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Lance Emberling, lead investigator at the Union County Coroner’s Office, said Union County is currently seeing fewer fatal overdoses than it has in a decade. According to statistics from the Union Cou...

Richwood resident and comedian, Lee Mays, will tape his first stand-up special in Utah on March 30. The comedy show will then be available to purchase through Dry Bar Comedy, an online platform with m...

Crews are shown above continuing a culvert project on East Fifth Street in the area of Wendys and Union Rural Electric today. The work is part of a larger sewer project on Watkins Road. (Journal-Tribu...

Last month, 14 seniors from Jonathan Alder and London high schools started bringing home paychecks along with their report cards, thanks to a new ELITE program offered through Tolles Career and Techni...

Police and law enforcement officers attend to a suspect after a TASER deployment was reported Friday afternoon. George Cook, 49, of 631 E. Fourth St., was arrested shortly after 4 p.m., Friday. Marysv...

Union County officials said they are taking proper steps to ensure a minimal impact to wildlife during the Mill Creek logjam cleanout project. Engineer Jeff Stauch and Administrator Bill Narducci rece...

Tracy Richter, Vice President of Planning Services for HPM, describes the services his company can provide for members of the Marysville Board of Education during a recent special meeting. HPM is offe...

Marysville wastewater department workers, from left, Greg Graber, Zack Blankenship and Frank Long take advantage of the unseasonably warm temperatures Wednesday afternoon as they conduct routine maint...

County and township officials are taking steps to acquire legal representation for potential opposition efforts against the Samsung Richwood Solar project. Officials with Union County, Leesburg, Claib...

The graphic above breaks down the average patient experience at the Union County Health Department nursing clinic. Director of Nursing Krista Finch said the goal time for each patient is 60 minutes, w...

Jerome Township officials on Tuesday night approved a rezoning that will allow for the development of Coughlin Kia on the southwest corner of Hyland-Croy Road and Weldon Road. The dealership, illustra...

Marysville requires all solicitors in the city to have and display a permit from the city. City officials said the permit can help residents know if someone going door to door is legitimate. (Graphic ...

Regional economic development officials have said that over the last several years, there is a shift from office projects to manufacturing projects in Central Ohio. Officials say that has to do with C...

A parent in the North Union school district is urging administrators to take action after her daughter experienced several incidents of bullying and harassment. At Monday’s regular board of education ...

Marysville High School and Marysville Early College High School have announced their 2024 Winter Homecoming Courts. The theme for Homecoming this year is Black Light. The crowning will take place at t...

A Marysville man has been arrested and indicted, charged with allegedly strangling his girlfriend, telling her the only way she would leave him is “in a body bag.” The Union County Grand Jury has indi...

Last fall, Tolles Tech launched an innovative Cybersecurity program to help meet the increasing demand for cybersecurity workers in Ohio. Enrollment for the first year of the program was nearly at cap...

Work continued along U.S. 36, on the east side of Marysville on Friday as workers lay a sewer line. The new lines are part of a city project to abandon the pump station in the Culver’s parking lot off...

Above is Cameron Crane speaking to the Marysville Board of Education about alleged incidents of antisemitism his children have experienced at the Early College High School and Bunsold Middle School. (...

Plain City Council is again delving into the details of the village’s noise ordinance. Council was set to hear the first reading of an amendment that would add decibel levels to the village noise ordi...

A Plain City woman is facing prison time after allegedly attacking her cousin for leaving her at a bar. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Tina Jo Sowards, 49, of 9220 North St., Plain City, cha...

A Marysville man has been indicted, accused of stealing more than half a million dollars from his employer. A Union County Grand Jury has indicted Jeffrey C. Rockwell, 50, of 218 W. Fourth St., Unit B...

On Saturday, a teen girl was injured by a loose dog in the Village of North Lewisburg and Mayor Ted Murphy has had enough. “We’re going to crack down on it,” Murphy told village council earlier this w...

While the bid for the Magnetic Springs sanitary sewer project may be slightly delayed, project leaders said it is still on track to be completed next year. Local officials and community members met Tu...

Developers of Marysville East Phase 2 asked city council to approve a series of amendments to the planned unit development zoning text. The amendments were done to help neighbors who have opposed the ...

Village officials are hopeful that a pay raise will help the Plain City Police Department draw candidates for new positions. Council unanimously approved an increase to the PCPD wage scale during its ...

Marysville’s Public Service/Public Safety committee is recommending the city move forward with a moratorium on recreational marijuana sales, at least until the end of the year. At the committee’s meet...

Plain City officials are working to create a new community park, called the Public Square, with a repurposed, historic train depot as a centerpiece. The conceptual rendering shown above illustrates th...

Fairbanks has filled one open position in the district and now has a key vacancy in the high school. Last month, the district posted an opening for the newly combined chief academic officer position a...

Law enforcement officials establish security inside the Union County Common Pleas Courtroom on Monday following the sentencing of Alan Buckland. While Buckland held a final discussion with defense att...