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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...

Monday morning snowfall   hangs on flowers planted at the small community park and mural near the intersection of Fourth and Main streets. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

Marysville’s Public Service/Public Safety committee is considering a permit and inspection program for rental properties in the city. At the body’s recent meeting, Zach Andrews, the city’s code enforc...

Editor’s note: The following information was provided by UCCCA board member Florence Allen. ––– The Union County Community Concert Association will hold the last concert of the season on Thursday when...

Patrons at more than a dozen Marysville restaurants and bars will be able to walk and shop in the Uptown with alcohol daily. At its recent meeting, the council approved expanding the boundaries and ho...

When North Lewisburg created its own police force in 2020, village officials knew they would need some help. The village budgeted for a pair of officers to give the village coverage for about 80 hours...

Hundreds of Plain City children bundled up and braved the cold and rain recently to hunt Easter eggs, interact with fire trucks and even meet the Easter Bunny at the village’s annual egg hunt in Pasti...

Area churches invite the public to attend special Holy Week activities and Easter services. Friday, April 15 -- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, 1033 W. Fifth St., Stations of the Cross - 3 p.m. -...

Officials from the Village of Plain City, Plain City Police Department and the Pleasant Valley Fire District joined together Wednesday to support #OhioWearsBlue, part of a statewide initiative to rais...

The Union County Commissioners have passed legislation that would allow solar farms to locate in the county, as long as they meet certain requirements and get approval from the township where they wil...

Jerome Township officials held a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday for the Jerome Township Division of Fire’s second fire station, Station 211, located at 11840 Ewing Road. Pictured are, from left, Tr...

Plain City Council unanimously rejected what would have been the village’s first Tax Incremental Financing (TIF) agreement, and may have rejected a new residential development in the process. “This ma...