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Marysville resident Rosstin Guy Bender is being held at Tri-County Regional Jail with bond set at $50,000 for allegedly stabbing a 23-year-old Richwood man. If convicted, Bender could serve up to eigh...

The Mental Health Recovery Board of Union County recently announced Philip D. Atkins will be resigning as the executive director and joining Harbor, Inc., a large behavioral health organization, as th...

Police officials are dealing with the aftermath and a local man is hospitalized and facing charges after the area’s first officer involved shooting in more than a decade. “I have been with the Plain C...

A Marysville man is in jail this morning after allegedly stabbing another man. Rosstin Guy Bender, 21, of 1663 block of Sassafras Lane, Marysville, was arrested at 4:10 p.m., Saturday, charged with fe...

David J. Bird, 61, of Michigan, was pronounced dead at 6:21 p.m. near the roundabout intersection of Industrial Parkway and Old Industrial Parkway. Investigators said the man was not wearing a helmet....

Sean Waitkus of Marysville achieved the rank of Eagle Scout on April 24 at his court of honor ceremony held at the Marysville Public Library. He is a member of Troop 634 of the Polaris District charte...

The City of Marysville celebrated the 150th anniversary of Arbor Day on Friday by planting three trees in Mill Valley South Park. The city, which has more than 8,200 trees as part of its management pl...

“There has been no policy change.” That’s the message Trevor Secord, CEO of the Union County Family YMCA, is working to get out. “If you have been using the YMCA, it’ll be exactly the same as it was l...

The Union County Sheriff’s Office is seeking help identifying the individual who stole a trailer from Store Ease on Industrial Parkway Monday morning. The man was driving the white Chevrolet 2500 truc...

Local election officials are preparing for next week’s primary election where political parties will select their candidates for the November election. Above, Gretchen Kinney, a part-time elections sp...

A portion of West Fifth Street was detoured Wednesday afternoon after a water line pipe fell from a trailer. Public Service Director Jeremy Hoyt said that at about 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, a contractor ...

It has been a busy week for Jonathan Alder Superintendent Gary Chapman. Monday, as part of a special board meeting, Chapman was approved as the new superintendent at Fredericktown Local School Distric...

In this photo from the Northeast Champaign County Fire District, hazmat crews from the Marysville and Jerome Township fire departments operate at the North Lewisburg wastewater plant Tuesday after a c...

Fairbanks Elementary School was evacuated shortly after 9 a.m. Tuesday. The school was emptied after officials noticed an odor in one of the first floor bathrooms. Students were moved into the high sc...

As the Village of Richwood Council discusses putting a new 3-mill, five-year levy on the ballot for street repairs, Union County Auditor Andrea Weaver told council members to consider if that is enoug...

For more than an hour Monday, Marysville City Council discussed a proposed housing development on the south side of the city. The question in front of council was whether or not to accept the planning...

Individuals instrumental in bettering the experience of local students were nominated by each building in the Marysville School District to receive a Good Apple Award at the recent board of education ...

North Union Elementary School (NUES) partnered with the Village of Richwood and the Richwood Park Trailblazers to celebrate Arbor Day 2022 recently. NUES sent 10 students to Richwood Park to help the ...

Another settlement with a developer recently reached by Jerome Township officials was met with opposition from area residents. In a split vote, the Board of Trustees approved a consent decree that wil...

The board of county commissioners of Union County recently recognized April as National County Government Month to highlight how local leaders work to build healthy, safe and vibrant counties for the ...

Triad third graders are pictured practicing their fraction skills in the “Cardinal’s Pizza” shop set up in Ms. Hannah Kilgore’s classroom. Third grade teachers in the district created three different ...

School officials said little the last eight times the City of Marysville put tax incentive agreements on residential developments. But the ninth appears to be the straw that broke the camel’s back. At...

The county commissioners recently asked Dr. Howard Fleeter to lead a special session about the fiscal impact of annual PILOT payments versus property taxes, which was met with mixed reactions from Uni...

Jerome Township officials are searching for a township administrator following the resignation of their former director of departments. During their most recent meeting, the Board of Trustees appointe...

Jonathan Alder’s baseball team slipped to 7-2 with a recent 9-4 loss to Licking Valley. The Pioneers managed only three hits and committed five fielding miscues. Chase Chopin, Andrew Harp and Garrett ...

Damages to the Union County Fairgrounds caused by mass COVID-19 vaccination clinics hosted by the local health department will be paid for with federal funding. During the Union County Health Departme...

The response map depicted above illustrates the area covered by the Jerome Township Division of Fire, divided into one-square mile areas. The green areas are those with an average response time that f...

The North Union Board of Education received a proposal from a turf management company to serve as a consultant on the turf field project. Board member Matthew Hall received the proposal and sent it to...

Marysville officials want to use money from the city’s stormwater fund to repave Hickory Gate Drive and Pepperbush Court. Officials said they needed to tear up portions of both streets for the recent ...

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire after an airstrike hit a tire shop in Lviv, Ukraine, Monday. Russian missiles hit the city of Lviv in western Ukraine on Monday, killing at least six people, Ukr...