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Incarcerated women at the Ohio Reformatory for Women raise their hands and sing along as Wade Spencer, an award-winning country and gospel artist, performs the song “I’ll Fly Away” at Prison Fellowshi...

The Union County Health Department is offering free COVID-19 test kits for the winter holiday season. Due to a high turnout at UCHD’s Thanksgiving test kit event, at-home kits will be available for dr...

Hope Center Executive Director Becky Bolt addresses the Marysville Board of Education during a meeting at Bunsold Middle School Thursday. The Hope Center may be forced out of its current Chestnut Stre...

The Village of Richwood will receive a $2.6 million grant to replace the existing water treatment facility in Ohio BUILDS water infrastructure grants. As a result of continued corrosion and deteriorat...

Increasingly, emergency rooms across the state and region are going on EMS diversion. In the last few months Memorial Hospital has had to implement a temporary EMS diversion many times. From 2014-2020...

Steffen Baldwin was in court for his criminal trial Wednesday. The trial was continued to allow one of the victims and witness to recover from surgery. As part of the hearing Wednesday, it was reveale...

A rendering of a potential design for Uptown Plain City from OHM Advisors is shown above. The planning and engineering firm will create a master plan for the overall design of the Uptown district. (Gr...

After adjustments were made last year for COVID-19 safety precautions, the Care Train of Union County annual auction returns in person on Saturday at McAuliffe’s ACE Hardware, 1299 W. Fifth St. Care T...

Tempers flared and arguments boiled over Tuesday night as Jerome Township trustees attempted to negotiate the terms of their public safety officer contract with the Union County Sheriff’s Office. The ...

Deputies from the Union County Sheriff’s Office responded to a string of thefts from vehicles in the 14000 block of Willow Court, Pleasant Ridge Drive and Hinton Mill Road Tuesday morning between 7:30...

Plain City’s Bicentennial Park has been transformed into Candy Cane Lane for the season. The Flat Iron is festooned in peppermint swirls of red and white as ginger people dance. The North Pole mailbox...

Editor’s note: The following article is submitted by Tri-Rivers Career Center. ––– The University of Akron (UA) and Tri-Rivers Career Center (TRCC) entered into an agreement that will allow area stude...

After months of legal wrangling, a court agreement could approve four contentious residential developments in Jerome Township. As part of a draft consent decree approved by the Board of Trustees, the ...

A victim of abuse at home as a teenager, Jermaine Ferguson said he found comfort around teachers within the walls of Marysville schools. “The school was a place of safety and refuge for me,” Ferguson ...

Several of the city’s newly elected officials were sworn in before Monday night’s city council meeting. Above, Municipal Court Judge Robert Parrott, who performed the swearing-in, congratulates counci...

It is the time of year for dog owners to think about purchasing tags. Dog licenses are available now through Jan. 31. A one-year dog license is $18 and three-year dog licenses are $54. Permanent, nont...

He was a saxophonist, not a lord, but this member of the Marysville Marching Band, above, was leaping nonetheless as his group made its way through town Sunday as part of the annual Christmas parade. ...

The Village of Richwood held its 2021 Christmas Parade on Saturday afternoon. The Richwood Area Business Association (RABA) awarded Kale Marketing the title of best business display for its float carr...

Dan Behrens, right, is retiring after 50 years as a magistrate in Marysville Municipal Court. A reception was held Friday in the courtroom to honor Behrens, who primarily handled duties in small claim...

The areas in which COVID-19 grant funding was spent from Feb. 20, 2021 through Oct. 31, 2021 is illustrated in the graphic created by Union County Health Department Fiscal Officer Amy Hamilton. She sa...

The Union County Commissioners are making final changes in hopes of passing a budget. Assistant County Administrator and Budget Officer Letitia Rayl said the 2022 budget has been completed. “We have s...

Nineteen individuals have expressed interest in the open position on the Marysville Board of Education. “We’re thrilled to have the number of applications we received,” Board President Sue Devine said...

As November has rolled into December, all of Union County is beginning to look like Christmas. Wednesday, crews from the county facilities department, including William Griffith, left, and Kyle Wiley,...

A Powell man will need to register as a Tier II sexual offender, but he will not be going to prison. In July, Anthony Delgado, 23, of Powell, pleaded guilty to three counts of unlawful sexual conduct ...

As December begins, local families are counting down the days until Christmas. As the number dwindles, more and more homes - like the one on Seventh Street, pictured above - are reflecting the Christm...

The Plain City Community Singers will present two opportunities to join them for holiday music this year. Concerts will be performed Sunday, Dec. 12 at 3 p.m. and Wednesday, Dec. 15 at 7 p.m., both at...

Santa will travel through Plain City to greet the local girls and boys Saturday evening following Christmas Under the Clock. Santa will start his journey in Uptown Plain City, marked by the pinpoint a...

Bill Narducci has signed a conditional offer to become Union County’s administrator. “Being in this county 12 years, I kind of feel this is a great opportunity for me to learn more and have a say in h...

In a split vote, Jerome Township Trustees voted to approve a consent decree surrounding the pending lawsuit filed against the township by a group of developers and property owners. The agreement follo...

Marysville could be getting new wards and some residents could be getting a new council representative. By city charter, council is required to reconsider the council wards every decade following the ...