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If there’s anything that ruins summer fun, it’s coming down with a bad case of salmonella, botulism or E. coli because of improper food handling. The Union County Health Department (UCHD) is gearing u...

Tractors, trucks, engines, farm implements of all sorts, along with a variety of steam powered and old-fashioned gadgets are filling Plain City’s Pastime Park this week, part of the annual Miami Valle...

North Lewisburg needs to decide as to how it will handle new state legislation that allows medical marijuana for people with certain conditions. Mayor Cheryl Hollingsworth asked council to review the ...

As the fiber line on U.S. 33 nears completion, local officials say the project is serving as a model statewide. “The ball is just getting started,” Marysville IT Director Aaron Story told the Union Co...

New developments and concerns regarding infrastructure were themes at Monday night’s Marysville City Council meeting. Council member Nevin Taylor asked officials about the state of pavement on Eighth,...

Monday night’s regular meeting of Richwood Village Council was filled with updates of various projects. Eric Mescher of Access Engineering presented some arial photos of Richwood Lake with a proposed ...

As Duane Lord of the Marysville Street Department works to repair a street light, Marysville Division of Police Officer Robert Butterworth directs traffic Monday afternoon at the intersection of Damas...

The Milford Center Village Council approved a resolution to find and fix a mysterious leak in the village water lines. The resolution allows council member Chris Kise to spend up to $8,000 to find the...

Two power lines on Jackson Road were pushed over by a falling tree during Monday’s afternoon storms. While neither line impeded traffic, one fell into a tree sparking a small fire, which was quickly e...

There will be a pair of new faces in Plain City beginning this week. At Monday night’s meeting of the village council, administrator Kevin Vaughn said the newly hired village engineer and zoning inspe...

The City of Marysville is looking to put a nine-month moratorium on demolitions on a portion of East Fifth Street after public pushback at last month’s planning commission meeting. Last month, the cit...

Connie Reese, center with a yellow shirt, is shown above as she instructs seniors how to line dance this morning at the Community and Seasoned Citizens (CASC) of Marysville. Later in the day, seniors ...

North Lewisburg celebrated the Fourth of July several days after the holiday on Saturday at the village’s park. A slow-pitch softball tournament was held throughout the day, and food vendors, bounce h...

GREENE –––– Already behind bars, a Butler County woman could be facing another eight years in prison. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Kimberly Greene, 38, of the Ohio Reformatory for Women. G...

With the Marysville reservoir open for public use, officials are looking to add a new arm to the city’s emergency response services: a diving team. Fire Chief Jay Riley told the city’s public safety c...

Dublin Police officials believe what was originally reported as a large monkey on the loose may have been a fox. “There was a business that had video, pretty good video from their surveillance system ...

BRADLEY –––– Home break-in could lead to decade in prison A local man could be facing a decade behind bars after allegedly breaking into his girlfriend’s home. The grand jury has indicted Robert L. Br...

Voting has just concluded for the All Ohio Balloon Fest event guide front cover contest. With more than 35 percent of the vote, Abby Strahm was announced the winner of the AOBF contest where 60 fifth ...

The Jacquemin and Wesner properties lie on the west side of Hyland Croy Road, north of Weldon Road between Hyland Croy and U.S. 33, north of Weldon Road, in Jerome Township. (Marysville Journal-Tribun...

Christina May Smart, 85, of Plain City, died Wednesday, July 5, 2017, at Bluebird Retirement Community in Marysville. She was very active in social activities with her friends. She enjoyed swimming, g...

Steve Burns shares a hug with his job coach, Janis Phillipson, while City Manager Terry Emery (right) looks on. Burns, who has a learning disability, is known in the community for watering the flowerp...

GANGLUFF –––– Marysville native Stephen Gangluff is back on the links, this time at the Peek’n Peak Resort in Findley Lake, New York for the LECOM Health Challenge at part of the Web.com Tour. After t...

Union County Sheriff’s deputies and units from the Marysville Fire Department responded to an injury crash in the 17000 block of Bear Swamp Road on Thursday at 12:55 p.m. The drive of a 1998 Honda Acc...

Alleged fraud could mean decades in prison for pair A pair of individuals could be facing decades behind bars for allegedly stealing from local taxpayers. A Union County Grand jury has indicted Michae...

Pictured is a table made by Ohio Reformatory for Women inmates to be auctioned off at the Union County Fair. It’s one of several types of art and furniture that inmates create, which Warden Ronnie Bur...

Brooklyn Beery, 4, swims in the kiddie pool section of the Marysville Municipal Swimming Pool on a recent warm evening. Temperatures are predicted to be warm, but not unseasonable, in the coming days....

Connie Nicol has kidney cancer, so her high school friends from the class of 1963 came by one day to surprise her at her home, where they re-enacted their old Fairbanks High School cheerleader photo. ...

SELLERS –––– Leah Sellers will challenge Jordan for fourth district house seat A local woman is throwing her hat into the ring for a seat in Congress. Marysville’s Leah Sellers has announced she is ru...

Union County officials are delaying the start of one plan, in hopes of getting another finished first. Dave Gulden, director of the Logan-Union-Champaign Regional Planning Commission, recently spoke t...

Various communities in an around Union County celebrated the July Fourth holiday Tuesday. Above, Jennifer Filipovic holds her son, Colton, as they watch Marysville’s fireworks display Tuesday night. T...