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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...

Plain City Council has approved borrowing up to $4 million for the construction of a new municipal building. The building is expected to hold administrative offices, the police department, a large mee...

On Monday night, Richwood Village Council members heard from Craig Mescher of Access Engineering about Phase 1 of the Franklin Street project, which will help take care of standing water after heavy r...

Despite the calendar still reading November, the streets of Marysville had a late December feel Monday night during the Uptown Christmas Walk, as light snow fell on those attending.  At left, Santa Cl...

Residents who received two water bills from the City of Marysville don’t need to worry – officials say it was a mistake. At Monday night’s city council meeting, council-person Nevin Taylor asked Finan...

Construction crew members with DD&B Construction were working this morning to frame the third floor of the planned Home2 Suites by Hilton on Coleman’s Crossing Boulevard. Workers said tapping into the...

A Marysville woman could be facing nearly a decade behind bars after allegedly barging into a home following an allegedly drunken crash. Marrissa Rena Knox, 24, of 630 Allenby Dr., Marysville, has bee...

Rural King employee Amy Joliff, of Richwood, checks out Jarrett Gast, of Bellefontaine, today after Gast spent the morning taking advantage of the store’s Black Friday deals. The United State Census B...

A Marysville man could be facing more than a decade and a half in prison after allegedly having sexual contact with two girls. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Lance A. Taylor, 48, of 19306 Bo...

Students and staff at Marysville’s Early College High School (ECHS) are mourning the death of a student. According to Union County Coroner’s Office Investigator Lance Emberling, officials were called ...

HASTINGS –––– A deputy from the Union County Sheriff’s Office was sent to the hospital Tuesday after responding to a domestic dispute on Hinton Mill Road. According to a release from the Union County ...

The temperature reading under the McAuliffe’s Ace Hardware sign shows a strange reading Tuesday afternoon after a power outage caused in malfunction. According to Dayton Power & Light (DP&L) spokeswom...

A Galion man could be facing two decades in prison after allegedly trafficking in crack cocaine. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Christopher Elijah Saultz, 23, on one count each of possession...

Marysville Band Director Bill Thissen compares the high school’s standard band uniform, left, with that of the band’s drum major. (Journal-Tribune photo by Will Channell) –––– The Marysville High Scho...

Ryan Forrider, of Richwood, is a tattoo artist with 12 years of experience under his belt, and has independently run the only tattoo parlor in Marysville, Fair Winds Tattoo, since 2014. The Union Coun...

The Fairbanks School District is moving along with its permanent improvement plan for 2019. At a board of education meeting Monday night, board members heard from teacher Kristi Payne about what she h...

Fairbanks Art Teacher Mitzi Noland stands next to two of her three pieces selected to be shown in the Ohio Arts Council’s Art Educators as Artists show at the Riffe Gallery in Columbus. (Journal-Tribu...

For more than two years, Jerome Township resident Barry Adler has attended nearly every trustees meeting. He asks about a variety of issues including traffic studies, trees, rental of the township hal...

Pictured are volunteers working to make sure First United Methodist Church’s annual Thanksgiving community dinner went well in 2017. This year’s event is set for 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, and is ope...

Union County Coroner’s Office Investigator Lance Emberling points to a board the coroner’s staff uses to keep track of investigations. (Journal-Tribune photo by Will Channell) –––– Officials have a ti...

A pair of Spectrum workers repair a cable line on Vine Street Friday afternoon. One worker said the work was needed after minor problems were found with a local cable tap. (Journal-Tribune photo by Wi...

Marysville High School Principal Thomas Cochran highlighted the school’s attention to graduation pathways and individualized learning at Thursday night’s school board meeting. Cochran’s presentation w...