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March 6, 2019

Something new for our Plain City readers

By From JT Staff Reports

The Marysville Journal-Tribune is working to create a convenient way for Plain City and Jerome Township to find news coverage of their area in the paper.
Beginning this week on page 6A, each Wednesday the Marysville Journal-Tribune will include The Plain City News, a page dedicated exclusively to Pla...

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