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By From JT Staff Reports 
August 10, 2017
The 42nd annual All Ohio Balloon Fest kicks off tonight, but a few pilots got a jump start this morning. Pictured above in the larger photo, Trent Bishop and crew fire up the Honda Marysville balloon ...
Few surprises at filing deadline for November election
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By Mac Cordell 
August 10, 2017
On Nov. 7, Union County voters will have a lot of choices to make. Voters will decide council seats in Marysville, Milford Center, Magnetic Springs, Plain City, Richwood, Unionville Center and Dublin ...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
August 9, 2017
Claw the Crab will be one of the balloons to take to the skies of Marysville for the 42nd annual All Ohio Balloon Fest this weekend. Balloon glows are scheduled for every night of the three-day festiv...
Resident seeks township help in splitting lot
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By Mac Cordell 
August 9, 2017
Jerome Township officials are dealing with a driveway dispute. At this week’s meeting of the township trustees, resident Dustin Icenhour said asked them to help him resolve a driveway conflict. Icenho...
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By Mac Cordell 
August 9, 2017
A local babysitter has pleaded guilty to endangering one of the children in her care. Julie M. McCreight, 35, of 690 Milford Ave., Apt. 20B, Marysville, pleaded guilty this week to one count of endang...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
August 8, 2017
Pictured above is a file photo of the Hope Center, 212 Chestnut St., which will be searching for a new executive director after Jessica Schulze announced she will be leaving to take a position with a ...
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By Will Channell 
August 8, 2017
After months of going through city committees and boards, the planning unit development (PUD) application for the Enclave at Mill Valley development barely got through planning commission Monday night...
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By Mac Cordell 
August 7, 2017
The Union County Health Department has confirmed three cases of swine flu in area residents. “We have three confirmed cases of H3N2v (commonly referred to as swine flu) in Union County residents,” Mar...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
August 7, 2017
A graduate of North Union High School is safe after a marine aircraft he was on crashed off the coast of Australia Saturday. According to a report from the Associated Press, the aircraft, an MV-22 Osp...
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By Will Channell 
August 7, 2017
Union County Sheriff’s Office Detective Mike Justice looks on as he flies the Sheriff’s Office’s drone last month. The county’s drone will be used during this weekend’s All Ohio Balloon Fest to assist...
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By Jacob Runnels 
August 7, 2017
A Marysville High School history teacher plans to introduce George Washington in his lessons for this semester. Although Washington is certainly taught often in schools, Luke Sundermeier, a history te...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
August 5, 2017
Runners launch from the start line of the All Ohio Ballon Fest 5k Run at Mill Valley Central Park Friday evening. Nearly 80 participants competed in the event, which followed the Jim Simmons trail bef...
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By Mac Cordell 
August 5, 2017
BAKER –––– A Marysville man could be facing more than three years in prison after allegedly attacking a woman and then turning on a police officer who came to help. The Union County Grand Jury has ind...
County changing CCW rules for employees
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By Mac Cordell 
August 4, 2017
Union County officials have changed the county employee handbook to bring it into compliance with state gun laws. In March, the state legislature made changes to Ohio’s concealed carry weapons law. Th...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
August 4, 2017
Steve Burns, left, and Janis Phillipson, right, both of Marysville, water flowers on Fifth Street this morning despite the rain that came through the city the night before. The Union County Board of D...
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By Mac Cordell 
August 3, 2017
Contractors do not believe they will be able to meet the approaching deadline to have fiber from Dublin to East Liberty operational. At Wednesday’s U.S. 33 Council of Governments (CoG) meeting, Shane ...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
August 3, 2017
Tera Jurrens poses with Impulse, a service dog, at Partner’s Park. Jurrens is the owner of Freedom Paws Assistance Dogs, which trains dogs to be a service to those with physical and emotional disabili...
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By Will Channell 
August 3, 2017
A work crew from WOW! cable is shown installing lines along Fawnbrook Drive in Mill Valley recently. After falling behind its installation timeline, WOW! crews now appear to be back on track to finish...
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By Mac Cordell 
August 2, 2017
Tourism service put on hold after one year Marysville and Union County tourism and economic development officials are trying to determine the fate of the city’s Uptown Trolley Service. “Right now, we ...
Filing deadline approaching for November election
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By Mac Cordell 
August 2, 2017
With the filing date approaching, officials at the Union County Board of Elections want residents to know it is not too late to be on the Nov. 7 ballot. The filing deadline for all positions is 4 p.m....
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By Will Channell 
August 2, 2017
City officials say Mill Creek Park, which contains four ball fields, space for soccer and the Jim Simmons Trail, is often confused with the neighboring Schwartzkopf Park. The city hopes to rectify tha...
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By Will Channell 
August 2, 2017
Clint Black, pictured above, will entertain the crowd Thursday, Aug. 10, at the All Ohio Balloon Fest. Black will be playing some of his 22 number-one hits, as well as new songs. (Photo submitted) –––...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
August 1, 2017
Kim Beck’s dog, Traveler, peaks his head through a tunnel at Marysville’s Bark Park on Tuesday morning. Traveler is a 10-month-old whippet. Beck said Traveler is the most outgoing of her two whippets....
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By Mac Cordell 
August 1, 2017
Plain City has started the process of contracting with the City of Columbus for water and sewer services. At a work session meeting Monday, the village council voted to have Village Administrator Kevi...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
August 1, 2017
Recently, Marysville Journal-Tribune employee Ann Santos went outside her home in Marysville to pull out some weeds from her flower bed when she discovered a large butterfly, pictured above, hanging a...
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By Jacob Runnels 
July 31, 2017
On Friday at 2:14 p.m., a 1982 Honda Goldwing motorcycle was involved in a crash on Route 4, between Scott Farms Boulevard and County Home Road. According to the Marysville Police Department, the bike...
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By Mac Cordell 
July 31, 2017
This year, many of the exhibitors at the Union County Fair did not have the opportunity to show their animal one last time. Late Friday night, Dr. Tony Forshey of the Ohio Department of Agriculture as...
Longtime local judge Richard Parrott dies
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By From JT Staff Reports 
July 31, 2017
Members of the Union County legal community are mourning the death of one of their own this morning. Former Union County Common Pleas Judge Richard Eugene Parrott, 83, of Marysville died unexpectedly ...
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By From JT Staff Reports 
July 31, 2017
Police are looking for a white male wearing a plaid shirt and dark shorts, pictured above in a surveillance camera image, who they believe broke into Dave’s Pharmacy early Monday morning. Officials do...