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Village foots bill for pricey upkeep on infrastructure
News
By Chad Williamson 
September 19, 2025
Costly infrastructure improvements dominated the agenda at a recent North Lewisburg Village Council meeting. Village Administrator Todd Freyhof reported that a membrane replacement project recently co...
Fairbanks superintendent pleased with report card results
Education, News
By Jack Christian 
September 18, 2025
Fairbanks announced its yearly state report card and the state released ratings for each school district for the previous year. The state has a 1 to 5 star rating for each school, with Fairbanks scori...
Buzzards and balloons
Local News, News
By Chad Williamson 
September 18, 2025
Warm weather months in Union County promise two things when local residents look upward - buzzards and balloons. In reality the birds, shown above on a cell tower off West Third Street, are turkey vul...
City probes electric bike, scooter rules
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Marysville is in the early stages of trying to regulate usage of electronic bicycle and scooters in the city. Above, three electric scooters are parked outside of the YMCA recently. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson)
By Michael Williamson 
September 17, 2025
The Marysville Parks and Recreation Commission is starting early discussions to get electronic bike or e-bike regulations on the books. Following some concerns from residents, officials are looking in...
Fairbanks homecoming set
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By From JT Staff Reports 
September 17, 2025
Fairbanks High School will play its Homecoming football game Friday evening against Southeastern. Members of the Homecoming court are from left, front row, freshman Audrey Clark, junior Miley Counts, ...
Columbus woman indicted for trafficking meth
Court News, News
Grand jury indictments
By Kyle Meddles 
September 17, 2025
A woman from Columbus has been charged with trafficking up to 150 grams of meth and possessing four other illicit drugs in Jerome Township. The Union County Grand Jury has charged Ashli Nicole Price, ...
Stormwater concerns raised in Jerome Village area
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By Michael Williamson 
September 16, 2025
A Jerome Township resident says a lack of stormwater regulations in Jerome Village could mean legal issues for Union County. Scott Sonnenberg, who lives on Wells Road between two portions of the Jerom...
North Union eyes weighted grading system
Education, News
The North Union Board of Education took a moment out of its meeting to participate with fifth graders as they showcased their science projects in the Spark Studio classroom. Superintendent Justin Ufferman, left, uses shaving cream to create a cloud while fifth grader Barrett Hall, middle, and board member Matt Staley, right, watch on. Hall dropped colored water on shaving cream to mimic how clouds absorb moisture until it leads to rain. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kyle Meddles)
By Kyle Meddles 
September 16, 2025
North Union’s Board of Education continued discussion on old business items including the implementation of a weighted grading scale and a building expansion at the high school. At the regular meeting...
Affordable housing proposal flagged
Local News, Marysville City Council, News
City council states four objections to east-side project
By Michael Williamson 
September 15, 2025
Marysville City Council is objecting to a proposal to bring a multi-family affordable housing community to the city’s east side. In a response from the board, council outlined its objections to what t...
Local districts learn state report card scores
Education, Local News, News
By From JT Staff Reports 
September 15, 2025
State report cards are out and all five area school districts ranked a mixture of three-star and four-star ratings. Each year, the State of Ohio requires districts to provide parents, caregivers, comm...
Data sinners
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On April 17 earlier this year, the Jerome Township Fire Department responded to the Amazon data center at 8619 Industrial Parkway for a fire, where they experienced access issues, delays and multiple safety violations. Responders stayed on-scene for 36 hours alongside units from ten other fire departments. The fire resulted in five workers sustaining injuries and an estimated loss of $50 million in fire damages. (File photo)
Jerome Twp. data centers creating heartburn for fire department, little benefit
By Kyle Meddles 
September 13, 2025
In the lead up to a nine-month moratorium placed on data centers by the Jerome Township Trustees, the Jerome Township Fire Department has been putting pressure on Amazon after they have refused to add...
Alder may need modulars
Education, News, Plain City News
By Michael Williamson 
September 13, 2025
It’s possible some Plain City Elementary School students could be in modular classrooms as early as next year. While nothing is set in stone, nor have any decisions been made, the Jonathan Alder Board...
Death toll rises to six in area traffic fatalities
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By From JT Staff Reports 
September 12, 2025
The second driver in the Route 31 crash died this week, bringing traffic fatalities in some way associated with the area to six. According to the Union County Sheriff’s Office, officials received the ...
Area remembers 9/11
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By Chad Williamson 
September 12, 2025
Local first responders and residents gathered Thursday morning at the fire station next to City Hall for a ceremony to remember the events of Sept. 11, 2001. Above, the Marysville Fire Department Hono...
