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Work on the Fairbanks Life Skills Lab is progressing and the facility is expected to be ready for the opening of school, district officials said at Monday night’s board of education meeting. The lab i...

For the first time, the Union County Fair will sell beer during its concert. Beer and other alcoholic beverages will be sold only during the Travis Denning, Dillon Carmichael and North to Nashville co...

Pictured above is Jerry Burns, far right, with his reserve champion steer at the 1965 Union County Fair. Also pictured, from left to right, are Dave Burns, Paul King and Ken Stanley. In the middle rig...

A pair of apartments made of shipping containers is beginning to take shape. The second story has been added to the side-by-side townhouse-style apartments at 714 and 716 Collins Ave. Officials have s...

United Way of Union County (UWUC) has kicked off its annual “Learn United” Stuff the Bus School Supply Drive. “Preparation is a key to success,” said Corinne Bix, UWUC campaign director. “We want ever...

Prosecutors have added to the list of charges against a convicted sex offender. A Union County Grand Jury has indicted Charles Calvin York, 47, of 109 Papaya Drive, Marysville, charging him with nine ...

Shwetha Raikodkar blows chalk dust off of her drawing of a mermaid on a sidewalk panel adjacent to Partners Park as part of the Friday Night Uptown event in Marysville. The seventh annual Chalk the Bl...

More than half the voters in Union County will be getting a new polling location and officials from the board of elections want them to know about it. Next week, the Union County Board of Elections wi...

A Mansfield truck driver allegedly responsible for two fatal crashes in six months has been indicted. The Union County Grand Jury has charged Doug A. Jones, 79, of Mansfield, with two counts of failur...

The 2019 property revaluation process has begun. Union County Auditor Andrea Weaver’s office is in the middle of property revaluations, which take place every three and six years. Residents should sta...

A fatal crash occurred on an abandoned railroad bed near Woodstock Road in Union Township Thursday evening. The driver of the 1998 Ford Ranger, Jason O. Morris, 43, of Columbus was pronounced dead on ...

For the first time, the City of Marysville will hand out two Quality of Life Awards for 2019. The city’s Quality of Life Award was initially created as a way to show appreciation to residents who had ...

Plain City could see a few additions to their police department staff. Village council discussed the possibility of adding an officer or two to the department at the work session Wednesday night. Conv...

Union County Prosecutor Dave Phillips speaks to members of First Presbyterian Church gathered Wednesday outside the common pleas courtroom. The congregation was on hand to watch as former church secre...

Jerome Township is adding a third meeting to their monthly trustee schedule. With the influx of development applications, township officials said the extra day might lighten the load of covering topic...

In its fifth year, a North Lewisburg program is hoping to ease the back-to-school burden for hundreds of Triad students. The Cool Tools 4 School event will be hosted by the North Lewisburg United Meth...

From left to right, Mallory Huffman, 13, Creekview art teacher Doug Weller, Allison Barlow, 10, Linnea Olofsson, 12, and Anna Olofsson, 10, take part in the summer art camp at the Houston House Tuesda...

A Raymond man has been sentenced to spend the next 82 years in prison. Earlier this year, Christopher G. Cook, 41, of 22520 Hoover Bault Road, was convicted on multiple counts of child rape, dissemina...

Eric Medici will remain a member of Plain City’s Design Review Board (DRB). After a public hearing held at Monday night’s meeting, council made a motion to remove Medici from the board but failed to g...

Route 4, at Route 161 was closed this morning after a semi-truck crash. While details were limited at press time, officials on scene said the semi-truck was traveling north on Route 4 and rolled at th...

After a series of delays with building permits and inspections, the Union County Engineer said the office is all caught up. In recent months, there have been some backlogged permits for commercial bui...

A Lima man could be facing prison after he was stopped for racing on U.S. 33, then allegedly fled from police. Johnathan Edwa Gonzalez, 20, of Lima is charged with one count of failure to comply with ...

Max freeman, 12, jumps off the diving boards at the Marysville Municipal Swimming Pool Sunday. Temperature spikes over the holiday weekend gave a boost to pool attendance. (Journal-Tribune photo by Ke...

Summer sun is finally here. Parents are advised before their children rush out the door to play, remember to protect their skin. “With all the rain we’ve had, it’s so nice to finally see the sun,” sai...

Agenda for Meeting of June 10, 2019 7 p.m. – Council Chambers – 209 S. Main St. Call to Order: Pledge of Allegiance: Invocation: Roll Call: Approval of Minutes: June 24, 2019 Minutes and July 1, 2019 ...

Roads were closed, trees poles and homes were damaged and power was out in portions of northern Union County after a severe thunderstorm moved through the area Tuesday evening. Officials said they bel...

Jerome Township decided to move forward on the Rolling Meadows housing development. In a 2-1 vote cast Tuesday evening, the township trustees approved the resolution that would allow the residential d...

Area residents watch the Fourth of July fireworks display that was held Thursday evening at the Union County Fairgrounds. Additional photos from holiday festivities in the county may be found on page ...

Scottslawn Road, from Route 736 to the area between the Heritage grain facility entrance and the railroad crossing at the Scotts plant, closed Monday so work on the road could begin. The road will be ...