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A local woman is dead after she was hit by a car while she was crossing the road Sunday. Kristen Johnson, 43, of Poplar Street in Marysville, was pronounced dead Sunday evening at Grant Medical Center...

Officials said that despite a series of terroristic threats at Marysville and other school districts in the county and around there state, the school day was uneventful, said school and law enforcemen...

Investigators have identified the body of Steven C. Carpenter, 63, of Magnetic Springs, found dead Sunday in Bokes Creek. Carpenter was last seen in November. (Photo submitted) -- A 63-year-old Magnet...

In advance of the Christmas and New Year holidays, the Union County Health Department is once again offering free COVID test kits. Test kits can be reserved online at UnionCountyCOVID.org/testing and ...

This week the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration gave priority status to a passenger rail line connecting Pittsburgh to Chicago, which would also have a stop in Marysv...

Union County Sheriff Jamie Patton said the department’s new contract may be a “game-changer” for staffing issues at the agency. After spending the better part of the last year or more traveling the st...

Images from the proposed Uptown Design Guide, which includes examples of acceptable designs, are pictured above. (Graphic submitted) -- As Plain City officials continue to consider how changes to the ...

Students at Marysville’s Navin Elementary School celebrated holidays around the world this week. Each class selected a country and made a display in their classroom or the gym, representing the variet...

Fairbanks Elementary School students stand with members of the Armed Forces during the school’s Veterans Day event. Students collected supplies for the Troop Care Box Program, which will send gifts to...

Plain City officials are once again considering changes to the village’s noise ordinance, this time proposing adding decibel levels. Council President James Sintz explained during a work session Wedne...

The Union County Health Department is asking residents for their help in hitting a goal of 400 responses to a community survey launched in early November. The survey can be taken online at www.uchd.ne...

Until votes are cast regarding a bill affecting property values, Union County officials said they can’t say for certain when tax bills will go out. At the regular monthly meeting of county officials T...

Marysville City Council is in the process of reviewing plans for the Marysville East Development on the city’s east side. The project will be developed in multiple phases. Council recently heard the f...

As Jerome Township officials work toward an update of their comprehensive plan, they are also working to ensure it stays up-to-date in the future. “It really is kind of a fluid thing,” Trustee Megan S...

Marysville City Council has given final approval to an agreement to revise the city’s Tax Increment Financing (TIF) agreement with the school district. At its Monday meeting, council unanimously agree...

Developers recently shared a conceptual site plan for a three-story, mixed-use apartment building to be constructed on Alcott Drive and U.S. 42. The development, illustrated above, would have storefro...

Marysville City Council has rejected a plan to extend a local Tax Increment Finance agreement through 2067. City council recently voted down legislation that would have extended the Tax Increment Fina...

The fate of the Richwood Opera House is still up in the air following an update from the revitalization committee. Members of the group that was formed three years ago to investigate pathways to resto...

Santa took a trip through Marysville during the annual Christmas Parade Sunday. Pictured above, the Marysville High School Marching Band performs on North Main Street. At right, Santa’s sleigh is pull...

Officials from the Mental Health and Recovery Board of Union County and Union County Health Department are pictured celebrating the installation of a Naloxbox, which contains the life-saving opioid ov...

Santa waves at parade-goers in Richwood Saturday as the village kicked off the annual Christmas parade. There were 24 floats and the theme was “Christmas in ‘R’ Town.” The Richwood Area Business Assoc...

The Union County Sheriff’s Office held a celebration Thursday to honor the retirement of Captain Mike Justice. Above, Sheriff Jamie Patton, left, reads during the ceremony while Justice listens. Justi...

The Union County Board of Developmental Disabilities will likely be on the ballot again next year. Superintendent Kara Brown recently told the county commissioners she is “90% certain” the board will ...

The final results are in and Steven Wolfe has been elected as the next Marysville City Council member for Ward 1. “It is nice to have it officially official and to be ready to move forward,” Wolfe sai...

The proposed Marysville East Section One includes five subareas including multi-family, single-family, industrial, public common area and a regional pump station. Rockford Development Investments has ...

Union County has officially closed its door to large-scale solar projects in the area. Commissioners voted this week to restrict all unincorporated land in the county to what the board termed “economi...

As the Union County Health Department plans its budget for the future, officials are working to balance the increasing needs of a growing community with staffing and programming levels it can currentl...

There are plenty of ways to celebrate the holiday season in Plain City, highlighted by the annual Route 42 Holiday Hop and Christmas Under the Clock celebrations on Saturday. The day begins with the H...

Plain City Council pushed back against a plan to eliminate the village’s Uptown Historic District and Design Review Board, voting to strike the proposal from its agenda. “I could never support this,” ...

After a special Marysville Board of Education meeting Tuesday, the scope of next year’s planned levy ask is no more focused. The meeting, called to discuss the terms of the levy ask for the Nov. 24, 2...