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Pictured are plans for a project the city hopes to begin next year that includes three new baseball fields and two new turf infields at the Union County Joint Recreation district on County Home Road. ...

A heads-up display inside the vehicle will be able to give drivers an audio and visual warning (inset) about pedestrians, emergency vehicles and red-light runners. Officials say the number of messages...

Monarch head coach Brent Johnson (left) reacts to a play during last Saturday’s game against Dublin Coffman. The Monarchs will travel to Westland on Friday. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) ...

Fairbanks High School will observe its 2018 Fall Homecoming on Friday evening when the Panther football team hosts Northeastern. The ceremony will be held at approximately 6:30 p.m., prior to the kick...

A man and woman are dead following a three-car crash in northern Union County on Wednesday. Conner Miller, 20, of Mount Victory, and Michael Musser, 59, of Lima, were pronounced dead at the scene of a...

According to authorities, a man who attempted to rob a local pharmacy Wednesday was after opioids. On Wednesday, Ian John Keller, 24, of Woodstock, attempted to rob the CVS Pharmacy on West Fifth Stre...

Officers pursued a speeding vehicle through Marysville Wednesday afternoon after the car failed to comply with a traffic stop. After roaring through town and hitting another car, the Pontiac, pictured...

Marysville senior Chris Borjas reaches down to get his golf ball out of a hole after a putt in this file photo. Borjas shot a 77 and just missed qualifying for a playoff spot during Tuesday’s Division...

City and Honda officials conducted a dry-run Tuesday to prepare for an event to be held Thursday morning. A portion of the Uptown, including the intersection of Fifth and Main streets will be closed b...

Police responded to a robbery at the CVS on West Fifth Street today at about 10 a.m. Deputy Chief Tony Brooks said when officers arrived on the scene, they found the suspect toward the back of the sto...

One of two inmates who escaped from the West Central Correctional Facility has been caught in Hamilton County. According to Union County Sheriff Jamie Patton, local authorities were notified by the Ha...

Editor’s note: The following information is provided by the Union County Emergency Management Agency. ––– The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in coordination with the Federal Communications...

As the calendar moves to October, fall decorations and scary scenes are starting to appear in yards around town. Above, a pair of camping skeletons roast marshmallows in the yard at 12290 Watkins Road...

Police and fire protection were the matter of conversation at Monday night’s meeting of the Jerome Township Board of Trustees. Public Safety Officer Deputy Curtis Myers informed board members of a ser...

Pictured is an illustrative plan for a development aimed at empty nesters to go at the northern tip of the Woodside development PUD on Columbus Avenue. The plan was presented to council at its Monday ...

Many Marysville sports fans realized when the home game against Dublin was moved to Saturday, it was due to a power outage Friday. Mary Anne Kabel, DP&L director corporate communications, said there w...

Giovanni Sapio, center, along with Lauren Stevens of Lifeline of Ohio, left, and Ashley Boyer, assistant vice president of nursing at Memorial Hospital, right, work Thursday to raise a Donate Life fla...

Local authorities search for a pair of escaped West Central inmates, Joshua K. Hammond and Cody A. Ray, outside the facility Saturday afternoon. A Columbus Police Department helicopter assisted with t...

Jonathan Alder crowned its Homecoming king and queen prior to Friday night’s football game against Graham. Caleb Howell was named king and Sydney Winslow was selected as queen. The Pioneers went on to...

Memorial Hospital officials marked the end of steel placement on its new inpatient facility Friday afternoon with a “Topping Ceremony,” or an event marking the final steel beam being placed. Pictured,...

Sandra Lopez, from the Sandy Hook Promise, gave a presentation about how to create an inclusive community at Creekview Intermediate School Thursday morning. Creekview officials were able to tie this i...

A motorcycle accident occurred on U.S. 33 eastbound, between routes 31 and 4, at approximately 10:50 a.m. on Thursday. The left lane of traffic was closed until around 11:08 a.m. It appeared several m...

Residents wave goodbye Thursday afternoon to buses carrying members of the Ohio National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 174th Air Defense Artillery Regiment as they depart for deployment from the Marysville a...

Country music star Luke Bryan performs on stage at the Ayars Family Farm in Irwin Thursday evening. The tour was part of Bryan’s 2018 Farm Tour, which sees him perform at farms around the country. (Ph...

Officials in Plain City are considering legislation that would allow for more development opportunities near the village’s waterways. The Plain City Planning and Zoning Commission has recommended an o...

Jonathan Alder High School will conduct its fall Homecoming festivities Friday evening. The announcement of the king and queen will be made prior to the Pioneers’ football game against St. Paris Graha...

Members of Battery C of the Ohio National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 174th Air Defense Artillery Regiment sit in the Marysville High School auditorium during their send-off event Wednesday evening. Earlie...

Al Kinzer was invited to be the keynote speaker for the Union County Foundation’s 25th anniversary at the Honda Heritage Center Wednesday night. There, he told his stories to an audience about his tim...

Ohioans will see a change to their ID’s and driver’s licenses that will determine whether or not they will be able to board a plane after 2020. The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) began issuing ne...

A man and woman could be facing prison time after allegedly attempting to sell drugs. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Erica S. Lawler and Bradley R. Schidecker on felony drug charges. Schidec...