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State Auditor honors city finance department
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By Mac Cordell 
October 29, 2019
Ohio Auditor of State Keith Faber was at Marysville City Council Monday to present Finance Director Justin Nahvi with the Ohio Auditor of State’s Award with Distinction. Faber also presented the city ...
Richwood seeks state money for park projects
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By Sherryl Sheets of the Richwood Gazette 
October 29, 2019
State Representative Tracy Richardson will be presenting a request on behalf of the Richwood Village Council for funds from the $15 million statewide Capital budget. Mayor Scott Jerew told council tha...
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By Mac Cordell 
October 28, 2019
Marysville’s Zoning Department will be trying a couple pieces of technology in hopes of making it easier for citizens to do business with it and, eventually, other city departments. The zoning departm...
Lady Monarchs win district
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By From JT Staff Reports 
October 28, 2019
The Marysville High School girls soccer team didn’t mind the wet conditions Saturday afternoon during the Division I district championship match at Dublin Jerome High School. In the above photo, membe...
MHS grad brings opera production to central Ohio
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By Kayleen Petrovia 
October 28, 2019
Pictured above in a submitted publicity photo is Matt Gray, a Marysville native, who is returning to Ohio for his production of As One with Opera Columbus. Gray has previously directed the show at New...
Scareysville a success
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By From JT Staff Reports 
October 28, 2019
Despite the wet weather, Marysville streets were filled Saturday with cowboys and Indians, along with little ghosts, cops, princesses, football players, witches, dinosaurs and others as businesses tra...
Alert neighbor prompts Mill Valley arrest
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By Mac Cordell 
October 26, 2019
Above, Lacey J. Hartman is seen in the holding cell at the Marysville Police Department. While in the cell, Hartman allegedly removed drugs from inside her clothes and flushed them down the cell’s toi...
Triad supports student’s fight against cancer
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By Kayleen Petrovia 
October 26, 2019
Triad students, including Audra Millice, center, participated in a haircutting event Friday morning in support of Calie McDaniel, a freshman battling cancer. Participants measured their hair with oran...
Reisinger earns Eagle Scout
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By From JT Staff Reports 
October 26, 2019
Daniel Reisinger of Milford Center recently completed his Eagle Scout project, construction of a Ceremonial Flag Retirement Burn Pit located at VFW Post 3320 in Marysville. (Photo submitted) The Boy S...
JA remains perfect
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By From JT Staff Reports 
October 26, 2019
Jonathan Alder’s Jacob Fenik, right, makes a tackle during first quarter action Friday, as teammate Jackson Izzard (5) looks on. The Pioneers remained unbeaten on the season, topping Springfield Shawn...
Memorial to increase minimum wage to $15 an hour
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By Chad Williamson 
October 25, 2019
For Memorial Health to compete with the health systems of Columbus for employees, it must offer competitive wages, even at its lowest levels. Memorial Health Board of Trustees members learned at Thurs...
Meet the Candidates night held
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By From JT Staff Reports 
October 25, 2019
Those running for a variety of offices around the community participated in a meet the candidates night Thursday. The event was organized by the Union County Chamber of Commerce Legislative Committee ...
United Way at 40% of campaign goal
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By From JT Staff Reports 
October 25, 2019
United Way of Union County volunteers gathered recently at the organization’s new impact thermometer on the Union County Courthouse lawn to mark reaching the 40 percent mark of the 2019 goal of $1.1 m...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
October 25, 2019
Editor’s note: The following information is provided by Union County Community Concert Association Board Member Florence Allen. ––– Thursday evening, concert attendees at Marysville High School welcom...
Golf carts on city streets still possible
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By Mac Cordell 
October 24, 2019
Above, and below, is a map of Marysville streets and shows a draft proposal of streets on which golf carts and other low speed vehicles would be allowed and where they would not. The vehicles are curr...
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By Mac Cordell 
October 24, 2019
The Union County Grand Jury has indicted a pair of men on unrelated charges, stemming from two separate deaths. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Dustin James Redmon, 27, of Marion, charging hi...
Paduchik speaks at Republican event
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By From JT Staff Reports 
October 24, 2019
Pictured above, Bob Paduchik, senior advisor to the Trump 2020 Campaign and former Co-Chairman of the Republican National Committee, is shown speaking at the Union County Republican Party’s Presidents...
Crash closes Northwest Parkway
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By From JT Staff Reports 
October 24, 2019
Northwest Parkway was temporarily closed in both directions this morning, as first responders cleared the roadway of debris following a two-vehicle accident that occurred at approximately 8:45 a.m. Of...
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By Mac Cordell 
October 23, 2019
A Windmill Drive man could be facing more than six decades in prison after allegedly watching then raping a child. Timothy Allen Bruce, 50, of 460 Windmill Drive, Apt. 41, Marysville, has been indicte...
Appeals court makes local appearance
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By From JT Staff Reports 
October 23, 2019
The Ohio Third District Court of Appeals visited the Union County Courthouse on Tuesday. The court, based out of Lima, tried to visit each of the 17 counties on the district. Above. Judges, from left,...
Ohio Supreme Court: Referendum votes will be counted
News, Plain City
By Mac Cordell 
October 23, 2019
A Jerome Township ballot measure will be counted. The Ohio Supreme Court recently ruled that a referendum initiative on the November ballot will be counted. In January, Paragon Building Group, Ltd., f...
Village to replace water valves
News, Plain City
By From JT Staff Reports 
October 23, 2019
Plain City will be replacing water valves throughout the village, beginning today. The valves to be replaced are connected to the main water delivery lines, not individual homes. Several streets will ...
North Union Board views technology demonstration
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By Sherryl Sheets of the Richwood Gazette 
October 23, 2019
The North Union Board of Education watched a demonstration regarding robotics technology from middle school and high school robotics teams at Monday’s regular meeting. Kristi Matlack, the robotics coa...
Texas Roadhouse clears BZA hurdle
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By Mac Cordell 
October 22, 2019
Pictured above is the exterior of the Texas Roadhouse facility in Grove City. Marysville Board of Zoning Appeals has approved a variance to allow the planned Marysville restaurant to face U.S. 33 inst...
Man indicted for attack with a pencil
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By Mac Cordell 
October 21, 2019
A man could be facing nearly two decades in prison after allegedly breaking into a Marysville home and attacking the resident with a pencil. Andrew Joseph Israel, 41, of Bucyrus, is being held in Tri-...
Program seeks to steer students to jobs
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By Chad Williamson 
October 21, 2019
Marysville school officials and students, as well as members of the area business community are shown during a recent open house at the autotech lab of the Marysville Early College High School. The au...
West Central: More than 6,000 lives changed
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By Kayleen Petrovia 
October 19, 2019
Officials broke ground Wednesday for an expansion project at West Central Community Correctional Facility that will add 32 resident beds. The facility celebrates its 20th anniversary since the arrival...
Show choir will serve as Marysville gym credit
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By Chad Williamson 
October 18, 2019
Gym credits and vape clouds were on the agenda for the Marysville Board of Education Thursday night. Revisiting a topic from the August board meeting, first reading was held on a policy change that wo...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
October 18, 2019
Officials Friday morning were still cleaning the scene of an accident hours after it occurred. Ohio State Highway Patrol responded to the scene of a single-vehicle semi crash on U.S. 33 eastbound betw...
Scout plans to build Triad a disc golf course
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By Kayleen Petrovia 
October 18, 2019
William Lockschmidt, pictured above, presented plans to install a disc golf course on Triad school grounds during the Board of Education meeting Thursday night. Board members were in support of his pr...