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North Union Local School Superintendent Richard Baird provided a COVID-19 response update to the board of education Monday, stating that face coverings will be optional at school and during school act...

Kathy House, of the Central Ohio Youth Center, left, and Corie Bix, of the United Way of Union County, stand with a portion of the school supplies collected during the “Learn United” School Supply Dri...

Patrons of the All Ohio Balloon Fest, shown above, enjoy shopping from balloon venders. The All Ohio Balloon Fest was held Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the Union County Airport. Attendance just ov...

The 2007 Kawasaki motorcycle pictured above was found at the scene of a motorcycle crash in the 26000 block of Route 31 early Saturday morning. The driver of the motorcycle, David P. Winkle Jr., 39, o...

Marysville City Council will hear a plan next week to deal with Uptown parking during snow emergencies. At a recent meeting, the Marysville Public Safety/Public Service Committee voted to recommend le...

Country music star Mitchell Tenpenny entertains the crowd during Friday evening’s All Ohio Balloon Fest at the Union County Airport. The event will conclude this evening. (All Ohio Balloon Fest photo ...

This graph shows growth in Union County from the 2020 census. Marysville and Union County residents know the area has seen growth. Now they know exactly how much growth. Thursday afternoon, the U.S. C...

A missing person’s report has led to felony charges against a local man. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Zane Corban, 22, of 32 Spruce Drive. Corban is charged with two counts of unlawful sex...

Crowds poured into the Union County Airport for the first day of the 2021 All Ohio Balloon Fest - before the rain began to pour, too. Performances from opening acts Shane Stephens Band and Cliff Cody,...

The man allegedly responsible for stealing nearly $18,000 worth of lawn mowers from a local store has been indicted. The Union County Grand Jury has charged Michael Anthony Caldwell, 64, of Columbus, ...

Clinton A. Rice and a juvenile passenger were riding this 2003 Harley Davidson motorcycle when they hit a truck turning into a driveway on Buck Run Road. (Photo submitted) A Milford Center man has die...

Officials from Richwood met with the Union County Commissioners on Wednesday to provide an update about the former Richwood Opera House development efforts and discuss funding opportunities for the pr...

Stage is set for Balloon Fest Volunteers with a mission group from Lima help set up the stage for the All Ohio Balloon Fest today at the Union County Airport. Gates open today at 5 p.m. when the Shane...

Attendees at a previous All Ohio Balloon Fest are pictured gathering for the nightly balloon glow. Though the Belgian owners of the Yoda and Darth Vader balloons could not enter the country this year ...

A group of local governments have each approved the terms of a national opioid settlement agreement. At recent meetings, Marysville, Plain City, Richwood and Union County opted in to a settlement that...

Tim Goodwin, the former fiscal officer of the Village of Richwood, paid the village $20,973 in penalty fees following a report from the state auditor’s office. The Journal-Tribune and Richwood Gazette...

After settling into the new municipal building, Plain City officials are preparing to sell one of the former village properties. Council voted unanimously Monday to authorize Village Administrator Nat...

Marysville City Council held a first reading for plans to annex and rezone 100 acres at the intersection at Route 31 and Amrine Wood Road. Pulte Homes is planning a 300 home development for that site....

Pictured in this file photo from 2020 are the finished basketball courts inside the new North Union Student Wellness Center. (Journal-Tribune Photo by Sam Dillon) A recently constructed student wellne...

Plain City officials are implementing new measures to slow down speeding drivers in Pastime Park. The specific area of concern is the path from the north entrance, at the top right corner of the graph...

A lovers triangle that turned violent has led to felony charges against a man and another woman. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Shannon Marie Burbank, 42, and Robert T. Brill, 44, both of 22...

Editor’s note: The following information is provided by Union County Community Concert Association Board Member Florence Allen. ––– The Union County Community Concert Association has announced it’s up...

The City of Marysville is in line to receive some help to fight opioid addiction. Marysville is eligible for $77,840, according to the terms of a settlement reached last month. In July, a bipartisan c...

Volunteers of the Marysville chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace deliver a bed to a Marysville apartment on Dec. 20, 2020. Pictured, from left, are John Mangas, Steve Smith, Jose Banaag and Marty Logsd...

The Richwood Revitalization Committee, a subcommittee of the Village of Richwood Council, must find the funds to install a rubber roof on the Richwood Opera House to prevent further water damage to th...

With Trinity Lutheran Church in the foreground, three hot air balloons drift over Marysville Thursday evening. With the All Ohio Balloon Fest slated for next week, local residents will likely see doze...

Memorial Health employees will have to wait until Friday afternoon to find out the details of the system’s COVID vaccine mandate. In an email to staff Wednesday afternoon, Memorial CEO Chip Hubbs said...

Union County voters will have a lot of choices to make Nov. 2. Voters will decide seats for each city and village council in the county, as well as each township board of trustees and board of educati...

Kathy Hull is shown above making her selection at a previous Union County Master Gardener Plant Sale. The 17th annual plant sale will be held in the Armory Building at the Union County Fairgrounds on ...

Plain City officials are considering changes to the village ordinances that govern building designs in the Uptown Historic District. During Wednesday’s council work session, Village Administrator Nath...