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Plain City Village Council has approved an $8-million budget for 2019. At Monday night’s meeting the council held a public hearing and final reading for the village’s 2019 appropriations budget. The b...

Milford Center’s Village Council has passed a temporary budget for 2019, but is now tasked with making a more agreeable one. Council member Ron Payne presented a proposed budget for 2019 at Monday nig...

Four signs stand back to back on Woodline Drive Tuesday morning. At Monday’s Marysville City Council meeting, members discussed whether the city has too many signs cluttering streets. (Journal-Tribune...

Police are investigating an incident in which shoplifters struck a Rural King employee on the elbow with the vehicle they were using to escape. According to Marysville Deputy Chief Tony Brooks, two ma...

Teresa M. Howell, 24, of Greenwich, was struck and killed as she was working along U.S. 33, in Jerome Township, at 8:59 a.m. Friday. Howell was with the Lake Erie Construction Company, sent to perform...

Local auctioneer Dan Westlake coaxes bidders for a supply of freezer beef during Saturday’s Union County Community Care Train Auction at McAuliffe’s Ace Hardware. The auction took in more than $212,00...

A former West Virginia woman quickly found Marysville to be her permanent home 42 years ago, and she still considers the city to be as great as when she arrived. Deb Groat has been a councilperson for...

LOWE –––– Brady Lowe, son of Carl and Roxanne Lowe, attained the rank of Eagle Scout Oct. 18, 2018. Lowe is a member of Boy Scout Troop 101, which is chartered through Marysville First United Methodis...

Pictured is the final plat of the Adena Pointe subdivision. It was approved earlier this week by the Marysville Planning Commission. (Image submitted) –––– The Marysville Planning Commission unanimous...

The Union County Grand Jury has indicted two men on unrelated charges of hurting deputies. Cameron Robert Hastings, 31, 14000 Hinton Mill Road, Marysville, and Grant M. Sowers, 31, of Canal Winchester...

The 33 Innovation Corridor Council of Governments (COG) is asking for additional information and options for marketing the corridor. Earlier this year, the COG, which includes Union County, the Union ...

Students at Triad High School may not be able to carry their backpacks with them in school. Superintendent Vickie Hoffman said she’s discussing with high school principal Kyle Huffman and student reso...

Eighth grader Jonah Brake is pictured building a structure out of blocks with help from his instructor, Brandy Spurgeon, as part of an activity for the Bunsold After School Enrichment (BASE) program. ...

Bidding is already open for this year’s Care Train of Union County auction. Last year the Care Train opened its auction to online bids. The move proved so successful that bidders nearly crashed the or...

City officials are taking aim at bad landlords. Administrative staff presented a plan for a new code at a council work session Monday that, if passed, would give the city the right to enforce safety s...

Unseasonably warm temperatures, which pushed into the 60s, led to very large crowds along the route for the Marysville Christmas Parade on Sunday. At left, with watchers lined up many rows deep along ...

Marysville Police apprehended three Marysville juveniles and are looking for a fourth in relation to a string to thefts from vehicles in Mill Valley Saturday night and Sunday morning. According to Mar...

BUSH –––– Former President George H.W. Bush’s legacy includes the impact he left on Marysville. The 41st President died Friday at the age of 94, seven months after his 92-year-old wife, Barbara Bush, ...

A thick layer of fog blanketed Union County this morning, including the trail between Mill Valley and U.S. 33, pictured above. The fog caused several local school closures. Marysville Exempted Village...

Plain City officials are asking for public input into a plan they believe will shape the village for the next decade and beyond. As part of its Dec. 17 meeting, village council will hold a public hear...

Addison, left, and Lucas Conley sit in Santa’s lap at the Marysville Christmas Walk earlier this week. Local children will have several chances to ask Mr. Claus for Christmas gifts this holiday season...

Despite being in the middle of a $50 million construction project, Memorial Health is tripling its 2019 capital improvement budget over the previous year. After spending $3.3 million in 2018, next yea...

Motorists were happy yesterday as gas prices dropped to $1.94 per gallon, as shown by the above sign at the UDF on Cherry Street Wednesday afternoon. At press time on Thursday, some local stations had...

A Fairbanks freshman is facing criminal charges after sending a threatening photo to a few friends earlier this week. According to Union County Sheriff Jamie Patton, the freshman sent a Snapchat photo...

A closet nearly overflows with items for needy families at the Hope Center for this holiday season. Hope Center officials are asking residents to provide gifts suitable for teenagers this Christmas. (...

Editor’s note: The following information was written by Union County Concerts Association volunteer Florence Allen. ––– The Aladdin Shrine Band will perform on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Marysville High...

Marysville City Worker Duane Lord takes down boundary sign on East Fifth Street this morning leftover from Monday’s Christmas Walk event. Lord said he spent much of his morning rearranging signs from ...

The Christmas season will be underway Saturday in Plain City. The village will celebrate Uptown Plain City Organization’s (UPCO’s) Christmas Under the Clock from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday. UPCO offici...

The Bunsold Middle School Red girls basketball team won its season opener on Monday. The Lady Monarchs rolled past Whitehall Rosemore, 45-12. Maddie Hansen led Bunsold with 16 points, while Reagan Cot...

A power outage affected the Fairbanks Middle School and High School building on a chilly Monday afternoon. Fairbanks schools were out for Thanksgiving break Monday, and students returned to school tod...