Richwood man charged with allegedly trying to strangle girlfriend
Court News, News
By Kyle Meddles 
September 11, 2025
A Richwood man has been charged after reportedly strangling his live-in girlfriend. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Michael Vincent Harmon, 35, of 15 Beatty Ave., Richwood, and charged him wi...
Historical flight group could help pay for hangar
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By Kyle Meddles 
September 11, 2025
The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) wants to build a hangar at the Union County Airport to store more historic airplanes and use the space for events in the future. At the regular meeting of the airport...
Second driver dies after Route 31 crash
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By From JT Staff Reports 
September 11, 2025
A second driver in the Route 31 crash has died. According to the Union County Sheriff’s Office, officials received notification Thursday from the Franklin County Coroner’s Office that Sofia B. Collazo...
UCHD discusses programs at risk from federal cuts
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"We don't know for sure which ones will be cancelled or removed, but they're currently at risk" - Health commissioner Jason Orcena
By Kyle Meddles 
September 10, 2025
The Union County Health Department Board of Health discussed how to get ahead of the abrupt changes at the federal level that may impact grant opportunities and health department programs. At a specia...
Residents generate buzz in Milford Center
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By Michael Williamson 
September 10, 2025
Another Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) effort could help Milford Center get a new coffee shop and potentially jumpstart some revitalization in the downtown. That is the hope at least of Thom...
Chick-fil-A breaks dirt
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By Michael Williamson 
September 10, 2025
Crews move dirt on the future Chick-fil-A site off Delaware Avenue Wednesday afternoon ahead of the actual beginning of the construction phase. Marysville street department workers have also been work...
UCSO bringing back air speed patrols
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By Mike Williamson 
September 10, 2025
The Union County Sheriff’s Office is ramping up its speed limit enforcement using a familiar approach. Sheriff Mike Justice told the county commissioners Wednesday that his office is working with the ...
Birds of pray
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By Chad Williamson 
September 10, 2025
Turkey vultures are shown on the peaks of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church on West Fifth Street Tuesday morning. Dozens of the birds have taken to roosting on the church intermittently in recent we...
Plain City Council approves seasonal closure of park
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By Jack Christian 
September 10, 2025
Pastime Park in Plain City is going to have a new schedule for campers. The village is planning a new seasonal closure at the park’s campground, with the entire facility shutting down for a three-mont...
Donor picks up tab for Richwood signs
News
By Kyle Meddles 
September 10, 2025
An anonymous donor will provide funding to go toward four new entrance signs for the village. At the regular Richwood council meeting on Monday, Mayor Scott Jerew said that he got an estimate from a m...
Developer changes draw support from city council crowd
Local News, Marysville City Council, News
By Michael Williamson 
September 10, 2025
Marysville City Council saw something a bit out of the ordinary this week: some support for a planned development. The board heard the second reading and public hearing Monday night for the proposed T...
One killed in Route 31 crash
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Vehicles involved in an early morning crash that left one driver dead sit at the edges of Route 31 near Miller Road Saturday. The driver of the 2009 Honda Civic was pronounced dead at the scene after a 2023 Jeep Renegade crossed the centerline and hit the vehicle head-on, according to the Union County Sheriff’s Office. The Jeep driver was taken by MedFlight to a Columbus-area trauma center. (Photos submitted)
By From JT Staff Reports 
September 9, 2025
One driver is dead after a two-vehicle crash in northern Union County over the weekend. In the early hours of the morning Saturday, two vehicles traveling on Route 31 near Miller Road crashed in a hea...
ECHS plans for aviation program next year
Education, Local News, News
By Jack Christian 
September 9, 2025
A new program is coming to the Marysville Early College High School (ECHS). ECHS Principal Scott Bennett confirmed a new aviation program is in the works and set to begin in the 2026-27 school year. T...
Local man drowns in pond
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At Adventure Trails campground near Bellefontaine
By From JT Staff Reports 
September 8, 2025
The Marysville man who drowned over the weekend while on a camping trip in Bellefontaine has been identified. On Monday, Logan County Sheriff’s Office deputies identified the victim as Cody Johnson, 2...
Area residents killed in Delaware County crash
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By From JT Staff Reports 
September 8, 2025
A total of four people, three of them locals, involved in a head-on collision near the Delaware County line on Friday have now been pronounced dead. Olivia Kroft, 19, of Marysville, along with her two...
Disease strikes local deer population
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By Aleksei Pavloff 
September 6, 2025
The deer population within the state have been suffering from a disease outbreak. Thankfully, the disease is not transmittable to humans but numbers have steadily increased in Union County. The Ohio D...