025
The recently-completed high school boys basketball season brought a lot of joy to folks in the Plain City area. Jonathan Alder won the Kenton Trail Division of the Central Buckeye Conference, captured...
Sports
These Marysville High School boys wrestlers earned special awards for the 2024-2025 season. They are from left, front row, Brian Waller, first-team OCC, 20-plus victories; Berkley Behrens, state qualifier, varsity most improved, most escapes, second-team OCC, Marine Corps academic award (highest individual GPA-4.063), 30-plus wins; Oliver Fox, state qualifier, 20-plus victories; Carter Shank, 30-plus victories, team accountability award, Marine Corps academic award, second-team OCC; Jack Williams, 20-plus victories, Marine Corps academic award, second-team OCC; Michael Bates, most reversals, team gratitude award, third-team OCC; Logan Shaw, second-team OCC, 20-plus victories, Marine Corps academic award; Kaylor Niemi, team best effort award, Marine Corps academic award; and Vinny Holt Goodman, JV most improved; back row, Carson Mize, state placer, MVP, OCC wrestler of the year, first-team OCC, Marine Corps academic award, academic All-Ohio, most victories, best winning percentage, most takedowns, most falls, 40-plus victories; Cam Taylor, second-team OCC; Keegan Andrews, most near-falls, Marine Corps academic award, 30-plus victories; Boston Burkhardt, state qualifier, academic All-Ohio, team legacy award, 40-plus victories, second-team OCC; James Lowe, third-team OCC, Marine Corps academic award; Trent Sharp, state qualifier, team best attitude award, second-team OCC, 30-plus victories; Logan Adlesberger, 20-plus victories; Griffin Beery, JV MVP, Marine Corps academic award, 20-plus victories; and Gage Counts, state qualifier, team committment award, academic All-Ohio, Marine Corps academic award; third-team OCC and 30-plus victories. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kevin Behrens)
March 22, 2025
Sports
Fairbanks High School junior Phoebe Allison prepares for the dead lift. (Photos submitted)
March 21, 2025
If you were to look at Fairbanks High School junior Phoebe Allison, you’d see a typical teenager. She goes to school, does her home work and hangs out with her friends. The difference would be that no...
Sports
Fairbanks seniors Holtz Maine (44-left) and Ryker Green (5-right) have been named to the Ohio Heritage Conference North Division first team for the 2024-2025 season. Maine was also named the division’s player of the year. (Journal-Tribune photos by Tim Miller)
March 20, 2025
Union County is the home of the Ohio Heritage Conference’s North Division boys basketball player of the year. Panther senior Holtz Maine has earned that honor through voting by the division’s coaches ...
Sports
Fairbanks High School senior Claire Baker (18) blasts the ball over the net. Baker will continue her volleyball career at Otterbein University. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
March 18, 2025
For the past two fall seasons, Fairbanks High School’s Claire Baker established herself among the top volleyball players in the Ohio Heritage Conference. Now, she will put her skills to use on the col...
Sports
Marysville’s CJ Collins, left, and Allison Price, right, go up for baskets during the 2024-2025 season. Collins and Price have been named to first teams in the Cardinal Division of the Ohio Capital Conference. (Journal-Tribune photos by Tim Miller)
March 17, 2025
Despite the fact both teams had to replace solid players who graduated last spring, the Marysville High School boys and girls basketball teams came through with decent seasons. The MHS boys finished w...
Sports
Jonathan Alder senior Noah Hess goes up for a basket during a Division IV regional game at Bowling Green State University. ThePioneers finished as the regional runner-up. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)
March 15, 2025
Editor’s note: the Journal-Tribune, in order to commenorate the best season in Jonathan Alder boys basketball history, compiled a PDF flip book recap of the campaign. The flip book, which is being s...
Sports
These local girls high school basketball players have earned Central Buckeye Conference honors for the 2024-25 season. They are from left, Kennedy Harrah and Glory Blevins of North Union, both first-team honorees, and Natalie Walker of Jonathan Alder, who was named to the second team. (Journal-Tribune file photos)
March 14, 2025
Several local girls basketball players earned Central Buckeye Conference honors for the 2024-25 campaign. North Union, which won its fourth consecutive Mad River Division title, has two players on the...
Sports
North Union’s Cameron Ludwig (top) sprawls on an opponent during a junior varsity tournament at Marysville High School earlier in the regular season. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)
March 13, 2025
North Union’s boys and girls wrestling programs grew together in unique ways during the 2024-25 season. “I would say for a lot of kids it was growth in a couple of different ways,” NU head coach Garre...
Sports
Jonathan Alder senior Noah Hess, left, and North Union senior Miles Hall (23 to the right) both drive toward the basket during 2024-25 season games. Hess and Hall were named to the respective first teams in the Central Buckeye Conference’s Kenton Trail and Mad River divisions. Hall was named the Mad River player of the year. (Journal-Tribune file photos)
March 13, 2025
North Union senior Miles Hall was recently named the Central Buckeye Conference’s boys basketball player of the year in the circuit’s Mad River Division. Hall was the second-leading scorer in the enti...
Sports
DAMRON
March 12, 2025
Marysville’s boys bowling team competed during the recent Division I state tournament. The event was held at HP Lanes in Columbus. There were 16 teams that competed during the qualifying round. Marysv...
Sports
Marysville’s Audrey Spooner, second from left, stands on the awards podium at the Division I state indoor track and field meet. Spooner finished fourth in both the high jump and the triple jump. (Photo submitted)
March 12, 2025
The 2024-25 high school indoor track and field season concluded on Saturday. A number of Marysville athletes competed in the Division I meet that was held at the Spire Institute in Geneva. Audrey Spoo...
Sports
Triad’s Awsom Mitchell (back) levitates Barnesville’s Hines Ford (front) during the Division III semifinals. The Triad senior advanced to the Parade of Champions following a 12-2 major decision. The Cardinal cemented his career with his second straight runner-up medal after falling short to Edison’s Luke James, 7-5. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)
March 11, 2025
Sunday evening’s Parade of Champions at The Ohio State University’s Schottenstein Center presented an opportunity for the Union County area wrestling world to see a trio of state champions crowned. As...
Sports
JA senior Noah Hess (13) holds up the Division IV regional runner-up trophy. Also pictured for the Pioneers is senior Sam Cramer (32). (Journal-Tribune photo by Bob Putman)
March 10, 2025
Faced with having to overcome a double-digit deficit, Jonathan Alder did not back down on Saturday during its Division IV regional final against Gates Mills Hawken at Bowling Green State University. T...
Sports
In the photo to the left, Marysville’s Addy Lyon (left) hooks up against Olentangy Orange’s Chloe Tompkins in the match for third place in the girls 135-pound weight division. Lyon won the bout, 4-0. In the photo to the right, Monarch Carson Mize defends a single against Colin Wooldridge of Cincinnati LaSalle. Mize lost the match by a 5-4 count and went on to finish fourth in the boys Division I 175-pound weight class at the state tournament. (Journal-Tribune photos by Aleksei Pavloff and Kevin Behrens)
March 10, 2025
A handful of local high school wrestlers placed third-through-seventh during the 2025 Ohio High School Athletic Association state tournament that concluded on Sunday. Marysville garnered a third-place...
Sports
March 10, 2025
It was a mixed bag of success and non-success for area wrestlers during the Division III and Division II sections of the first day of wrestling on Friday at the Ohio High School Athletic Association s...
