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Brad Gillis, of Night Ranger, is pictured shredding the guitar at the All Ohio Balloon Festival at the Union County Airport in 2015. The hard rock, pop metal band is returning for its third performanc...

Some little competitors showed up big Tuesday at the Union County Fair. Above, Chess Baily, 9, with the Heads Up, Heels Down 4-H club, shows her miniature horse, Carl, as Jennifer Sawyer judges the Jr...

Some confusion on who will make the first move regarding a county solar project has been cleared up. Officials with Invenergy, the company heading the Cadence Solar Project in the northern part of Uni...

Plain City officials recently expanded village staff in an effort to support current and future businesses. The village recently hired Jason Stanford to a new position: economic development coordinato...

Plain City Council recently approved the final plats for the second section of the Darby Station residential development, which is depicted in the graphic above. The housing development is located on ...

​​The Village of Richwood Council voted 4-2 to accept the modified agricultural use regulations on Monday, failing to meet the required supermajority to approve or deny a proposed ordinance. Council m...

Marysville Police are searching for two men involved in an alleged attempted car break-in and a possible theft. The men fled the area in this 2017 Hyundai Sonata, reported stolen out of Reynoldsburg. ...

At Monday night’s meeting, Marysville City Council heard the first reading of legislation that would allow a community center to be a conditional use in the Government and Institutional zoning distric...

Cassidy Ann Smith, of Richwood, was recently found not guilty on two counts of felonious assault. In the screenshot above, Smith takes a moment to regain her composure after showing the jury how she w...

The Richwood Revitalization Committee agreed to ask Jeff Meyer of Meyer Restoration Inc. for a quote to temporarily tarp the opera house’s clock tower area to prevent water damage from the leaks. Acco...

North Union Local Schools District Treasurer and CFO Scott Maruniak informed the school board about the general timeline for the natural grass turf project at a recent meeting. “We just got back the w...

Visitors to the 2022 Union County Fair should notice a much smoother road. Earlier this year, the Union County Health Department received a grant from FEMA to repair damage to the roadway inside the c...

As summer quickly comes to an end, officials from the Union County Health Department are encouraging parents to beat the August rush for back-to-school shots. “Traditionally our clinic is very busy fr...

Carissa Meyer has been named 2022 Union County Jr. Fair Queen. Meyer is a 2021 graduate of Marysville High School and the Ohio Hi-Point culinary school. She is a member of Creative Clovers United 4-H ...

Hoping to build additional layers of security to district buildings, the Marysville School District is turning to the men of Union County. The Marysville Board of Education learned Thursday night that...

Keagan Nicol, ringman for the auctioneer, excitedly jumps into the air as he helps increase the bid of an animal during the 2021 Union County Fair Junior Livestock Sale. Nicol’s energy led to multiple...

Union County officials are considering an update to the area’s economic development strategy and incentive process. At the county commissioners meeting on Wednesday, Eric Phillips, the county’s econom...

A mosquito trap set by the Union County Health Department along the Jim Simmons Trail is pictured above. The trap is part of UCHD’s mosquito surveillance program, through which mosquitos are collected...

Though Fairbanks Local Schools are well staffed heading into the 2022-23 school year, the district is still on the lookout for “guest teacher” positions. Superintendent Adham Schirg said the situation...

The Union County Health Department is looking for ways to increase opportunities for physical activity throughout the county. During its meeting Wednesday, The Board of Health unanimously approved an ...

The above image comes from body camera footage from Union County Sheriff's Deputy Jake Matejko after a May incident in which he shot and killed a suspect who pointed a weapon at him in Mill Valley. In...

Marysville School Board member Jermaine Ferguson has stepped down from the city’s planning commission. Last week, Ferguson sent a letter of resignation from the commission to Council President Mark Re...

Country singer-songwriter Niko Moon, pictured, will perform at the 2022 All Ohio Balloon Festival on Friday, Aug. 12, with opening act Shane Stephens Band and support act Ashley Best. (Photo submitted...

Residents at the Ohio Reformatory for Women take off at the start line of the MS Walk held at the prison Tuesday morning. The three-mile race was the culmination of a fundraising effort through which ...

As the Union County Commissioners prepare to vote on the tax option for two solar companies in the North Union Local Schools District, the school board sought clarification on the financial impact of ...

The Marysville Finance Committee is taking a different approach to budgeting this year. “Sometimes I think they do things a little backwards,” said Council member Henk Berbee, who chairs the finance c...

Tractors head down Main Street toward Park Street in Plain City on Friday, completing the 2022 Steam Threshers’ Grand Parade route. The annual event concluded just after 7:30 p.m. Friday evening ahead...

The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Tim Runyon, 50, of Bellefontaine, charging him with one count each of rape and sexual battery. Union County Prosecutor Dave Phillips said Runyon was in a relat...

Few villages the size of North Lewisburg can find a mayor with the resume of Cheryl Hollingsworth. When she was selected to lead the village she brought a big city money management pedigree to a sleep...

Staffing shortages at the Union County Sheriff’s Office has the county’s chief law enforcement officer actively pursuing recruits to fill open positions. This time, however, he’s trying a more persona...