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STINEMETZ –––– A filthy home and a house fire has led to felony charges against a local woman A Union County Grand Jury has indicted Lucinda Kay Stinemetz, 39, of 21963 State Route 347, Raymond. She i...

Deputies investigated an injury crash on Route 42 near Watkins Road Tuesday at 10:28 a.m. According to Sheriff’s Office reports, it involved a 2008 Pontiac G6 and a 2011 Honda Civic. The crash snarled...

The office manager at a Mill Valley physician’s office is facing felony charges after allegedly stealing from the office. Sarah R. Lovejoy, 33, of Troy, has been indicted by the Union County Grand Jur...

SNIPE –––– Police are investigating suspicious activity at a pair of local pharmacies Tuesday night that authorities believe involved the same man who robbed a different drug store earlier this year. ...

North Union School Board heard many different presentations Monday night. Vice president Jean Wedding presided over the meeting in the absence of president Dennis Hall. The first presentation was by M...

Sometimes a dispute between neighbors is just a dispute between neighbors, and not a matter for the Township trustees. “I can’t do something just because a neighbor is unhappy,” said Jerome Township Z...

The Fairbanks School District has a good start on its path to finding a new superintendent. At a board of education meeting Monday night, Kathy Lowery, with K-12 Business Consulting, presented the res...

Drew Youngberg of U.C. Signs cleans the newly installed sign for the MacIvor Wood walking trail located off Emmaus Road. The trail runs through a nature preserve on land previously owned by former loc...

A possible recession is a factor keeping Marysville officials from implementing a commuter income tax credit. Finance Director Justin Nahvi told the city’s finance committee Monday that he’s recommend...

Jason King, left, of the Council for Union County Families, and Shari Marsh, right, of the United Way of Union County, are shown facilitating “No Wrong Door” Training recently at the Union County Serv...

Officers in the Plain City Police Department are wearing pink shirts to raise awareness, and hopefully funds, for breast cancer research and domestic violence awareness. Above, officer Josh Hirtzinger...

Union County is growing and that means the number of students enrolled in its schools is growing as well. Marysville High School principal Tom Cochran said the building has seen an increase in attenda...

Editor’s note: This is another installment in a series of articles leading up to August’s 200th anniversary of the founding of Marysville. In the series, local residents are asked what makes Marysvill...

Marysville crowned its 2018 football homecoming royalty for the Marysville High School and Marysville Early College High School prior to Friday night’s game against Upper Arlington. Ben Warden, left, ...

While the recent murder on Milstone Drive shocked the local community, authorities are using it as a learning experience. On Sept. 8, authorities found the body of Diana West, 68, in a chest freezer i...

Harvest season is underway and farm equipment is filling the fields and roads of Union County. Much of the machinery, like this combine on U.S. Route 31 near Patrick Brush Run, remains empty during th...

Nearly two weeks after their initial escape, two West Central inmates are behind bars once again. According to Union County Sheriff’s Office reports, Springfield Police captured Joshua K. Hammond with...

Local residents packed the streets of Marysville Wednesday night for the premiere candy procession of the year, the Marysville Homecoming Parade. Above, a young girl wearing a unicorn coat, has her ch...

Above is a rendering of the proposed new Union County Prosecutor’s Office shown at Wednesday night’s Marysville Design Review Board meeting. The project involves an expansion of the former Richwood Ba...

An old electrical line finally giving out was the cause of a power outage that affected Marysville High School and forced the cancelation of a home football game Sept. 28. Mike White, director of busi...

How much does it cost Milford Center to keep its drains clean? At Monday night’s Milford Center village meeting, council members discussed how much the village should tax residents to clean, repair an...

North Lewisburg Mayor Cheryl Hollingsworth told council members Tuesday night that one of her top goals is nearly accomplished. The mayor said that about 90 percent of the village streets have been re...

Randy C. Mayabb, of London, was rescued this morning after the semi truck he was driving crashed into the pond at Evolution Ag in Jerome Township. According to a release from the Union County Sheriff’...

A local man could be facing more than a decade behind bars after allegedly threatening then shooting another man during a drug deal. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Kyle Harvey Queen, 20, of ...

Members of the Marysville High School’s 2018 fall homecoming court have been named. Those nominated were, from left to right, in the front row, queen candidates Meredith Kiss, MacKenzie Mayse, Savanna...

Jonathan Alder School District’s athletic and music boosters groups gave updates on their organizations at a school board meeting Monday night. The Jonathan Alder Music Boosters organization gave an u...

Marysville City Council members discussed legislation at their meeting Monday that would have the city use part of a state refund to buy a desk treadmill, backup cameras for vehicles and other safety ...

According to the Union County Sheriff’s Office, a transport vehicle spilled human waste on U.S. 42, near the U.S. 33 off ramp, at 6:49 a.m. today. The spill continued from U.S. 33 into Delaware County...

As part of National Newspaper Carrier Week, the Marysville Journal-Tribune recently honored several of its best newspaper carriers. Each one has more than two years delivering the paper and received h...

Equipment sits off in the distance at the site of a new rail car storage area being built by Scotts Miracle-Gro. Scotts officials said the project will allow them to store cars on-site, rather than re...