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Santa Claus and Leo Berbee, along with Leo’s grandfather, Mayor Henk Berbee, flipped the switch to light Marysville’s Christmas tree Monday as part of the city’s annual Uptown Christmas Walk. In addit...

Connect Real Estate LLC offered a first look at plans for redevelopment of the north end of Marysville’s Uptown on and around the former water treatment plant and the Heritage silo sites. “The Silos a...

Richwood officials are moving forward on a loan application agreement for funds that will help construct the new water plant. At the Monday village meeting, council voted to approve the measure, which...

Union County residents will see rate increases for building related permits starting next year. While higher costs might not initially be a welcoming change, county officials said the increases come a...

A Marysville homeless woman has been charged with allegedly stealing from a local business. A Union County grand jury has indicted Heather Nicole Carpenter, 43, who is listed as living on the streets ...

A Union County Grand Jury has indicted the man and woman in the car with accused murderer Sean Hughes when the trio allegedly led police on a chase through Marysville and the county. The grand jury ha...

Route 4 near County Home Road was closed Tuesday morning while police investigated two-vehicle crash and a fuel spill. A semi-truck was traveling south on Route 4 at about 11:25 a.m. The truck lost co...

Jerome Township officials recently heard an update on the U.S. 42/Industrial Parkway intersection, though they admitted ODOT’s schedule may not be exactly what residents want to hear. “I don’t think i...

Carolyn Bean lives both in Mill Valley and next door to a small herd of horses. Bean said a neighbor recently built a small barn and brought three miniature horses into their backyard. “We were not ab...

A pair of Marysville men could be facing prison time after allegedly attacking a local man. Dion Joseph Kantner, 27, of 114 S. Walnut St. and William V. Baldwin, 23, of 636 W. Third St. Kantner is cha...

Jonathan Alder’s five-year forecast looks strong but growth in the district will likely result in more spending over the next few years as expenditures outpace revenue. This graph shows what happens i...

A traffic incident involving a Marysville Post Office vehicle earlier this month can serve as an unfortunate reminder to Union County drivers to be alert on the roadways this holiday season. At the be...

Nieca Nowels, director of the Marysville Public Library, said she has heard people stress that strong libraries make strong communities. She said she believes it and hopes others do too. Nowels said t...

Volunteers are pictured preparing and serving meals during the 2022 Community Thanksgiving Dinner. The organization, which has been serving Union County for more than 30 years, has a goal of ensuring ...

A race for Marysville City Council will go to an automatic recount. At Monday’s meeting of the Union County Board of Elections, it was announced that the race for the Ward 1 seat on city council will ...

Editor’s note: The following information is supplied by Memorial Health. ––– Memorial Health today announced the availability of Galleri®, a multi-cancer early detection (MCED) blood test that can det...

Bailee Amstutz, a North Union FFA member, was selected as the National Champion in the area of Sheep Production Proficiency at the 96 th National FFA Convention held in Indiana. Amstutz is 2023 North ...

A pair of separation agreements were approved at Thursday’s Marysville Board of Education meeting, including one for a teacher who signed a last-chance agreement roughly a year ago. The agreements, st...

Fairbanks officials said they are strongly considering going back on the ballot next year, but whatever decision is made, will have to come quickly. Board of education members met on Monday in a speci...

The Union County Board of Health’s most recent meeting focused on how tax incentives affect the health department, although they refrained from taking an official stance on the matter. “Our board has ...

Richwood officials aren’t yet sure moving forward with the Opera House roof repair is a good idea. At the regular village meeting Monday night, council voted 3-3 whether to table or proceed with the p...

Students from North Union Elementary, Middle and High schools recently partnered with the Ohio Department of Transportation to paint snow plows on ODOT trucks during art classes as part of a district ...

Community members gathered on Saturday for a tree dedication ceremony in honor of former Plain City Mayor Douglas “Pete” Meaige. His family members dedicated a tree in his honor, including a plaque co...

County officials and others are asking Marysville City Council not to extend an existing Tax Increment Financing Agreement in the city. Earlier this week council held a public hearing for an ordinance...

Plain City residents could be receiving their trash bills on a new schedule beginning in the new year. Council members heard the first reading of an ordinance Monday that would alter garbage collectio...

Plain City Council got a first look at the plans for a residential development that would add almost 90 acres and 227 homes to the village. Amanda Webb, with Fischer Homes, shared the developer’s plan...

City officials are preparing to update Marysville’s thoroughfare plan. As part of the plan, engineers considered natural growth as well as projected development to determine what areas will likely nee...

The caseload continues to increase for the public defender’s office and with that comes an increase in funds for contract services. At a recent meeting of the county commissioners, the board agreed to...

More than 100 area veterans showed up for the annual Veterans Day ceremony held at North Union Elementary School Friday. Program highlights included the reading of poems written by students, songs, pr...

Community members are pictured attending the annual Voice from the Stone Veterans Day program Saturday in an image from the Union County Veteran’s Plaza Facebook page. The 2023 program honored Spanish...