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By Jacob Runnels 
December 21, 2017
Churches within the county are holding Christmas Eve services this year, along with some Christmas Day services. Pictured is a nativity display outside of Lambert Jewelers in Marysville aglow Wednesda...
Township hall rental policy discussed
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By Mac Cordell 
December 20, 2017
A Jerome Township resident is questioning how decisions are made when it comes to use of the township hall. At Monday’s trustee meeting, Resident Barry Adler asked the trustees to develop a set of wri...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
December 20, 2017
With less than a week until the big day, the community is alive with Merry Christmas wishes. Pictured, Plain City’s Bicentennial Park in the village flat iron is also alive with the colors of the seas...
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By Will Channell 
December 20, 2017
Pictured above is one of the culverts the city plans to expand this winter to make room for a multi-use trail to be installed in 2019. Officials say the project will also help beautify the area by get...
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By Will Channell 
December 19, 2017
The above plan show the most recent plan for the Ewing Meadows development Ryan Homes hopes to build on Boerger Road and Route 38. The application was tabled at Monday night’s Marysville City Council ...
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By Sherryl Sheets of the Richwood Gazette 
December 19, 2017
The North Union FFA National winning Agronomy team was honored at the North Union Board of Education meeting Monday evening. Pictured on far right, is Tess Elshoff, the president of the Ohio Board of ...
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By Jacob Runnels 
December 19, 2017
Monday night’s Fairbanks Board of Education meeting was the last one for members Dave Huber, Jaynie Lambert and president Chip Hubbs. They received plaques dedicated to their service after the meeting...
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By Will Channell 
December 18, 2017
Edgewood Elementary School fourth grade students Katherine Heap, left, and Brooke Welch make holiday crafts Friday afternoon. Students are preparing for the beginning of Marysville Schools’ winter bre...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
December 18, 2017
The Christmas season has brought out the best of decorations and lights throughout the Marysville and Union County areas. These lights make the home at 1185 Village Drive festive for the holiday. (Jou...
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By Tim Miller 
December 18, 2017
The Triad High School pep band was in the Christmas spirit Friday evening during the Cardinals’ basketball game against Mechanicsburg. There are just a few days left to shop before Christmas. (Journal...
Police investigating bomb threat
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By From JT Staff Reports 
December 18, 2017
A bomb threat at Memorial Hospital this weekend was quickly debunked, but Marysville Police are still investigating. According to Marysville Police Chief Floyd Golden, somebody called into the hospita...
Fairbanks MS students will get jump on break
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By Will Channell 
December 18, 2017
Heating issue to blame Fairbanks Middle School students are getting their winter break a couple days early, but not under the best of circumstances. Fairbanks Local School District officials announced...
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By Mac Cordell 
December 18, 2017
This 2016 Freightliner semi-truck was traveling south on Route 31 Friday afternoon when a 2004 Jeep passed it legally. While the Jeep was passing, an unidentified vehicle pulled off of Richwood-Miller...
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By Mac Cordell 
December 18, 2017
Local law enforcement officials are seeking information about a dark-colored vehicle following this crash on Route 31, between Miller and Richwood-Miller roads, at approximately 3:15 p.m. on Friday. I...
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By Tim Miller 
December 18, 2017
Triad’s Jacob Greve keeps the ball from going out-of-bounds Friday evening against Mechanicsburg. The Cardinals won, 51-41. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) –––– The Triad High School boys basket...
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By Will Channell 
December 15, 2017
A street sweeper cleans some straggling leaves from the fall this morning on Fourth Street. According to the City of Marysville’s website, the Uptown area and the intersecting streets are cleaned ever...
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By Will Channell 
December 14, 2017
Marysville firefighters are shown putting out a dumpster fire in front of Bible Baptist Church on East Ninth Street today at about 7:30 a.m. The fire was largely out by the time responders arrived, bu...
First responders kept busy with slew of crashes Wednesday crashes
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By Will Channell 
December 14, 2017
Union County saw a glut of crashes Wednesday, including one that sent two drivers to Memorial Hospital. According reports from the Ohio State Highway Patrol, a 2011 Chevrolet Malibu, driven by Nora Be...
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By Mac Cordell 
December 14, 2017
An agreement finalized this week will allow World of Wonders Child Care to relocate out of the Harold Lewis Center and into a portion of the Union County Family YMCA facility, formerly occupied by Mem...
Penn parole denied
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By Mac Cordell 
December 13, 2017
PENN –––– Killer of sheriff Harry Wolfe will remain in prison The man who killed Union County Sheriff Harry Wolfe in 1982 will remain behind bars. The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction’...
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By Will Channell 
December 13, 2017
Pictured are the new boundaries of the city’s historical preservation district shown at Monday’s Marysville City Council meeting. The new lines cut off East Fifth Street from Vine to Cherry streets, o...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
December 13, 2017
Readers are reminded that the Journal-Tribune would like to feature examples of the best Christmas decorations around Union County for possible publication. Just snap a photo of the holiday display an...
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By Jacob Runnels 
December 13, 2017
According to the Union County Sheriff’s Office, at 2:26 p.m. Tuesday, deputies and the Jerome Township Fire Department responded to a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of U.S. 42 and Watkins-Calif...
Local woman  killed in    U.S. 33 crash
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By From JT Staff Reports 
December 13, 2017
A fatal car crash occurred on U.S. 33, in Jerome Township, at 9:07 p.m. Tuesday night. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP), Gilliam White, 21, of Marysville, was heading eastbound on U.S...
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By Jacob Runnels 
December 12, 2017
A petition to file an administrative appeal in relation to a wood-burning furnace was submitted at Milford Center’s village meeting Monday night. Resident Ron Payne said the petition for an administra...
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By Jacob Runnels 
December 12, 2017
Several thefts from vehicles were reported to have occured Sunday morning. From 5:59 a.m. to 10:10 a.m., there were four vehicle thefts committed Sunday, according to the Marysville Police Department....
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By Mac Cordell 
December 12, 2017
It was a farewell for four members of Plain City’s village council. Monday was the last village council meeting for Nick Kennedy, Jim Moore, Colleen Davis and Leslie Perkins Mayor Darrin Lane took tim...
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By Will Channell 
December 12, 2017
The city may have to hold off on building a road between Routes 31 and 4 after Marysville Schools expressed distaste for an update to the Cook’s Pointe tax increment financing (TIF) district. Marysvil...
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By Mac Cordell 
December 12, 2017
Pictured above, the square in Unionville Center is alive with lights and decorations celebrating the Christmas season. The display features a nativity, candy canes, Santa, lighted trees, toys, present...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
December 11, 2017
Saturday marked the annual Shop with a Cop event at Walmart and Meijers. The event pairs area boys and girls with local police officers and firefighters to purchase toys for the holiday season. Pictur...