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Rosemary Hodnichak, of Marysville, looks up at Santa Claus at his house in Partners Park Monday evening. While the tot didn’t have a wish list for him, she was happy to see the Jolly Elf. Hodnichak an...

Above, crowds packed Partners Park on Monday evening for Marysville’s annual Christmas Walk and Christmas tree lighting. Above, Santa and Marysville Mayor Mark Reams pull the candy cane switch to ligh...

County officials are working on a plan to remove a series of log jams from Mill Creek. There are 63,843 acres on 12,360 properties in the Mill Creek Watershed. The project is expected to cost between ...

Retailers around the country and locally reported lighter than expected attendance at Black Friday sales events, which were more muted than in years past. While Black Friday shopping may not be what i...

Plain City Council recently approved a 2022 budget that looks toward the future. Village Administrator Haley Lupton said that planned spending will revolve around an emphasis on infrastructure, employ...

Local officials met on Tuesday to discuss funding for the proposed multi-district wastewater plant based in Richwood. Union County Commissioner Dave Burke, former County Engineer and former County Com...

Volunteers prepared 559 meals at the First United Methodist Church on the corner of Sixth and Court streets Thursday morning for individuals in Union County for the Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinne...

Plain City Council recently approved a compensation plan that will gradually increase the number of village employees. A flow chart depicting the future organizational structure of the village is illu...

The Union County Health Department and its partners are encouraging local residents to drive safely during the Thanksgiving holiday. “With the Thanksgiving holiday kicking off a very merry time of yea...

Marysville officials want the community to know they have had discussions about making improvements to the traffic at the Five Points Intersection. As part of the planning commission report at Monday ...

A look inside the city Christmas Tree Marysville’s Partners Park is starting to look like Christmas. Workers spent Monday morning erecting the city’s Christmas Tree. The crew was waiting for a bucket ...

Plain City Council is deciding how to fill the void, as Uptown Plain City Organization is disbanding. Council member Shannon Pine, who has served as the head of UPCO’s design committee, said the organ...

The City of Marysville and local firefighters’ union are in the middle of a dispute involving overtime. “They are grieving how they are paid overtime,” said Marysville City Administrator Terry Emery. ...

The Union County Fair Board has announced it will hire Mike Schnell as the new fair manager. Schnell will begin his new position on Dec. 6, 2021. “We are excited to add Mike to the team, his passion f...

County officials are already planning for a total eclipse happening April 8, 2024. All of Union County will experience between two and four minutes of total darkness between 3 p.m. and 3:10 p.m. The l...

Jennifer (Nelson) Heinmiller, a 2003 graduate of Marysville High School, has co-edited a dictionary of southern Appalachian vernacular with Dr. Michael B. Montgomery, a Distinguished Professor Emeritu...

Jonathan Alder students are pictured waiting in line to be served lunch. Districts throughout the county are being impacted by supply chain issues, from shortages of pizza and chicken to Styrofoam tra...

Plain City Council formed one new committee Monday evening and considered eliminating another. Council unanimously approved the group of individuals who will serve on the village administrator search ...

Residents Steve and Chris Davis approached the Village of Richwood Council during its meeting on Monday with concerns about livestock in the village, beautification of the downtown area, snow and ice ...

Marysville storm water rates will likely be increasing, though there will be some time before that happens. At a recent city finance committee meeting, members questioned the number of storm water pro...

The Union County Health Department is hosting a drive-thru pick-up for at-home COVID-19 test kits from 1-4 p.m. today. The health department is encouraging local families to “test before giving thanks...

Marysville senior offensive lineman Gavin Rohrs is awash with disappointment as he holds the Regional runner-up trophy after the Monarchs fell to Springfield 27-0 Friday night at Hilliard Darby. The l...

Students at Plain City Elementary School got an unplanned vacation day Friday. Jonathan Alder officials closed the school building Friday after staff smelled what they called, “a strong burning odor l...

Students who participate in the Bunsold After School Enrichment (BASE) program meet after classes for tutoring, homework help and extracurricular activities. BASE is planning to launch an Esports Leag...

Thursday’s school board meeting was a lesson in arithmetic for the Marysville District. During the span of one meeting, the district subtracted two days from the school calendar, added five years to t...

Streets in uptown Marysville were blocked off Thursday night so that the community could rally behind the Marysville High School Football team ahead of today’s regional final. A few hundred students a...

Triad is turning to creative methods in an attempt to mitigate staffing shortages felt by school districts throughout the state. The district filled several custodial and bus driver positions after ho...

Union County Health Commissioner Jason Orcena said the area recently began seeing an uptick in COVID-19 cases, though it’s too early to tell if another surge is on the horizon. During Wednesday’s Boar...

The Jerome Township police protection levy officially failed, according to results certified by the Union County Board of Elections Wednesday. Union County Board of Elections Director Tina LaRoche sai...

The community will celebrate the Marysville High School Football Team reaching the Elite 8 with a pep rally on Thursday in front of the Avalon Theatre at 6 p.m. The Marysville Police Department said r...