Columns/Editorials

Columns/Editorials
Mike Drops – Hollow gestures don’t bring change
By Michael Williamson 
April 5, 2025
Thinking about the national news this week, I can’t help but to wonder where are we going? Where is all this is headed, because it doesn’t feel like we know. And sure, what can we really know about ou...
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The Way It Was – Popcorn
By Bill Boyd 
April 5, 2025
Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...
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Feed your head – The rise of Poatan in the UFC
By Kyle Meddles 
March 29, 2025
If there was one champion that defined the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in 2024 it would be the stone-faced enigma – Alex “Poatan” Pereira. Pereira possesses every quality that fans of the spo...
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The Way It Was – Good friends
By Bill Boyd 
March 29, 2025
Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...
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A Word To The Wise – Keep politics out of school board elections
By Chad Williamson 
March 22, 2025
Regardless of your politics, issues become more personal as they hit closer to your home. I cast my ballots each year for national candidates knowing full well that I would have zero chance creating c...
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an editorial – Board made a great choice in Howard
March 22, 2025
In the post COVID era, hiring and retaining good people has been one of the biggest challenges local business owners and managers have told us they face. The Marysville school system is no different a...
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The Way It Was – The pin
By Bill Boyd 
March 22, 2025
Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...
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Mike Drops – I’m no expert – but neither are you
By Michael Williamson 
March 15, 2025
Being a reporter in the internet age can be a strange job. It’s strange because sometimes it feels like everyone with a social media account assumes they can do my job. That bothers me and it used to ...
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The Way It Was – For the birds
By Bill Boyd 
March 15, 2025
Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...
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The Way It Was – Minnie
By Bill Boyd 
March 8, 2025
Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...
an editorial – In goal setting, be careful what you write down – it could come true
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Former assistant coach Kevin Behrens celebrates with current wrestling assistant Walker Heard in the background as freshman Berkley Behrens wins his match to go to this weekend’s state tournament. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)
an editorial – In goal setting, be careful what you write down – it could come true
March 8, 2025
The Marysville Boys wrestling team just competed in the OHSAA Central District wrestling tournament at Hilliard Darby High School. The district tournament is the next step in the order to qualify for ...
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A Word To The Wise – The dangers of dime-store psychology
By Chad Williamson 
February 28, 2025
In the 1987 cult classic The Princess Bride there is an exchange between two characters that I reference often. One character repeatedly uses the word “inconceivable,” to which another eventually resp...
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The Way It Was – A bit of irony
By Bill Boyd 
February 28, 2025
Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...
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Feed your head – Show explores separation of work, private life
By Kyle Meddles 
February 21, 2025
Over the weekend I finally got caught up on the TV show Severance and it has remained at the forefront of my mind since I watched the last episode. Severance, directed by Ben Stiller, is currently slo...
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an editorial – Online bashing unwarranted for USPS
February 21, 2025
Everyone still depends on the mail in one form or another. Some use it for fashion, buying clothes that are sent to them. The older generation uses it to send cards and letters, and to receive their b...
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The Way It Was – The businessman
By Bill Boyd 
February 21, 2025
Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...
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Mike Drops – Growth delivers more executive sessions
By Michael Williamson 
February 14, 2025
In all the conversations around growth – whether it’s good or bad – one random side effect the public may not see is an increase in local government bodies holding executive sessions at meetings. Putt...
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The Way It Was – Career Day
By Bill Boyd 
February 14, 2025
Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...
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A Word To The Wise – Stumped by a Boy Scout’s question
By Chad Williamson 
February 7, 2025
I spoke to Boy Scout Troop 355 at the Marysville Presbyterian Church this week and was asked a question that I couldn’t answer. I was there to talk about the importance of the free press and value of ...
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The Way It Was – The Pledge
By Bill Boyd 
February 7, 2025
Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...
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Feed your head – The Wisdom of my elders
By Kyle Meddles 
January 31, 2025
Months ago, when I first started working for the paper, I was given a book called “Fourth and Maple” from my mom, which is a very special book to my family as it contains old wisdom reminiscent of anc...
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The Way It Was – Sugar sacks
By Bill Boyd 
January 31, 2025
Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...
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Mike Drops – When the world freezes up
By Michael Williamson 
January 24, 2025
Monday started off with a kind of coldness that I haven’t felt in a while. That’s not to say this was the coldest it’s ever been, but I personally hadn’t felt that cold in a while. It’s the kind of co...
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an editorial – Accelerated timeline right move
January 24, 2025
With Marysville school district issues continuing to rear their head, it feels like the school board has been under a magnifying glass for the better part of the past year. Issues that needed to be re...
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The Way It Was – A special day
By Bill Boyd 
January 24, 2025
Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...
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A Word To The Wise – My cheerful ignorance
By Chad Williamson 
January 17, 2025
I covered an event last week that gave me a very “fish-out-of-water” experience. That doesn’t happen too much anymore with this job. In three decades at the J-T, I thought I had seen it all, until a h...
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The Way It Was – David and Goliath
By Bill Boyd 
January 17, 2025
Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...
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Feed your head – Hulk Hogan’s well-earned booing
By Kyle Meddles 
January 10, 2025
Last Monday at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, World Wrestling Entertainment’s (WWE) flagship show “Monday Night Raw” aired for the very first time on Netflix. This would mark the first time...
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an editorial – New year brings change
By From JT Staff Reports 
January 10, 2025
Locally, we see a lot of changes coming to the area in 2025 and beyond. One big change was just announced that Honda is merging with Nissan to help build their Electronic Vehicle platform. This merger...
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The Way It Was – Rubino’s
By Bill Boyd 
January 10, 2025
Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...