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Plain City was selected by Mother’s Cookies as the exclusive launch community for the inaugural National Frosted Cookie Day on Saturday. To celebrate, Mother’s Cookies held a “takeover” of the village...

A Plain City man with at least five prior drunk driving convictions has been indicted again. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Daniel L. Elick, 60, of 7909 Currier Road, charging him with four ...

Fairbanks is fast-tracking its locker room renovation project this summer. At a special meeting Friday morning, the district’s board of education passed a resolution declaring “urgent necessity” and p...

Field Source’s Matt Neff waters the sand-based sod at North Union’s Ignite Field Saturday Wednesday afternoon keeping it moist during its installation. Crews began installing the new grass turf earlie...

Union County residents will soon see their next cycle of tax bills in the mail. At the regular meeting of the Union County department officials Tuesday, Treasurer Andrew Smarra told the county commiss...

A Plain City man with at least five prior drunk driving convictions has been indicted again. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Daniel L. Elick, 60, of 7909 Currier Rd., charging him with four c...

Earlier this week, teens from the Under the Rainbow Art Club visited Uptown businesses to give their sidewalks and windows a makeover in honor of Pride Month and in time for the Marysville Pride Fest....

“Do we go on in November or do we wait?” That question regarding a levy attempt by Marysville School Board President Sue Devine was the impetus behind a special meeting called Tuesday. After the solid...

Above, participants in the Harmony Project, a Columbus-based nonprofit that builds community around music, from the Ohio Reformatory for Women, Madison Correctional Institution and Pickaway Correction...

Calon Blakenship, 8, slides on a wet tarp on the last day of Marysville Monarch Baseball Camp on Wednesday. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kevin Behrens) --

Marysville officials have presented a plan to construct a new aquatics facility on the Maple Street site where the city’s Maintenance and Operations Center (MOC) and the Bark Park are currently locate...

An in-home assistant has been charged with stealing from an elderly woman with traumatic brain injury. A Union County Grand Jury has indicted Miranda Varney, 27, of West Mansfield, charging her with o...

Emotions boiled over as residents shouted at council members, cursed at the law director and walked out of the meeting during a work session discussion of Plain City’s noise ordinance. “The rhetoric h...

Marysville officials are saying that while it is only the first week of June, residents are already seeing a benefit from the newly constructed water treatment plant. “If we didn’t have the new plant ...

Marysville held its annual Touch-A-Truck event Friday with a variety of vehicles and equipment from the police, fire and streets departments as well as the Ohio National Guard and other agencies for t...

With the help of recently purchased parking sensors and software, Marysville is once again able to enforce parking regulations in the city’s Uptown. Above, Officer Hayze Reeves issues an over-time par...

Union County is gearing up for summer events and with that comes an influx of visitors to the area. The county’s Convention and Visitor’s Bureau Director Karen Eylon said it’s their job to attract tho...

Festivities for the PGA’s Memorial Tournament have been ongoing through this week in Dublin with the actual tournament starting Thursday at Muirfield Village Golf Club. Above, Adam Scott, of Australia...

On May 2, 23-year-old Aaron Bravo died in the Memorial Hospital Emergency Department. About 4 p.m. that day, his roommate had found him unresponsive in the living room of his West Fourth Street home. ...

Jerome Township residents will vote in November as to whether the township should adopt a form of government that gives it more authority over everything from roads to police protection to water and s...

Firefighters work to put out a fire on Edgewood Drive in Richwood early Tuesday morning. Officials said flames were already through the roof when emergency personnel arrived on scene just after 4 a.m....

Fantastic weather Monday brought large crowds to Memorial Day events throughout the county. Above, a young girl sits on a curb on West Fifth Street holding flags as the Marysville Memorial Day Parade ...

After approving three tax incentives in the Fairbanks and Dublin City Schools districts, the Jerome Township Trustees spent the rest of a special meeting refuting comments made by the Union County Com...

One person died at the scene of this one-vehicle crash on Fulton Creek Road in Claibourne Township. The driver was declared dead at the scene. A passenger was flown to the Ohio State University Wexner...

A former nurse is in trouble again after allegedly stealing drugs from a patient. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Amy M. Jolliff, 45, of 409 Terrace Drive, charging her with one count each of...

“A very solid first third of the year.” That’s how City Manager Terry Emery described the first four months of the city’s finances. “Going into the year, there were some unknowns,” Emery said. “Gettin...

Beautiful weather greeted hundreds of local residents who viewed the Marysville Memorial Day Parade and the following remembrance ceremony at Oakdale Cemetery Monday. Above, U.S. Marine Corps Vietnam ...

Family members of Nathan Hewitt are pictured at his memorial service at Living Hope Church in Marysville. SPC Hewitt died in 2022 at 32 years old following injuries experienced in combat during his se...

The Kozlik family has enjoyed living next to the historic Amrine Cemetery and helping to honor those buried there. Long before the family moved into the home, they knew of the cemetery through son, Ka...

Marysville is planning observances for Memorial Day on Monday. At 8:15 a.m., in Schwartzkopf Park, there will be a wreath ceremony honoring those lost at sea. There will be a parade at 9 a.m., beginni...