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By Will Channell 
January 8, 2018
Another year means the introduction of an updated paving program for the streets of Marysville. Officials presented the city’s finance committee Thursday with a request for more funding to help with t...
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By Jacob Runnels 
January 8, 2018
Pictured above, a loader sits ready at the City of Marysville salt barn this morning to fill city plow trucks as they battled snow and ice that accumulated on streets overnight. Marysville was greeted...
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By Mac Cordell 
January 8, 2018
LANE –––– A Columbus man could be facing years in prison following a high-speed chase through multiple counties that eventually ended when a Madison County K-9 unit was deployed. The Union County Gran...
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By Mac Cordell 
January 8, 2018
STEWART –––– A man and his girlfriend could be facing prison time after allegedly stealing from a local store and trying to hide the merchandise. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Amber Marie S...
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By Will Channell 
January 8, 2018
Marysville School’s students have several more closures before they need to worry about extra days being tacked on the end of the year. Today marked the district’s second calamity day for the 2017-201...
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By Will Channell 
January 5, 2018
Those who regularly drive on Boerger Road might soon have a safer commute. At a Thursday night’s meeting, Marysville City officials told finance committee members about a project to lower the nearby h...
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By Jacob Runnels 
January 5, 2018
According to the Union County Sheriff’s Office, a black 2001 Chevrolet Trailblazer, with an unknown driver, drove over a snow patch and drifted out of control off of Watkins-California Road at around ...
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By Mac Cordell 
January 5, 2018
Rep. Dorothy Pelanda is asking the state to pay for a proposed bridge, spanning Mill Creek, as part of a multi-use path to connect the Jim Simmons Trail to Marysville’s Upground Reservoir. Pelanda is ...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
January 5, 2018
Marysville Police officers investigate the site of a robbery that occurred this morning at the corner of East Fifth and Plum streets. A white male wearing a red jacket and orange mask reportedly robbe...
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By Mac Cordell 
January 4, 2018
Marysville is losing a sporting goods business. Employees at Dunham’s Sports, 15715 U.S. 36, confirmed this morning the store would be closing Jan. 14. “That’s our last day open,” said a local employe...
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By Mac Cordell 
January 4, 2018
A Mansfield man could be facing nearly two decades in prison after allegedly trying to run over a gas station employee. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Michael A. Caldwell, 61, of 310 Fern Av...
Jerome officials address budget issues
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By Mac Cordell 
January 3, 2018
Jerome Township officials have approved a nearly $4.4 million budget for 2018. With projected revenue set at $3.94 million, officials are projecting a nearly $470,000 shortfall. A large portion of tha...
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By Will Channell 
January 3, 2018
An accident this morning at about 9:40 a.m. near the intersection Route 38 and Middleburg-Plain City Road resulted in two people being transported to an area hospital. The crash also backed up traffic...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
January 2, 2018
Micah Jonathan Auchmuty was the first baby born in the obstetrics unit at Memorial Hospital in 2018. Micah made his appearance on New Year’s Day at 4:19 p.m., weighing 8 pounds and 11 ounces and measu...
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By Will Channell 
January 2, 2018
Troopers from the Ohio State Highway Patrol and Union County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a vehicle crash at about 6:20 a.m. today on U.S. 33 near Honda Parkway. According to a deputy on the scene,...
FHS digging deeper into STEM courses
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By Jacob Runnels 
January 2, 2018
Fairbanks High School is getting new business and technology courses for the 2018-19 school year. At December’s meeting, the Fairbanks Board of Education approved of high school course offerings that ...
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By Mac Cordell 
January 2, 2018
The Union County Grand Jury has indicted two men, each with a pair of prior convictions, for domestic violence. Jeffrey D. Riffle and Brent Taylor Herriot have each been charged with one count of thir...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
December 29, 2017
Crews are shown above replacing water lines earlier this year on Court Street. Marysville officials expressed frustration at the slow pace of the work, and ended up taking the original contractor off ...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
December 28, 2017
Pictured above is an artist's rendering of the proposed new Memorial Hospital inpatient pavilion which will be part of the hospital's expansion project slated to begin in 2018. News of Memorial's expa...
Food boxes available for senior citizens
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By From JT Staff Reports 
December 28, 2017
Community and Seasoned Citizens continues its eighth year of administering and distributing the Union County Senior Citizens Food Commodity Box. The 30-pound box consists of two half-gallons of juice,...
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By Mac Cordell 
December 28, 2017
SMARRA --- The Union County Treasurer is taking steps to help taxpayers who want to take advantages of changes in the newly passed tax legislation. Treasurer Andrew Smarra said his office will be open...
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By Will Channell 
December 27, 2017
A casualty of the recent Christmas season is shown above on the side of the road on West Eighth Street this morning, waiting to be picked up by city crews. According to the City of Marysville, live Ch...
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By Chad Williamson 
December 27, 2017
The digital thermometer in front of McAuliffe’s Ace Hardware showed a temperature of 2 degrees this morning at sunrise, with windchill measurements reportedly dipping below zero. Temperatures are expe...
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By Mac Cordell 
December 26, 2017
With single digit temperatures and double-digit wind gusts, local officials are urging residents to be cautious outside. “The biggest thing is to limit your exposure and your time outdoors,” said Jenn...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
December 22, 2017
Camels legendarily brought wise men to the baby Jesus. They also made an appearance Thursday at Marysville’s Partner’s Park. The camel was part of Marysville First United Methodist Church’s Christmas ...
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By Will Channell 
December 22, 2017
According to officials at Thursday night’s Triad Board of Education meeting, the district’s rate of suicidal students looks to be in line with the Champaign County average. Triad Superintendent Chris ...
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By Mac Cordell 
December 22, 2017
Plain City is working to make sure zoning standards are upheld. Village solicitor Paul Lafayette said the village began taking a stronger approach to enforcing its property management code. Lafayette ...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
December 21, 2017
This house on Seventh Street is lighted for the Christmas season. The Yuletide holiday arrives in just four days. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kevin Behrens)
Local health department addresses flu
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By Jacob Runnels 
December 21, 2017
The Union County Health Department (UCHD) addressed the rising number of flu cases within Ohio at Wednesday morning’s meeting. The flu season has returned to Union County, though it has shown up earli...