Columns/Editorials

Members of Marysville City Council must be high. Council is pushing forward with a plan to outlaw marijuana dispensaries in the city, a move that makes total sense if you live the 1930s. The winds of ...

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...

Washington DC is one city in United States that has the past, present and future going on all at the same time. We say that because just walking around the area you can see historical buildings and st...

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...

I watched the presidential debate Tuesday night and I came out the same way I went in: not a fan of either candidate. Something I did learn, however, is we live in (at least) two completely different ...

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...

I started college as a business major. The plan was to open a restaurant, but I struggled with the computer stuff. (This will come as no real surprise to anyone that has ever watched me interact with ...

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...

I was wrapped up in a weighty football scandal many years ago and believe it is time to unburden myself. I got swept up in something that was much larger than myself, a disregard for rules and practic...

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...

This week, Starbucks officially released its fall menu featuring the famed Pumpkin Spice Latte. Even though it’s loaded with too many cloves and is often lackluster in its attempt to present creamy, p...

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...

I was blessed to play sports — football and track — in a relatively poor school district. We had old uniforms and even older practice uniforms. Many of the practice balls had what could best be descri...

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...

I love the Olympics and get so excited when they roll around every few years. After a strange mid-pandemic, summer Olympics in Tokyo absent any fans or families, it has been so fun to see the atmosphe...

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...

The All Ohio Balloon Fest starts next week and my role with the event has given me a unique peek behind the curtain. When the newspaper partnered with the event over a decade ago I started volunteerin...

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...

The Marysville Journal-Tribune is celebrating its 175th year of publishing a newspaper in Marysville and Union County. It was in 1849 that the first Marysville Tribune was printed and distributed here...

Editor’s note: This is another column in a series by Bill Boyd titled “The Way It Was.” These articles are similar to the ones he wrote in his first series, “Memories of Growing Up in Marysville,” exc...

I found out this week that the Columbus York Steak House, the last remaining location of the old-school restaurant chain, got a new owner. If you know York and have been there before, you’ll know what...

When was the last time you paid full price for new clothing? We see ad campaigns all the time from various department stores where items are on sale. Sometimes the ads are followed by stories that the...

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...

My father played soccer in college and apparently enjoyed it. As a child he enrolled me in the municipal rec soccer league, but a love of the sport never took. I don’t remember disliking it, but I als...

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...

Of all the questionable things social media has done to our society, one of the less important, but still interesting, side effects is the disappearance of community bulletin boards. I know it’s not t...

Tax bills are coming due next week and residents continue to talk about how they need help with their rising costs. Recently, Union County Treasurer Andrew Smarra initiated a new plan to allow residen...

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...

Thinking about the festivities of this holiday week, I started recalling stories about the wonder of fireworks when I was younger. I don’t mean the big community displays, operated by professionals wi...

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...