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Pictured above is a rendering of the future Memorial Jerome Medical Center planned for the area of U.S. 33 and U.S. 42. At left, recently elected Union County Commissioner Dave Lawrence is sworn in by...

The Union County Engineer’s Office is increasing fees for development-related services in the county. Union County Commissioners recently approved a resolution to increase fees for four areas of the d...

With costs higher than in recent years, the Union County Board of Developmental Disabilities is looking at spending more money than it’s bringing in in revenue. Superintendent Kara Brown said the boar...

Reports are conflicting about whether heat at the Ohio Reformatory for Women was working this weekend. Multiple reports from inside the prison indicate the heat was not working. Officials from the Ohi...

The Richwood Council approved the organization of committees for 2023 at a recent meeting. Council members Donnie Ridgeway and Reddy Brown serve on the Richwood Revitalization Committee, which manages...

Recently elected Union County Commissioner Dave Lawrence was sworn in Thursday morning in the Common Pleas Courtroom. Lawrence defeated incumbent commissioner Chris Schmenk in the Republican primary i...

Inclement weather forced the Merrysville Winter Wonderland celebration to be postponed, but it didn’t stop children by the dozens from gathering at Partners Park on Thursday. Above, Santa makes a chec...

A Marysville council woman is clarifying her stance on foreign businesses in the community. At Monday night’s meeting, Marysville City Council member Deb Groat said she wanted to change a statement sh...

After more than a year of committee meetings and discussions, Fairbanks officials have approved a master facility plan for the future of the district. At the regular board meeting Monday night, school...

Prosecutors are hoping to have the case against Steffen Evan Baldwin finished soon. “It needs to come to a conclusion,” said Assistant Union County Prosecutor Melissa Chase. “It has been pending long ...

The first case of measles in more than 20 years has been reported in Union County and the health department is preparing for more potential cases. Mary Salimbene Merriman, an epidemiologist at the Uni...

Area churches, including Marysville First United Methodist Church, pictured above, will be busy with pageants, special events, candlelight services and other activities this weekend as Christians cele...

Jerome Township Trustees spent their final meeting of the year wrapping up business and looking forward to 2023. Topics discussed by the board Tuesday included plans to approve the 2023 budget, awardi...

Plain City’s Pastime Park is aglow with thousands of Christmas lights along with inflatables, bows, boughs, holly, ribbons, garland and other Christmas decorations. The park is open 24 hours a day for...

The North Union Board of Education is building relationships with two solar companies, whose projects in the northern part of Union County have been approved. This year, the Union County Commissioners...

The preliminary design for a roundabout at the intersection of Mitchell-Dewitt Road and Industrial Parkway is pictured above. Officials from the Union County Engineer’s Office and an engineering consu...

Discussion about a zoning code amendment turned contentious at Monday’s city council meeting. At the meeting, council heard the first reading of legislation that would allow and regulate accessory dwe...

Union County has an approved budget moving into next year. County commissioners approved the 2023 budget recently after an extended process of meeting and talking with each department in person. Offic...

Santa Claus stands in front of the Veterans Shelter in Unionville Center Saturday night, greeting kids in the village. Visitors had the chance to sit with the man in red and view the village’s display...

An effort to settle an alleged prison debt has led to the indictment of a former inmate. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Cody Hunter Kilby Sellers, 28, whose court-listed address is the Montg...

The Village of Richwood Council approved the final reading of the 2023 temporary appropriations and the new pay scale, which begins on Jan. 1, 2023, during its most recent meeting. “In the budget comm...

U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan surprised Fairbanks Middle School students during the school’s D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) graduation ceremony Monday afternoon. Jordan briefly spoke to an audience...

Students at Marysville Early College/STEM High School (MECHS) met with local businesses and public service departments on Thursday morning to provide solutions to the problems proposed at the first ST...

While the numbers initially look the same, Triad officials are digging deeper to see growth among their students in reading proficiency. Chief Academic Officer Jenna Fograscher shared an update during...

Plain City employees hosted their First Annual Chili Cook-off Friday. Pictured at left is Parks and Recreation Assistant Director Denton Kitts and at right is Mayor Jody Carney. Through the event, sta...

A Marysville teacher has been put on paid administrative leave following a domestic violence and felonious assault arrest. On Nov. 22, Bunsold Middle School teacher Jesus “Jesse” Ramirez, Jr., 26, of ...

The Ostavitz family, with the help of the Marysville community, will donate about 800 toys to the Ronald McDonald House in Columbus to support families with children receiving treatment at Nationwide ...

The Marysville School District has been experiencing a surge in the number of students with special needs and nowhere is that more evident than at the preschool level. In Ohio, children ages 3-5 with ...

A group of Marysville residents has submitted petitions asking the city to place a recently passed annexation on the ballot. Earlier this week, the citizen committee submitted 65 petition parts contai...

A referendum petition being circulated in Marysville is having an impact 10 miles west of the city. North Lewisburg Administrator Todd Freyhof told village council Friday night that delay in utility w...