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The first student hasn’t walked through the door for the start of Marysville’s school year and the district has recorded its first positive case of coronavirus. Superintendent Diane Allen told members...

Union County Commissioner Chris Schmenk wore a yellow shirt symbolizing the centennial of women’s right to vote while speaking at a commemoration event Friday morning. Local officials planted a yellow...

Fairbanks High School football fans social-distanced Friday evening during a preseason scrimmage against Jonathan Alder. Attendance at high school sporting events will be limited this fall due to the ...

Just days before the start of school, Jonathan Alder school officials are taking steps to help the districts food service program stay afloat. At a special meeting Thursday, the district’s board of ed...

The photo above, taken by Robin Ansley Thompson, shows senior members of the Marysville football team. The image created an online uproar when opponents said some of the flags being held were racist i...

Triad Local Schools recently qualified for the Ohio Auditor of State Award with Distinction. Treasurer Connie Cohn said the district has received the award for eight of the last nine years. Pictured a...

As the Union County Health Department helps local school districts prepare for the upcoming year, officials are asking educators to “be agile.” During Wednesday’s Board of Health meeting, Union County...

Safety measures were in place this morning as students at Triad Local Schools returned to the buildings for their first day of in-person school in five months. Above, students wear masks and social di...

Drop boxes, like this one in Union County from this year’s primary election, will be provided at every board of elections office in Ohio. Local election officials want residents to know they can reque...

A Florida man is in custody after breaking through this side door and allegedly abducting an elderly man from Prestige Gardens on Plum Street in Marysville. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) A loc...

North Union is among several districts in the state recognized by the Ohio Department of Education for how they plan to engage families in the Reset and Restart Education for the coming school year. A...

Members of the Marysville High School football team bring a play to a halt during last week’s intrasquad scrimmage. Contact sports such as football and boys and girls soccer have been given the green ...

This year’s FestiFair Arts and Crafts Festival has been canceled due to concerns surrounding COVID-19. The event was originally scheduled for Sept. 12, 2020. Kimberly Hott, festival organizer, said co...

Plain City officials are alerting residents of water service interruptions that will occur over two days this week. According to the village, residents in the area of Beech Street and W. South Street ...

Following weeks of heated exchanges between residents and developers, Jerome Township Trustees approved a rezoning that will allow for The Farm at Indian Run development on McKitrick Road. While he sa...

The Plain City Farmers’ Market has been operating every Thursday with additional COVID-19 safety guidelines in place. Customers follow one-way paths with a specified entrance and exit to avoid physica...

Fairbanks Superintendent Adham Schirg said the district “turned a corner” Monday as schools welcomed teachers back into the buildings for the first time since March. He said teachers will be going thr...

A former Marysville resident is in Tri-County Regional Jail, charged with attacking a former roommate. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Cody Lane Ramey, 29, of Bellefontaine, charging him with...

The driver of a motorcycle was transported by Careflight after being hit “head-on” during a crash on Middleburg Plain City Road Monday night. Officials said the driver was listed in critical, but stab...

With only a few weeks before school begins in the North Union Local Schools, the Board of Education met Monday evening to determine how the school year will look. A partnership with the state and coun...

Marysville workers have been putting a lot of hours on the city wood chipper after Friday’s storms ripped tree limbs to the ground in several neighborhoods. Above, Neil Vollrath puts the chipper throu...

In the photo above, storm damage can be seen on Friday to the temporary fencing in front of the Avalon Theater. In the photo below, a billboard off Clymer Road and Industrial Parkway is blown over by ...

A fire at Kirby’s Auto Parts and Towing in Richwood resulted in approximately 60 cars ablaze Friday afternoon. Northern Union County Joint Fire and EMS District Chief Randy Riffle said first responder...

Nearly 900 Marysville students opt to learn from home In Marysville, a collection of students roughly the size of the entire Triad School District have opted to learn from home when school begins on A...

Plain City officials are working to maintain a balanced budget as the village continues to grow. During Thursday’s Personnel and Finance Committee meeting, which was held in conjunction with the Capit...

Above, Parker Reese, a Marysville High School student and Boy Scout Troop 634, recently completed his Eagle Scout project. He and a group of volunteers invested over 300 hours in painting over graffit...

A Richwood man on a mobility scooter was struck by a bus on Thursday near the intersection of North Franklin and East Blagrove streets, but received only minor injuries. According to Richwood Police C...

A man and woman are now facing charges after allegedly selling a fatal dose of fentanyl to a local man. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted James William Walden IV and his girlfriend Amanda Stiga...

Nolan Dove, 3, reacts as water is sprayed on his back at the Marysville Municipal Swimming Pool, Wednesday. Though virus-related capacity limits have kept numbers down at the local swimming pool, 37 d...

U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, who has served Ohio’s fourth congressional district since 2007, stopped by the office of the Marysville Journal-Tribune Wednesday as part of his meetings with constituents, busin...