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Editor's note: The following information is provided by the Union County Sheriff's Office. The Union County Sheriff’s Office highest priority is ensuring safety for the residents of Union County.   Th...

Marysville resident Jordan Edwards is among engineering students at Cedarville University working toward NASA’s 2023 Student Launch competition in Huntsville, Alabama, on April 15-16. Pictured above, ...

A Marysville man could be facing more than six years in prison after allegedly falsifying receipts and trying to defraud his insurance company. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted James Hall, 29,...

Jerome Township officials are happy with the progress being made on the construction of a second fire station. Division of Fire Chief Douglas Stewart gave an update to the Board of Trustees during its...

Marysville is beginning to look a lot like Merrys-ville as city crews have started decorating the Uptown for Christmas. Above, Brandon Moore, with the city, strings pine boughs and holly berries aroun...

The Village of North Lewisburg will be exploring other options for sewer regionalization after cost quotes from Logan County came back higher than expected. Village Administrator Todd Freyhof told cou...

In the photo above, Marysville’s Abby Altizer (11) blasts the ball over the net. In the photo below, MHS’ Morgan Shick comes up with a dig. Altizer has been named to the Ohio Capital Conference Cardin...

Investigators with the Miami Valley Bulk Smuggling Task Force recently seized marijuana as well cash as part of a drug interdiction. The stop was made at the Marathon gas station on U.S. 42 at U.S. 33...

Union County officials are looking to update the 911 system north of the City of Marysville. The updates would extend north along Route 4 to the radio tower between Blues Creek Golf Course and Kaiser ...

Plain City’s new Village Planner is doing a “complete review” of the zoning code rewrite before council votes on the document, although he said it will likely only extend the process through early 202...

This home near the intersection of Court and Seventh streets found a creative way to incorporate some of its Halloween decorations into its Christmas display. A Santa coat was thrown over a super-size...

The illustration above depicts the area in which work will be completed on the Uptown streetscape in Plain City. Village Administrator Haley Lupton said the streetscape along West Main Street and Nort...

Marysville City Council recently annexed 253 acres in Paris Township on Route 245, west of Route 4 and U.S. 36 near the U.S. 33 east exit. Stillwater Farms will have more than 630 homes including sing...

The Village of Richwood Council approved the first reading of the 2023 budget on Monday. According to the budget resolution, the 2023 estimated total revenue available will be nearly $3.4 million and ...

Pictured above at the Hope Center donation are, from left to right, Andrew Nitch of ACCIONA Energía, Hope Center Executive Director/CEO Becky Bolt, Hope Center Director of Compassion Ministries Lorie ...

What Marysville officials are calling “a fairly significant change” to next year’s budget and other elements of the budget drew criticism from council at a recent work session. City council has alread...

Fireman Mike Montgomery of the Marysville Division of Fire has been honored with the Mental Health and Recovery Board of Union County’s Community Partner Award. The Community Partner Award is given to...

ORW cosmetology student Crisha Wallace, standing at right, touches up one of the styles she created during a performance at the prison’s recent hair show. Wallace was among a number of cosmetologists-...

The Richwood Revitalization Committee discussed material options to repair or replace the roof of the historic opera house and town hall during its meeting on Thursday. The current roof is slate and h...

Acciona/Union Solar has finished the installation of access roads in its project area, so residents should see a reduction in construction traffic. At Wednesday’s regular meeting of the Union County C...

A Union County Grand Jury has indicted 20 individuals as part of an alleged drug operation in northern Union County. On Wednesday, members of the Union County Multi-Agency Drug Enforcement (M.A.D.E.) ...

Members of the Military Preparedness Program are pictured doing 22 push-ups in unison during the ORW Veterans Day ceremony following a presentation from Satoya Moffett, at podium, regarding statistics...

A Milford Center man is dead following a series of car crashes Wednesday on I-70. Shortly after 5 a.m. Wednesday, Elvis Kikuba, 21, Milford Center, was transported by CareFlight to Miami Valley Hospit...

More than 25,000 Union County residents made their voices heard as part of Tuesday’s general election. Overall, 25,228 Union County voters, about 58% of eligible voters, cast a ballot in the general e...

Officials said Election Day in Union County went very well as more than 25,000 voters cast a ballot. Above, from left, Renee Error, a Democrat, and Jeannene Henault, a Republican, work together to pro...

Republican Tracy Richardson has been reelected to represent Ohio’s 86th District, which includes all of Union and much of Marion counties. According to unofficial results from the board of elections o...

Residents in North Lewisburg approved an income tax to provide additional policing in the village by a 262-226 vote Tuesday. The .75% income tax will allow the North Lewisburg Police Department to pro...

Plain City officials are looking forward to taking on economic development projects in 2023 while being “realistic” about the amount of work they can do. “Next year we want to focus on just biting off...

The engineering firm Arcadis is recommending the city construct a five-leg roundabout at the Five Points intersection on Marysville’s east side. (Photo submitted) -- The consulting group charged with ...

Union County is starting work on a comprehensive plan update and wants to hear from residents. A survey of 29 questions is available online ranging from housing, community activities, recreation, infr...