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Plain City’s new council members and mayor will see a bump in pay beginning in January. Council members will be paid an additional $50 per meeting they attend while the mayor will make $2,000 more ann...

Plain City Council members agreed to reach out to local business owners for feedback before finalizing a moratorium on most Uptown building changes. “I think we owe it to the business owners,” said Co...

Boy Scout Troop 440 waits to raise the flag commemorating the start of the Richwood Independent Fair Wednesday morning.   Several village and county officials were present for 131st annual event put o...

In a move that drew raucous applause, the Marysville City Council Monday night rejected a plan to rezone land, which would have made the way for nearly 300 single-family rental homes on the city’s sou...

With growth happening in the southern portion of Union County, officials think Richwood should prepare to be next. Savannah Allen with Union County Economic Development told Richwood Village Council M...

Several local residents attended a Celebration of Life event at Partners Park Tuesday afternoon organized by ViaQuest Hospice. Jen Young, left, led a release Monarch butterflies as Kevin Mabry perform...

Marysville Police and the Union County Sheriff’s Office are investigating after a woman was found dead on the city’s south end. Roxanne Wood, 63, of 1151 Coleridge Blvd., was found dead in her home at...

Competition blooms are pictured during the 56th Annual Dahlia Show at the local YMCA. This year’s show will be held in the same location on Sept. 2 and 3 with free admission to the public. (Photo subm...

Residents are invited to the ViaQuest Hospice Annual Bereavement Memorial to honor and celebrate the lives of those who died while receiving hospice services. The service will be held Tuesday from 2-3...

Local officials and organizations are inviting community members to join them in highlighting the hope and help available for those struggling with addiction. The Union County Drug Overdose Prevention...

Becker’s Hospital Review has released the 2023 edition of its “Great Community Hospitals” list and Marysville’s Memorial Hospital has been named to the list. According to the announcement, the designa...

Subscribers can look inside today’s edition for the 2023 Union County Fair Results Guide. Throughout the 20 pages, readers can find more than 150 photos documenting the livestock sale, 4-H special int...

Marysville’s 17-14 loss to Perrysburg Friday night was a roller coaster of emotions. Above, Nathan Delauter flexes for the student section after finishing 14 pushups following an MHS touchdown that ti...

Two Fairbanks graduates, Kate Ruff and Danielle Hoover, helped publish a former Fairbanks middle school teacher’s children’s book, Swim, Cutie Swim. Sue Lowery, who passed away in 2018, wrote the stor...

Marysville Fire Chief Jay Riley has announced he will retire sooner than he initially expected. Earlier this year Riley said he would work through the end of the year. Recently he announced his last d...

The Union County Sheriff’s Office will be awarded money from the state for retaining staff since the pandemic. Sheriff Jamie Patton told the county commissioners Wednesday that members of his staff we...

A Columbus man could be facing a decade and a half in prison stemming from a Marysville incident and additional prison time for an alleged string of similar robberies. The Union County Grand Jury has ...

Early morning storms damaged a tent at the Marysville Pool Thursday. Above, Nolan French, left, and Landon Heckel, right, from McAuliffe’s ACE, work to repair and re-erect the tent Thursday afternoon....

The Ewing Historical Marker, pictured above, was recently relocated to Pastime Park. It will be rededicated on Aug. 30 at 6:30 p.m. (Photo submitted) -- Local officials are excited about the new locat...

Union County Commissioners met with students and chaperones from Yorii, Japan Wednesday morning during the board’s regular meeting. The students, from both middle and high school grades, made the roun...

Jerome Township officials recently signed legislation in an effort to improve relationships with local partners, including area school districts and Union County. During a special meeting of the Board...

Earlier this month Richard Warner filed a protest to have a referendum removed from the November ballot. Warner said petition circulators did not fairly or accurately represent the issue to signers. A...

A Columbus man was indicted following an alleged attack at a Marysville park. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Cody Leisure, 19, of Columbus, charging him with one count of felonious assault, ...

North Union Board of Education and administration officials tour the high school football stadium Monday, prior to the monthly board meeting. The group walked the campus facilities, noting progress on...

Union County made nearly 10-times the interest by the second quarter of 2023 than it did by the second quarter of 2022. County Treasurer Andrew Smarra told the commissioners Wednesday that the county’...

At the recent Public Safety/Public Service Committee meeting, Marysville officials explained the timing of a construction project on the city’s north side. Public Service Director Jeremy Hoyt said his...

Plain City Police Department Chief Dale McKee said an incident on Maple Street Friday evening was simply a welfare check in which no one was harmed. At 7:05 p.m. Friday, PCPD released a statement rega...

Editor’s note: The following information is supplied by Memorial Health. ––– Memorial Health has announced its services are reaching further in the region with the addition of six new providers to its...

Triad officials are optimistic about a new school year and their plans to increase test scores among students. During its meeting Thursday, the Board of Education heard a presentation from Elementary ...

The Grinch has already made its first appearance of the year in front of 503 E. Fourth St., just in time for some late summer mulching and well ahead of the Christmas season. With temperatures expecte...