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The Village of Richwood Council is involved in early discussions to create a multidistrict wastewater plant with Magnetic Springs that will be based in Richwood. Craig Mescher, a project manager at Ac...

City officials have approved an initial plan for a nearly 120 acres development near the Bunsold Middle School. Marysville’s Planning Commission unanimously approved the sketch plan of a project curre...

The proposed Grain Wedding and Event Center will be located at 404 S. Oak St. The building has served a variety of purposes including a seed facility for Scotts, a restaurant, a brewery and most recen...

Sheetz is expanding rapidly in the Central Ohio region and now the Pennsylvania based gas and convenience store chain has plans to come to Marysville. Skilken Gold Real Estate Development has applied ...

Pictured above is a Halloween display in the Peoria area. Most locations in the county have trick-or-treat planned for this final weekend of October. Readers are encouraged to submit photos of their c...

Schools across the state are experiencing shortages in substitute personnel and Marysville is no different. “There is a shortage of substitutes in our school district for various positions,” Marysvill...

Brian Morgan Lane was sentenced Wednesday to eight to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter, trafficking in cocaine and trafficking in a fentanyl-related compound. Lane ...

A new pedestrian walkway in Uptown Plain City will look slightly different than its original design, illustrated above. Most notably, the bump-out that pushes the parking lot into the path will be rem...

What started as an offensive comment about a man’s wife has led to felony charges. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Jeremiah Luzern Dingledine, 36, of 77 Commercial St., Milford Center. Dingle...

Jerome Township voters will cast their ballots on a proposed police levy renewal and two zoning referendums. The township has placed a renewal of its police levy of 1.1 mills with a 0.1 mill increase ...

Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, at left, speaks with Mayor Jody Carney’s children, at center, after announcing a $250,000 grant from the State of Ohio that will allow the village to install a second, 10-inch wat...

The Village of Richwood Council voted to increase the water rates for residents by 2% annually to cover operating expenses. Currently, the baseline for water bills in the village is $23.52 for the fir...

North Union High School is the polling place for registered voters living in the Village of Richwood and Claibourne, Jackson, Leesburg, Washington and York townships. This year, high school administra...

Gus “Squashcarver” Smithhisler, a nationally recognized professional carver, was at the recent Plain City Fall Festival to carve a giant pumpkin for the village. Smithhisler chose “Handsome Harold” th...

The 2022 budget presented at Monday night’s Marysville City Council meeting looked different than the budget presented at last week’s finance committee meeting. The city budget, presented Monday for p...

Voters in the Fairbanks School District are being asked to vote for three school board members. Incumbents Angie Bouic, Derek Nicol and Brian Phelps are each completing their first term on the Fairban...

The Village of Plain City will receive a $250,000 grant from the State of Ohio through Gov. Mike DeWine’s $93 million dollar infrastructure project. Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, pictured above, announced the ...

Plain City has will soon have a new administrator at its helm. Following Village Administrator Nathan Cahall’s resignation, Council moved Monday to appoint Management Analyst Haley Lupton as the Actin...

Route 31 was closed following crash involving two semi-trucks, involving a rollover, about 7:30 a.m. this morning, north of Wheeler-Green Road. Chief Tim Merrick with the Liberty Township Fire Departm...

Jerome Township officials are applying for grants to expand the area’s trails. The green areas represent existing parks in the township, while purple areas are residential developments. The red lines ...

Tri-Rivers Career Center seeks approval of a 1.3-mill renewal levy for current operating expenses. According to the Union County Auditor, the cost to taxpayers remains the same as the existing levy, $...

The Union County Health Department can now provide COVID-19 booster shots to those who received any type of the vaccine. In accordance with CDC guidance, booster doses are now approved for eligible in...

A group of developers and property owners who sued Jerome Township over what they claim are flaws in the area’s zoning system have offered the township a settlement. A settlement offer from the plaint...

Marysville’s Cameron Jones (4) jumps into the air with teammate Gabe Powers (36) to celebrate Jones’ 80-yard interception return for a touchdown during the second quarter of the Monarchs’ 35-13 win ov...

Marysville voters will have the opportunity to select the city council’s three at-large representatives. Current council members Henk Berbee, J.R. Rausch and Mark Reams are looking to hold onto the at...

Beginning Monday, masks will be optional for students and staff in the Marysville School District, despite the results of a parent survey that found a slim majority of families supported a continued m...

A pair of incumbents and a pair of newcomers are vying for two positions on the Jonathan Alder Board of Education. Shannon R. Foust and Mary Jo Boyd are looking to retain their seats on the board whil...

Triad educators are using the state report card from a “tough” pandemic year to plan for the district’s future. Although the 2020 data is not as comprehensive as it has been in years past, Chief Acade...

Editor’s note: The following information was supplied by Union County Community Concert Association Board Member Florence Allen. ––– The Union County Concert Association will welcome the Aladdin Shrin...