Favorite Fare

February 13, 2020

Caramel bars, Gooey chocolate, Cranberry cake

By Melanie Behrens

For all those sweet tooth people, here you are.

Caramel bars
Crust:
1-1/2 C quick oats
2-1/4 C flour
1-1/2 C brown sugar
1-1/4 C butter
Filling:
1/4 C butter
1 C brown sugar
1/4 C milk
2 tsp. vanilla
2 TBS flour
For crust, melt butter completely. Mix it with oatmeal, flour, and brown sugar. Press 2/3...

Favorite Fare

Easy chocolate mousse, Chocolate toffee bars, Chocolate trifle

By Melanie Behrens

April 16, 2020

Chocolate is a wonderful thing. Enjoy these recipes. Easy chocolate mousse 1 tub (8 oz.) Cool Whip Whipped Topping, thawed 1 pkg. (4 oz.) bittersweet chocolate squares, melted 1/2 C fresh raspberries ...

Favorite Fare

Easy ribs, Blueberry lemon bars, Rum balls

By Melanie Behrens

March 5, 2020

Hope you can enjoy these nice treats. Easy ribs 2 to 2-1/2 lbs. baby back pork ribs salt and black pepper Sweet barbecue sauce: 1 TBS olive oil 1/4 C finely diced onion 1/2 tsp. ground cumin 1/2 C ket...

Favorite Fare

Mel’s Favorite Fare

By Melanie Behrens

February 27, 2020

Easy ribs 2 to 2-1/2 lbs. baby back pork ribs salt and black pepper Sweet barbecue sauce: 1 TBS olive oil 1/4 C finely diced onion 1/2 tsp. ground cumin 1/2 C ketchup (try our homemade ketchup recipe)...

Local News, News

Touch a Truck event avoids gloomy weather

By Michael Williamson

June 7, 2025

Slightly gray and gloomy weather didn’t keep Hayes, 2, of Marysville, from checking out a parked backhoe at the city’s annual Touch a Truck event Friday morning. Families stopped by Mill Valley Park C...

News, Plain City News

Jerome trustees OK 24-home development

By Kyle Meddles

June 7, 2025

The Jerome Township Trustees voted to approve the next step toward bringing a new 24-unit housing development to the township, a development with a focus on preserving trees during its construction. D...

Local News, News

The first of the Marysville traffic box wraps is up at Partners Park. The first one, shown above, is titled “Running into the Future” and embraces the project theme of bringing the past to life. Residents are encouraged to check out the art piece, which will be one of nine around the Uptown. (Journal-Tribune photo by Michael Williamson)

Art wraps appearing in Uptown

By Michael Williamson

June 6, 2025

The first of Marysville’s traffic box wraps is now available for people to see. Earlier this week, crews installed the first wrap at Partners Park in the city’s Uptown as part of the 2025 Traffic Box ...

Local News, News

CSX confirms no injuries in train derailment

By Kyle Meddles

June 6, 2025

A spokesperson for CSX Transportation has confirmed that a local CSX work train derailed a locomotive at around 8:40 a.m., Thursday, and that there were no injuries or threat to the surrounding commun...

Court News, News

Quail Hollow shooter indicted

Suspect still hospitalized

By Kyle Meddles

June 6, 2025

The Marysville man who shot at Marysville Police officers has been indicted by the Union County Grand Jury and is facing nine felonies. Union County Prosecuting Attorney David Phillips announced on Fr...

Emergency crews not called to derailment

Local News, News

Crews work to clean up a train engine and car derailment early Thursday morning on the railroad tracks near Industrial Parkway and Parker-Hannifin. (Photo submitted)

Emergency crews not called to derailment

By Kyle Meddles

June 5, 2025

CSX Transportation crews worked to clean up a train engine and car derailment early Thursday morning on the railroad near Industrial Parkway and Parker-Hannifin. Fire Marshal Keith Watson with the Mar...