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The second half tax bills are going out and this time residents might notice an additional piece of information traveling with them in the mail. Union County Treasurer Andrew Smarra told officials thi...

Plain City Council members are taking a big picture approach as they set goals that will guide next year’s budget. “The time is better spent presenting your guys’ ideas and strategic vision” than revi...

The schedule is set for the fourth annual Marysville Pride Fest this weekend at Partners Park. Event organizers released the schedule Thursday, which is put on each year by the Union County Rainbow Co...

An associate at the Performance Manufacturing Center works on the new, 2025 Honda CR-V e:FCEV. The car is the only fuel cell electric vehicle made in America, combining a hydrogen fuel cell with plug-...

Jerome Township’s first annual Community Car Show was a hit and officials are already planning for an even more successful event next year. “It’s just going to get bigger and better,” Township Adminis...

Richwood Bank has been in the village for more than 150 years, shown here in its first location at 116 N. Franklin Street. The business moved to its current address at 28 N. Franklin St. in 1906. (Pho...

Emergencies crews shut down traffic to West Bigelow Avenue in Plain City Tuesday morning after responding to a fatal house fire. When firefighters arrived, they found Ben Jenkins, 45, deceased at the ...

The Village of Plain City will receive $5 million to support upgrades to the Plain City Wastewater Treatment Facility through a statewide program to improve critical infrastructure. Plain City was rec...

Megan, a woman incarcerated at the Ohio Reformatory for Women, is pictured at right leading fellow ASL interpreters performing during the second annual Sunflower Arts and Music Festival. Megan has bee...

Students on summer break will not need to worry about missing out on lunch while they aren’t at school. The Marysville Public Library and Marysville Exempted Village School district will offer free lu...

The Union County Board of Developmental Disabilities is asking to go on the ballot this November. Superintendent Kara Brown made the request to the county commissioners Wednesday, noting the ask for n...

The smiling face of Jill Sements will not greet students, parents and staff at Marysville's middle school in the fall. Sements is retiring after 40 years with the district, more than three decades of ...

After several conversations with residents, council members and others, the Richwood Opera House Committee is recommending putting the building up for sale. Council members discussed the decision at T...

The Marysville School Board has approved an agreement related to a highly anticipated proposed, multi-use project in the city’s Uptown. At its recent meeting the school board approved the agreement wi...

A newly formed group made its presence known at Tuesday’s meeting of the Marysville City Council. During the hearing of citizens portion of the meeting, resident Amy Potter Grimm informed council of t...

In its 104-year history, McAuliffe’s hardware store has been located in a variety of locations throughout the community. For many years the business was located in the shopping center at 232 N. Main S...

Tamisha Matus, health planner with the Union County Health Department, is convinced that a small group of motivated people can make a big difference. After learning the northern portion of the county ...

Triad students and parents will recognize several new administrators at the district next school year. At the Board of Education meeting Thursday, the board voted unanimously to approve voluntary tran...

Following a series of conversations with Union County officials, Unionville Center and Richwood will receive the majority of attention for this year’s Community Development Block Grant funding. Offici...

As growth continues to be an issue at Fairbanks, district officials are working through strategies for handling increasing class sizes. Superintendent Adham Schirg told the board of education last wee...

A trio of local men has been indicted for allegedly running a cocaine trafficking ring. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Ryan William Shuster, Eric Edward Mills and Dylan Michael Goen, chargin...

The Jerome Township Trustees are pushing back against legislative recommendations to improve the housing shortage in Ohio, which they say actually harm local government in order to advance special int...

A variety of events to commemorate Memorial Day on Monday are planned throughout Union County. Marysville Memorial Day ceremonies in Marysville will revolve around the theme “Freedom isn’t free,” aimi...

Marysville school officials got the ball rolling on creating a contingency plan should a levy attempt fail in November. A special meeting of the Marysville Board of Education Wednesday gave a glimpse ...

J-T Podcast tackles issue For a longer discussion about the elementary behavior problems being seen in the Marysville District, listen to Thursday’s episode of the Journal-Tribune Podcast. The podcast...

The Mitchell-DewittRoad/Industrial Parkway intersection will be closed beginning Tuesday as a long-awaited project to construct a roundabout begins. Officials said the intersection will be closed for ...

The Marysville School District recently announced its top scholars for the graduating class of 2024, including scholarship winners and valedictorians. The Marysville High School and Early College High...

More than two years after he was indicted, Justin A. Michel is headed to prison. Michel was recently sentenced to 18 years in prison. In May of 2022, a Union County Grand Jury indicted Michel on one c...

A group of students is shining a light on the availability of drug and alcohol-related products in Union County. At the regular North Union School Board meeting, the Union County Drug Free Coalition p...

The graduation ceremony for the 400-plus members of the Marysville class of 2024 were held Saturday night in the Marysville High School stadium. Above, the members of the class throw their mortarboard...