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Local public health officials and employees are working to ensure there are as few barriers as possible for every Union County resident to live a healthy life. During the most recent Board of Health m...

Union County’s inaugural Employee Service Awards Program kicked off with a set of significant milestones. The event highlighted over 40 employees who reached milestone years of service throughout 2023...

Jerome Township officials unveiled a new logo after years of working on a rebranding initiative. Trustee Megan Sloat, who spearheaded the project, said she feels the result is an image that embodies t...

An area woman and her granddaughter are facing more than a decade in prison after allegedly burning down the home of another relative. A Union County Grand Jury has indicted Rosa M. McMillen, 84, of 1...

At Wednesday night’s public hearing, Union County residents had an opportunity to hear details and share their thoughts on a proposed fix for the hundreds of logjams in Mill Creek. Above, resident Tra...

Churches and residents around the community will celebrate the birth of Christ this season. Above, this home on East Fourth Street displays the Holy Family for the neighborhood to enjoy and remember t...

Jerome Township officials approved a rezoning along Currier Road that will allow for the development of more than 700 homes for older adults. In a 2-0 vote, the trustees approved an application from P...

Investigators believe this Jeep, which appears to be a Liberty, may have been involved in a series of break-ins at the Storage Block, 8392 Industrial Parkway, Plain City. Tools, a zero-turn mower and ...

The sights of the holidays are at their brightest as Union County enters the home stretch of the Christmas season. The thin blanket of snow that fell earlier this week created a visual accent to area ...

One-year-old Evelyn Shrider and her mother, Courtney, braved the cold and snowy conditions Monday to take advantage of the Merry on Main iceless skating rink in Marysville’s Partners Park Pavilion, 12...

Growth — both philosophically and specifically — was at the heart of much discussion at Marysville City Council’s final meeting of the year. At the meeting, council held a public hearing for the annex...

North Union celebrated the retirement of three staff members at the board of education meeting Monday night. Each of the staff members celebrated nearly a decade with the district and nearly three dec...

Triad officials are hoping to receive a $2.5-million grant that would allow them to add an expansion to the high school that renovates the ag lab and adds an allied healthcare lab and IT lab to teach ...

An apparent dispute over guns has led to the indictment of a Columbus man. A Union County Grand Jury has indicted Jayden Alexander, 19, of Columbus, charging him with two counts of having weapons unde...

Residents will have the opportunity to share their opinions on a proposed, second innovation district in Jerome Township. The trustees will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. Dec. 27 regarding a zoning a...

Cindy Lou Who and these three too enjoyed meeting the Grinch Sunday afternoon. The Grinch took over Santa’s house at Partners Park. Those wanting to share their Christmas wish list with Santa will hav...

A new agreement with the City of Marysville has cooled the board of education’s interest in turning to an income tax to generate operating money. Three of the four Marysville School levy options float...

A Marysville man could be facing decades in prison after allegedly raping a woman and holding her against her will. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Christian Sayvonn Buchanan, 30, of 101 E. F...

Jonathan Alder is starting the master facility planning process to look at how the district will handle growth over the next several years and an early step in that process will be demolishing the old...

Union County is experiencing a “child placement crisis,” an issue local officials said has been a growing for at least two years. Sue Ware, director of Humans Services, said not only is it an issue in...

Marysville’s iceless ice skating, Merry on Main, has become an annual tradition in the pavilion at Partners Park, 125 E. Sixth St. The rink opened Saturday and will remain until Jan. 2. The rink will ...

According to Plain City Police Department reports: An officer responded to an inactive neighbor dispute that happened the previous day at the North Avenue Apartments on North Avenue at 1:27 p.m. Dec. ...

Union County Sheriff Jamie Patton is asking drivers to “take a deep breath and take a time-out” after a pair of road rage incidents involving guns this week. “People are losing their temper and it is ...

Jerome Township officials are considering whether to approve the rezoning of 356 acres east of Currier Road and south of U.S. 42, illustrated above, from Rural Residential District to Planned Developm...

The Union County Coroner’s Office has ruled that a local man killed his wife then days later killed himself. The coroner’s office has ruled that Forrest “Ed” Jenkins killed his wife, Darlene Jenkins, ...

Plain City Mayor Jody Carney and Pleasant Valley Fire District Chief Mark Kidd took a moment to honor Council member John Rucker, whose term will expire at the end of this year after eight years on co...

Richwood will be back on the ballot next year with a second attempt to pass the village’s operating levy. At the regular village meeting Monday night, council voted to bring the renewal levy back on t...

Villages throughout the area are preparing to celebrate Christmas with vibrant light displays and decorations. In Plain City, the Christmas tree at Bicentennial Park is lit at the center of the Uptown...

Organizers for the Care Train of Union County said this year’s event was another example of the community embracing the season of giving. On Saturday morning, the annual auction raised $211,000 in fun...