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Marysville names top scholars for class of 2025
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Marysville names top scholars for class of 2025
By From JT Staff Reports 
May 14, 2025
As Marysville prepares for Saturday’s graduation ceremony, the school district recently released information on its top scholars for the class of 2025. Valedictorians Marysville High School Christine ...
Crash ends with vehicle on sidewalk
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Crash ends with vehicle on sidewalk
By Chad Williamson 
May 14, 2025
Correction: Due to incorrect information submitted to the newspaper, the caption below a crash pictured on Wednesday’s front page contained incorrect details. The description of the crash involving Sa...
Richwood continues to investigate backflow compliance program
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Richwood continues to investigate backflow compliance program
By Kyle Meddles 
May 14, 2025
Richwood council further discussed backflow compliance and which related software to purchase. At the regular meeting of village council on Monday, water and sewer operator Eric Kincaid stepped in for...
U.C. investments earn $1.5M in Q1
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U.C. investments earn $1.5M in Q1
By Michael Williamson 
May 14, 2025
Union County’s investment income is still solid after receiving a slight bump this quarter compared to the same time last year. Treasurer Andy Smarra told the county commissioners recently that, overa...
Paper wait
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Paper wait
By From JT Staff Reports 
May 13, 2025
Mother’s Day is the busiest day of the year for Boston’s restaurant in Marysville. As patrons waited for tables Sunday, many, like those pictured above, picked up a Journal-Tribune to read as they pas...
CDBG money could be history
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CDBG money could be history
Funds for grant program do not appear in 2026 federal budget
By Michael Williamson 
May 12, 2025
The villages of Milford Center and Richwood got the green light to apply for infrastructure funding this year but funding may not be available next year. Thomas Perry with Community Development Consul...
Car burns up
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Car burns up
By From JT Staff Reports 
May 12, 2025
Emergency crews responded to a car fire near the VFW on Industrial Parkway around 9 p.m., Friday. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kevin Behrens)
Master Gardener Scholarship awarded
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Master Gardener Scholarship awarded
By From JT Staff Reports 
May 12, 2025
Emma Hamilton, center, is presented with the 15th annual Union County Master Gardener $2,000 scholarship award at the recent Marysville High School Scholarship & Awards Program by Audrey Kise, right, ...
Jerome makes addition to cemetery
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Jerome makes addition to cemetery
By Kyle Meddles 
May 12, 2025
Jerome went shopping for township improvements – purchasing some while adding another to its cart. At the recent meeting of the trustees last week, members voted to approve the purchase of a columbari...
Plain City Public Library struck in crash
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Plain City Public Library struck in crash
By Aleksei Pavloff 
May 10, 2025
Plain City police were dispatched to the Plain City Public Library at 10:49 a.m., Friday, for a vehicle that struck the side of the building. Sergeant Tharon Prather with the Plain City Police Departm...
Union County goes Hollywood
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A clapboard, used on film sets to mark scenes and sync sound and picture, shows the name of a feature film being shot in Logan county. The image was posted on one of writer and director Adam Meeks’ social media accounts in April. Union County, which tells the story of a young man going through a drug court program, is a full-length version of a short film of the same name, which Meeks shot here five years ago. (Photo submitted)
Union County goes Hollywood
Film about area drug court stars Will Poulter
By Michael Williamson 
May 9, 2025
Union County is about to become a marquee name. Literally. Filmmakers are currently in neighboring Logan County shooting a feature film called, oddly enough, Union County , a story about a recovering ...
Jerome, county discuss expense sharing for roundabout
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Jerome, county discuss expense sharing for roundabout
By Kyle Meddles 
May 9, 2025
The Union County Engineer’s Office proposed a cost-sharing plan to Jerome Township for maintenance costs at the Mitchell-Dewitt roundabout. At the regular meeting of the trustees on Wednesday, Townshi...
Light Ohio Blue parade travels through Plain City
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Light Ohio Blue parade travels through Plain City
By Michael Williamson 
May 9, 2025
A line of law enforcement vehicles make their way through Plain City Wednesday night with lights flashing and sirens wailing. The parade was part of Light Ohio Blue, a statewide campaign to honor law ...
Man who fled from cops on the run again
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Man who fled from cops on the run again
By Kyle Meddles 
May 8, 2025
A Columbus man who previously pled guilty to fleeing from law enforcement has now been indicted for fleeing his prison sentence. Amir Hassaun Cotner, 27, of Columbus, is currently at large after alleg...
JA levy turned down by 33 votes
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JA levy turned down by 33 votes
By Michael Williamson 
May 8, 2025
The bond issue for Jonathan Alder Local Schools appears to have been defeated by a thin margin. Unofficial results from Tuesday’s election show vote totals between Union and Madison counties within 33...
