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Educators at Triad are working to close the gap created by distance learning during 2020. Elementary School Principal Lee Claypool told the Board of Education recently that the district’s investment i...

A Columbus man could be facing as many as three decades in prison after allegedly breaking into an ex-girlfriend’s apartment and assaulting the residents. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Sean...

Local resident Rich Cencula was honored by the Quilts of Valor organization this weekend. The foundation brings comfort to veterans who were touched by war by giving them hand-made quilts. Cencula, wh...

Now limited to seniors and those with disabilities, program plans move into public transportation The Union County Area Transportation Services (UCATS) may be transitioning to a public transportation ...

All Honda mass production auto plants, including the Marysville Auto Plant, have earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ENERGY STAR certification for outstanding energy efficiency for 2020. T...

Surveillance footage from a Thursday morning car theft revealed new information on the suspects and vehicles stolen. Video from the Coughlin Chrysler Marysville dealership shows the suspects arriving ...

Tree trimming in the City of Marysville, shown above on Court Street this week, is expected to continue for the next week or two City officials have said their pruning does not look like tree trimming...

Officials at the Coughlin Chrysler Marysville car dealership, 15777 Watkins Road, clean up and work to keep cars out of the glass spread in the parking lot after a theft this morning. The thieves drov...

Members of the Marysville FFA Ag Sales team have swept the sub-district and district contests placing first in each. The Ag Sales event requires members to go through the process of selling an agricul...

Above, Tina LaRoche, Union County Board of Elections Deputy Director, left, watches on as Michelle Forrider, election specialist, and Mike Huff kiss for the first time as husband and wife. The newlywe...

Fairbanks Local Schools will use federal COVID relief money to fund a series of programs aimed at mitigating the loss of learning caused by the virus. Superintendent Adham Schirg said the district rec...

Plain City Council and administrators are working to ensure council goals align with the village’s budget. Council recently called a special meeting to finalize their short-term and long-term plans fo...

As Marysville City Council begins to look at life after COVID, one of the questions that is returning is whether or not to livestream meetings. The topic, which has been an issue for nearly a year and...

At Monday’s meeting of the North Union Board of Education, Superintendent Rich Baird presented an update of how the coronavirus is affecting students in the district. The goal has been to get the stud...

Due to an issue with notifying residents, Plain City Council recently continued a hearing regarding a proposed residential development at the corner of North Chillicothe Street and Noteman Street. If ...

Richwood Village Administrator Monte Asher will meet Thursday for a Pre-Construction meeting regarding the South Franklin Street project. Asher told council members at Monday’s meeting that the projec...

A position on the Marysville Charter Review Board, as well as several other city boards, could soon be more lucrative. Marysville City Council is expected to hear legislation to make a seat on the cit...

Icicles, like these in the Residences at Green Pastures, can form during bright, sunny, days when ice or snow is melted by warm sunlight and then refreezes as it drips. With warmer temperatures predic...

This week is Grain Bin Safety Week as area farmers are reminded of the dangers associated with their drying operations. Pictured above, Marysville firefighters take part in a previous first responder ...

Jerome Township Trustees recently rezoned the land where Amazon plans to build its data center. The 99.5 acre plot of land is located on the south side of Warner Road, west of Industrial Parkway. The ...

Marysville High School and Marysville Early College High School crowned their 2021 winter Homecoming kings and queens Friday evening. Pictured from left are King Logan McSwords and Queen Gracie Kruse ...

The owners of Leon’s Garage, 326 E. Fifth St., have put a pause on plans to include a microbrewery at 129 N. Oak St., Marysville. Initially, expansion plans for Leon’s Garage included the construction...

Officials in the Marysville School District are pleasantly surprised with the resiliency of local students despite nearly a full year of virus-impacted learning. A presentation at Thursday night’s Mar...

Marysville street crews worked into the night Thursday to remove snow piles from the city’s Uptown area. A snow blower attached to a Bobcat tossed snow into the back of a dump truck to get it off the ...

Sief Alafifi, 22, of Columbus, was cited for failure to main assured clear distance ahead this morning after a two-vehicle crash involving a Union County Sheriff’s cruiser. Deputy Chief Tony Brooks of...

Like they have done so many times the last couple of weeks, local residents spent the early morning hours shoveling or plowing snow. Above, Gene Miller uses his garden tractor to clear the sidewalks a...

Cpl. Nate Stone, of the Marysville Division of Police, was recently named Crisis Intervention Team Officer of the Year for Union County. As mental health related calls increase, law enforcement offici...

Union County Health Commissioner Jason Orcena said he is encouraged by the positive developments surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, in part due to the local mass vaccination efforts. “We’re not quite ...

In a year upended by the coronavirus pandemic, 2020 was still a rewarding season for the Jerome Township Division of Fire. “The Division of Fire is just so vital to our community and what they provide...

Kyrell Stauffer, 15, above, and Kaiden Johnson, 16, below, both of Marysville, threw caution to the wind Tuesday, going airborne on their sleds as they went down a hill at the Marysville Reservoir. Se...