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The All Ohio Balloon Festival is getting a special postmark from the U.S. Postal Service. On Thursday, Aug. 8 through Saturday, Aug. 10, the Postal Service will be at the Balloon Festival at the Union...

The American Legion will now allow six million more veterans to join the organization. On Tuesday President Trump signed The LEGION Act (Let Everyone Get Involved in Opportunities for National Service...

The rabbit quiz bowl team from Union County will be honored tonight at the Ohio State Fair. The team took first place in the state. Team members include, from left, Sariah Bates, Shelby Jones, Zach Sc...

As crews in Plain City wrap up their final week of paving on Maple Street, the village is preparing to move forward on a similar project one block over. Designs are being put together for the reconstr...

In her first year as Director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA), Dorothy Pelanda is taking on a new role - one she deemed “chief of ride safety.” ODA includes the Division of Amusement Ride ...

Passage of the state budget could mean good news for Union County. Ohio legislators passed the state budget bill earlier this month and included in the legislation were additional resources for indige...

Volunteers assist a pilot as he inflates his envelope during the 2018 All Ohio Balloon Fest. The Hope Center will be partnering with the Balloon Fest for its 2019 run from Thursday, Aug. 8 through Sat...

A Marysville teacher found himself as the subject of a social media storm recently over a pair of books he included on an Amazon Wish List. And while the topic of the books created the controversy, th...

After the death of his friend, Stella Abel, Kaden Legron decided to paint his soapbox derby car like a starry night in honor of the girl who wanted to be an astronaut and print suicide prevention cont...

The Union County Foundation recently received accreditation with the nation’s highest standard for philanthropic excellence. National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations establish legal, ethical,...

The Reserve Champion market goat, shown by Cohen Burns, sold for a record $2,100 to Strait and Lamp Group, Sam’s Jackson’s Auto Repair, RB Equipment, Richwood Bank, Union Propane, Chuckery Farms and H...

Union County will receive more than $13,000 in federal funding to help emergency food and shelter programs in the area. The county was recently chosen by the Emergency Food and Shelter National board,...

August is almost here and students will quickly be heading back to school. To prepare for back-to-school season, the Union County Health Department (UCHD) is offering shot clinics at local schools sta...

Bumble bees, like the one pictured above from the Edgewood Terrace area of Marysville, perform a valuable service. Bumble bees beat their wings more than 130 times per second, vibrating flowers until ...

A drug investigation spanning several weeks has led to the indictment of several men allegedly involved in the trafficking of methamphetamines. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Ryan Joseph Jon...

Marysville EMS personnel assisted Ohio State Highway Patrol officers with an injury crash involving a Logan County woman on U.S. 33 Monday just before 4 p.m. Danielle Helton, 38, of Russells Point, wa...

The Grand Champion market turkey, shown by Bryant Fannin, sold for a record $6,400 to Strait and Lamp Group on Saturday at the Union County Jr. Fair Livestock Sale. Pictured above are, from left Andy ...

Mosquito samples collected in Union County have tested positive for West Nile Virus. According to the Union County Health Department, test results came in Friday from the Ohio Department of Health lab...

Matt Studenmund completed his 290th and final tour of Ohio State on July 20. Studenmund, a 2014 Fairbanks graduate, holds the record for most tours given in OSU history. (Photo submitted) –––– An aver...

Pictured above is a recent photo graph of the Bunsold Middle School stadium construction project. After construction delays, the project is projected for a mid-September completion date which could im...

Marysville officials are evaluating first half of the year finances and already preparing for next year. “Things are going well,” said Marysville Finance Director Justin Nahvi. He explained that throu...

The Union County Fairgrounds grandstands were full Thursday evening as A-Bar rodeo brought bull riding and barrel racing to the fair. Above, rodeo clown Mike Wallace tips his hat to one of the bulls a...

ASSEMBLIES OF GOD Christian Assembly 1003 N. Maple St. Donald R. Moceri, Pastor Childrens Church-10:30a Worship-10:30a Sunday School-6:30p Tuesday Ladies Bible Study-9a Wednesday Evening Bible Study-7...

The Plain City Police Department provided a photo Tuesday from footage of an attempted vehicle theft in a village neighborhood from July 17 around 4:30 a.m. According to a statement from the police th...

For anyone over the age of 40, there is a good chance the soundtrack of their youth includes a heavy dose of 38 Special. And that soundtrack staple is set to perform at this year’s All-Ohio Balloon Fe...

Crews working on the Maple Street project in Plain City have added curb cuts and sidewalks to the entirety of the street. Although no additional width has been added to the street, the work will preve...

During the organization’s monthly board meeting, the Memorial Health Board of Trustees acknowledged Ken Boehm for his nine years of leadership and service as a member of the Memorial Health Foundation...

While there are plenty of animals to be seen at the Union County Fair, for 6-year-old Emmy McCullough, it is the carousel horse that made her smile earlier this week. Tonight, it is Travis Denning, Di...

Above is a rendering of the planned BMX park that will sit at the north east corner of Cypress and Holly lanes, behind the Marysville Estates mobile home park. The site had been a landfill. (Photo sub...

Pictured above is demolition work on the former Catholic Community Center, off West Fifth Street, Tuesday. The facility is being taken down to make way for the construction of the new Parish Life Cent...