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Despite swelling costs, a local group of investors is pushing forward with a plan to renovate the former Avalon Theater in uptown Marysville. The group has been approved for non-profit status as Marys...

Eric Sterin, of Marysville, throws a pool noodle through a hoop at this weekend’s Friday Nights Uptown at Partners Park. The theme for the event was “Wine and Jazz.” Local wineries offered samples, wh...

A Union County Health Department (UCHD) program is ready to give hearing aids to people in need, but donations are necessary for it to stick around. Tim Kelley, an accreditation coordinator for the UC...

Pictured above, fifth grade students Tara Rice and Kylie Wolfe, of Fairbanks Elementary School, placed in a logo designing competition through the Ohio Energy Project’s Be E3 Smart program. Rice won s...

Union County Sheriff’s Office deputies are looking for a woman after she allegedly assaulted her daughter and killed her pet kitten during an argument this week. According to an email from the Union C...

Rick Salazar and the Twisters rock out at last night’s First Wednesday event, giving the crowd some classic rock standards. Salazar, far left, was joined by bassist J.T. Jones and drummer John Raugh. ...

It’s back to the drawing board for a development planned for construction on Creekview Drive. The Marysville’s planning commission voted 5-2 this week to table an application for a section of housing ...

Twin sisters Jane Mitchell, left, and Jeanie Mitchell, right, stand beside their Little Free Library outside of 266 W. Fourth St. Little Free Library is a book exchange where people can take a book fr...

Pictured above is an example of fiber optic conduit which will be placed underground along U.S. 33 from Dublin to East Liberty this summer. The Ohio Department of Transportation has released a timelin...

Students at Fairbanks schools, from various grades, have access to Chromebooks through the one-to-one program. Students in the third, fourth and fifth grades, as well as high school freshmen, are give...

Marysville Planning Commission tabled an application to change the zoning for a portion of the city after some lively debate Monday night.

Bella, left, and Lily play together at the Marysville dog park off Maple Street Monday afternoon. Susan Marshall, of County Home Road, owns Bella and Lily is owned by Julie Cee, of Kentucky Circle. Th...

On Monday afternoon, Eric Kobren, pictured at left, president of the HondaJet Owners and Pilots Association, flew his aircraft into the Union County Airport to take a tour of both the Honda Heritage C...

HART AND FORD –––– Two men have been apprehended in connection with a series of break-ins in the Milford Center area, spanning from May 21 to June 5.

Woman faces sixth drunk driving charge A Marysville woman could be facing as many as five years in prison, charged with a sixth offense of drunk driving.

Jonathan Alder High School senior Aziza Ayoub receives her state championship medal for the girls Division II 800 meter run Saturday afternoon. Ayoub defended her state title at The Ohio State Univers...

SMITH –––– Had created teams at Triad and Marysville high schools Former high school teacher and current Marysville School Board member Dick Smith recently announced  he is stepping away after more th...

A pear tree lies on the ground at Camp Christian in Magnetic Springs after Sunday afternoon’s severe wind and rain. The tree missed the nearby building. While some of the tree remained standing, the r...

Suspects provide information on their own crimes The Union County Grand Jury has indicted two Marysville men on unrelated charges after both of them actually went to the police with evidence of their ...

Rickie Fowler lines up a putt Friday at the Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin. Fowler is in third place after the second round of the Memorial Tournament. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kevin Behrens)

An agreement between North Union Local Schools and the Village of Richwood was announced at Wednesday’s special school board meeting.

A Mt. Sterling man could be facing as many as eight years in prison.

An employee of Saint Mary’s Fish Hatchery, of St. Mary’s, Ohio, stocks the Marysville Upground Reservoir with yellow perch Friday afternoon. This was at the end of a grand opening ceremony for the res...

SCHOOLEY –––– Beginning on July 1, the First Presbyterian Church of Marysville will welcome a new pastor. The Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley will begin his duties as the 23rd pastor in First Presbyterian’s ...

Cars stop at newly installed temporary traffic lights on Scottslawn Road over U.S. 33 this morning. According to the Ohio Department of Transportation District 6 social media page, the bridge will be ...

Plain City officials are discussing the future of village council meetings.

Officer Dave Miller, pictured, will retire after this month, closing out 34 years of service with the Marysville Police Department. Miller said he’s enjoyed working as a patrol officer for so long, be...

Honda of America Manufacturing recently presented a gift of $600,000 to Memorial Health. The money will be used to help fund an expansion project at Memorial Hospital. Above, HAM Vice President Pam He...

SANTOS-REYES –––– The man who escaped from Tri-County Regional Jail in April is behind bars again.

In many ways, schools are like publicly traded companies. Publicly traded companies have a CEO who runs the company; schools have a superintendent to run the schools. Both have a board that hires (and...