Triad, Richwood voters approve tax measures
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Triad, Richwood voters approve tax measures
By Kyle Meddles 
May 7, 2025
The Triad Local School District saw its proposed income tax pass at the polls, as all three counties appeared to vote in support of the tax, according to unofficial reports from the boards of election...
City charter amendments approved easily
Marysville City Council, News
City charter amendments approved easily
By Michael Williamson 
May 7, 2025
Marysville voters overwhelmingly passed both proposed amendments to the city’s charter. Unofficial results from the May 6 election show each measure passed with more than 2,000 votes more than the opp...
Marysville levy landslide
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Marysville levy committee co-chairs Erica Goodwin and Steve Cox check election results online Tuesday night at a watch party at Benny's Pizza. The school levy passed easily with more than 61% of the vote. (Photo submitted)
Marysville levy landslide
School issue passed by 2,000+ votes after pair of prior defeats
By Chad Williamson 
May 7, 2025
Marysville’s levy committee shored up weak spots from two previous levy defeats and came up with a huge win Tuesday night, garnering more than 61% of the vote in the yes column. “The fact that the mar...
Crash draws first responders to Fourth Street
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Crash draws first responders to Fourth Street
By From JT Staff Reports 
May 7, 2025
The Marysville Division of Police along with Marysville Fire and EMS responded to East Fourth Street at around 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, for a two-vehicle crash involving a Honda CRV that saw front-end dam...
Alleged strangulation case leads to charges
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Alleged strangulation case leads to charges
By Kyle Meddles 
May 6, 2025
A Marysville man is facing as many as six years in prison for strangling and attacking family members. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Ronald Day, 52, of 840 Royal Oak Drive, charging him wit...
Training fire held
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Training fire held
By From JT Staff Reports 
May 6, 2025
The Marysville Fire Division conducted a live-fire training exercise from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday, in the area of Raymond Road near the City of Marysville Reservoir. As part of the training, a vacant...
Roundabouts for Coleman’s Crossing?
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Roundabouts for Coleman’s Crossing?
Thoroughfare could see as many as six in the future
By Michael Williamson 
May 6, 2025
Work will start on the Coleman’s Crossing and Industrial Parkway roundabout soon, but that’s not the only roundabout the corridor could see in the next few years. In fact, it could have as many as fiv...
Bunsold art on display
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Bunsold art on display
By From JT Staff Reports 
May 6, 2025
Saturday’s Bunsold Middle School Art Show had more than 300 pieces of art on display, including drawings, paintings, ceramics and mixed mediums. Pictured above, some of the record 425 attendees view t...
Soggy parade
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Soggy parade
By Michael Williamson 
May 6, 2025
A Plain City parade-goer cleverly turns her umbrella into a catcher’s mitt Saturday morning during the annual baseball parade. Residents and families braved the wet weather in the village’s uptown to ...
Few details emerge in toddler’s drowning
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Few details emerge in toddler’s drowning
By Michael Williamson 
May 5, 2025
Investigators said it could be several weeks before autopsy results are in regarding a toddler that drowned over the weekend. Lance Emberling, lead investigator with the Union County Coroner’s Office,...
Man with local roots named chief of staff for DOE
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Man with local roots named chief of staff for DOE
By From JT Staff Reports 
May 5, 2025
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced on Friday that there would be new leadership hirings, which included the assignment of Carl Coe as the new chief of staff of the department – a Marysville...
Local firm rings bell to mark new fund
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Local firm rings bell to mark new fund
By From JT Staff Reports 
May 5, 2025
A bell ringing was in order last week as staff members at McCarthy & Cox Retirement and Estate Specialists LLC commemorated the debut listing of their fund, the MC Trio Equity Buffered ETF (Ticker: TR...
Area woman charged in vehicular assault case
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Area woman charged in vehicular assault case
Grand jury indictments
By Kyle Meddles 
May 5, 2025
A Marysville woman is being charged in the vehicular assault of her own child after a drunk driving crash. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Courtney Megan Butler, 36, of 1878 Woodside Drive, c...
Day of Prayer celebrated locally
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Day of Prayer celebrated locally
By From JT Staff Reports 
May 2, 2025
Around 50 individuals gathered at Partners Park Thursday to celebrate the 74th National Day of Prayer. The theme of the event was Pour out to the God of Home and be Filled. Marysville City Councilman ...
Local man facing decades in prison over kiddie porn, rape case
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Local man facing decades in prison over kiddie porn, rape case
By Kyle Meddles 
May 2, 2025
A Marysville man is facing over a hundred years in prison for raping his 5-year-old relative and involvement with child pornography. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Robin Scott Atkinson, 63, ...