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While medical marijuana is officially legal in Ohio today, officials want county employees to know that nothing is changing with their drug-free workplace policy.

On September 11, Americans stop to remember citizens who died on that tragic day in 2001.

Jerome Township officials are using executive session to discuss the township’s zoning inspector position.

The death of a local police officer’s wife in May has been officially ruled suicide.

The City of Marysville hosted a “Dog Swim” Tuesday afternoon, marking the end of the city’s municipal pool season. From 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Marysville residents were able to bring their pooches to the m...

Pictured above, the Fairbanks High School Marching Band performs in Milford Center’s Bicentennial Parade Saturday afternoon. Shown at below is the Union County Bicentennial Bell on display after the p...

County singer J.T. Hodges is shown entertaining the crowd at the Richwood Fair Saturday evening. The fair began Tuesday and ended its run on Labor Day. Aside from the Hodges performance, crowd favorit...

A Plain City man was at the helm of a small plane that crashed in Jerome Township over the weekend.

About 1,800 households spent a portion of their Friday night without power.

WALLER –––– The Union County Sheriff’s Office is mourning the loss of one of its own this week.

Fairbanks senior receiver Jack Iannarino rings the victory bell after Friday evening’s home 56-7 triumph over Waynesfield. It was the Panthers’ first gridiron victory, and opportunity to ring the bell...

Auditors from around Ohio, including Union County, will be working hard to keep consumers safe this Labor Day weekend.

Pair charged for stealing identity of local woman A pair of Columbus women are facing charges after allegedly pretending to be a local woman.

Pictured above, from left to right, Ashley Martino, Theresa Heyder and Ashley Doehring, all from the accounts payable department at Scotts Miracle-Gro, pull weeds and work to beautify the playground a...

The committee circulating petitions to bring a potential adults-only hotel in Marysville to referendum has decided to stop short on signature collection.

Work continues on a paving project at the parking lot shared by the Marysville High School Football Stadium and Early College High School. Shown above, workers from Staffco Construction of Dayton work...

The second annual Union County Foundation Covered Bridges Tour cycling event will be held Saturday.

A Richwood man was flown to The Ohio State University Medical Center after a crash on Industrial Parkway this morning. According to Marysville Police Chief Floyd Golden, at about 6:48 a.m., Debra Huns...

Public and private volunteer organizations may apply for a share of over $5,000 in funding made possible by a grant from the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program.

Shown above, a Marysville Police Officer takes photos at the scene of a crash off Delaware Avenue Monday morning which damaged a fire hydrant, uprooting it from the ground. According to Marysville Wat...

Students from Jonathan Alder’s Canaan Middle School were evacuated about 3 p.m. Monday after a crash at the intersection of U.S. 42 at Price-Hilliards Road. Officials noticed a truck involved in the c...

Last week, Plain City village council was scheduled to have one of its bi-monthly meetings.

Ohio Women’s Reformatory inmates Roxanne, left, and Jamie, right, prepare for class in the prison’s construction technology course last week. Construction technology, like other classes, offer hands-o...

Gene Miller knows there could be a referendum filed in an attempt to stall a proposed hotel on Watkins Road, but it will not come from local ministers.

Pictured is a rendering of the upcoming Bluebird Retirement facility at City Gate. (Photo provided) –––– Paul Gross and Jane Herman,  owners of Bluebird Retirementhave announced they will be erecting ...

There is a term in football called getting “earholed” which in essence means getting hit hard from the side. But as the photo above shows, the term may have a second definition. Jonathan Alder ball ca...

When Memorial Hospital acquired 90 acres of land off U.S. 33 from the Scotts-Miracle Gro Company in December of 2009, the transaction was called a purchase. Now, it appears to be more of a rental agre...

PELANDA –––– State Representative Dorothy Pelanda, of Marysville, recently introduced House Bill 591, legislation that will eliminate the need to hold special elections in Ohio if there is only one ca...

These sheep along state Route 736 grazed early today as the sunrise began to burn off the morning fog. The community was under a patchy dense fog advisory until 10:15. Temperatures are expected to rea...

On Thursday, students in Marysville High School’s Agriculture Department began preparations for Ag Appreciation Night at tonight’s season opening home football game against Jonathan Alder. Students ha...