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Summer sting
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By From JT Staff Reports 
July 7, 2020
A colony of yellow jackets was recently spotted building a nest. The species of wasps build nests from wood they have chewed up into a pulp, which becomes a paper-like substance when dry. Yellow jacke...
Fairbanks eyes two days a week in classroom
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By Mac Cordell 
July 6, 2020
Fairbanks officials want parents to prepare for the possibility of students attending class just two days a week and a later start date. Following Gov. Mike DeWine’s recommendations Thursday, Fairbank...
2020 a better year for farmers
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By Michael Williamson 
July 6, 2020
A cornfield south of Marysville is looking healthy and full this year. Last year, farmers around the county experienced delayed planting or no planting at all due to heavy and constant rains. (Journal...
Holiday weekend is scorcher
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By From JT Staff Reports 
July 6, 2020
Two women walk a dog at the Marysville Reservoir over the holiday weekend as a line of geese cool off in the water. With temperatures breaking into the 90s throughout the weekend, area residents sough...
Online spat draws claims of racism
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By Mac Cordell 
July 2, 2020
Words have meaning and power, especially the words of community leaders and their family members. That’s the message Marysville’s Jermaine Ferguson wants people to know. Tuesday, Ferguson posted a mes...
Seasonal bloom
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By From JT Staff Reports 
July 2, 2020
Jordan Gerard, a seasonal park grounds employee with the city, empties trash cans at Pavilion Park in Uptown in preparation for the upcoming holiday. Gerard has been working for Marysville seasonally ...
Health center receives PPE
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By From JT Staff Reports 
July 2, 2020
Lower Lights Christian Health Center recently received two pallets of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) from the State of Ohio. The organization received 14 cases of 40 face shields; nine boxes of N...
Agencies urge residents to avoid impaired driving over holiday
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By From JT Staff Reports 
July 2, 2020
During the holiday weekend, local agencies are reminding Union County residents to stay safe and drive sober. The Union County Safe and Sound Coalition and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Nati...
Plain City street projects move forward
News, Plain City
By Michael Williamson 
July 1, 2020
Although some of Plain City’s projects have been put on hold for the year due to COVID-19, the village plans to move forward with a handful of street projects. One of the plans still in motion involve...
Window work
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By From JT Staff Reports 
July 1, 2020
Jason Deere, an elder and deacon at Rock Church Marysville, is pictured caulking windows at the former Ohio National Guard building earlier this week. The church recently installed a new roof, windows...
Rider hurt after motorcycle hits ODOT mower
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By From JT Staff Reports 
July 1, 2020
A Delaware man was transported by MedFlight after striking the rear of an Ohio Department of Transportation tractor while riding his motorcycle Tuesday. According to the Marysville Post of the Ohio St...
Fairbanks waits for guidance from state on reopening
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By Mac Cordell 
July 1, 2020
Fairbanks officials are looking at how they will return to school in the fall. “We have constructed contingency plans for a variety of scenarios that we could encounter throughout the course of the ye...
Multi-county theft ring allegedly netted $29,000 in cigarettes
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By Mac Cordell 
June 30, 2020
Members of an alleged multi-county theft ring have been indicted locally. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Gabriel Louis Odom, Andrew K. Foster and Tracie Nicole Chambers. Foster, 51, whose co...
Family honors firefighters
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By From JT Staff Reports 
June 30, 2020
A local family recently created homemade t-shirts to thank first responders in Liberty Township and Raymond for their service to the community during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rose and Bill Wibley, along...
New commander shares vision
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By Mac Cordell 
June 29, 2020
In November, Lt. Shawn D. Cook, above, was named post commander for the Marysville Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. Since then, a global pandemic, wide spread racial unrest and protests about la...
Grant will help young people gain new skills
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By Kayleen Petrovia 
June 29, 2020
Beyond the struggles caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the Hope Center sees an opportunity to help community members and businesses alike. “What God has worked out here… is a double blessing,” said ...
Tennis anyone
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By From JT Staff Reports 
June 29, 2020
Mason Miller, 8, returns a serve during lessons being given by Haley Schellin at the Grove Street tennis courts this morning. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kevin Behrens)
Local man charged in Toledo bank robbery
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By Mac Cordell 
June 26, 2020
Law enforcement officials allege James Robert Eickemeyer of Marysville is pictured in this surveillance photo from a bank in Toledo. Eickemeyer is accused of robbing the Huntington Bank in Toledo on W...
Local small business grants announced
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By Mac Cordell 
June 26, 2020
Officials announced Thursday that the Union County 3R Small Business Relief Grant Program will distribute $196,500 in emergency financial assistance to 43 local businesses. “We want to help small busi...
City may explore noise ordinance
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By Chad Williamson 
June 25, 2020
Bruce Daniels, left, gestures towards plans he and Rick Crago, in the pink shirt, have for an expansion project at the property containing Leon’s Garage and the House of Spirits, during a meeting Wedn...
Hope Center, Bridges Community Action in line for grants
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By From JT Staff Reports 
June 25, 2020
Two local nonprofit organizations are recommended to receive nearly $21,000 to assist Union County residents with rent and mortgage costs. The Hope Center will receive $12,973 from Phase CARES while B...
Rock the Clock event pushed back – at best
News, Plain City
By Kayleen Petrovia 
June 24, 2020
The fate of Plain City’s annual Rock the Clock event is up in the air following an initial denial of plans by Madison County Public Health. Erin Fawley, Director of Community Health and Accreditation ...
Kenmore Place beginning
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By From JT Staff Reports 
June 24, 2020
Crews have started creating infrastructure for the 264-unit Kenmore Place apartment complex to be built on 18.76 acres behind Meijer on Coleman’s Crossing Boulevard. The complex is planned to have 11,...
Modified Richwood Fair will have rides, entertainment
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By Sherryl Sheets of the Richwood Gazette 
June 24, 2020
Everyone will agree that the year 2020 has been nothing less than challenging in our daily lives, work lives, school, you name it. We want to get life back to normal, and the Richwood Fair Board is ho...
Plain City patio plan faces opposition
News, Plain City
By Kayleen Petrovia 
June 24, 2020
An ordinance that would allow local businesses to extend patios or dining areas into the public right-of-way continues to receive pushback from one Plain City council member. Council Member Frank Reed...
Crane sighting
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By From JT Staff Reports 
June 24, 2020
Marysville’s Morey Park, at the corner of East Ninth Street and London Avenue has a long-legged resident. This crane took a break in the Town Run, which has been incorporated into the recently created...
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By Mac Cordell 
June 23, 2020
Monday was “a wonderful night” for Marysville, said City Manager Terry Emery. “We got a lot of good news in one meeting,” Council Member Mark Reams said. The good news came as city leaders officially ...
Longtime street problem in Richwood may finally see solution
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By Sherryl Sheets of the Richwood Gazette 
June 23, 2020
For several years, residents who live on the east side of Dudley Circle have been waiting for a paved street in their neighborhood and have been told repeatedly that it would be finished. Richwood Vil...