Firefighters tear into new cars at TRC

By Will Channell

Area firefighters were given the opportunity to practice extrication skills on newer vehicles on Thursday the Transportation Research Center in East Liberty. Pictured above, a Liberty Township firefighter breaks open a dashboard during an extrication exercise at the Transportation Research Center in...

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St. Paul honors veterans

By Mac Cordell

November 14, 2024

While there are fewer and fewer World War II veterans every day, a pair of them were in attendance at St. Paul Lutheran Church for the Golden Eagles Senior Ministry ceremony to honor veterans. Major G...

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School coming down

By Michael Williamson

November 14, 2024

All that remained of Jonathan Alder’s former elementary school building at 340 W. Main St. Wednesday morning was the first floor facade and piles of rubble. School officials said the goal is to have t...

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City puff, puff, passes weed ban

After voting down ban on dispensaries, Marysville Council reverses course

By Mac Cordell

November 13, 2024

One meeting after rejecting a proposed ban on recreational marijuana dispensaries in the city, Marysville City Council reconsidered the vote and this time voted to support the prohibition. In a 4-2 vo...

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Jerome Fire Department to add truck

By Michael Williamson

November 13, 2024

Jerome Township’s fire truck fleet will soon be getting a little larger. The township trustees voted last week to move forward with the purchase of a new truck from Sutphen, the Dublin-based fire truc...

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Union County Airport dealing with a pair of issues

By Kyle Meddles

November 13, 2024

The Union County Airport Authority is looking to fix water drainage and fuel line issues at the Airport. At the regular meeting of the Airport Authority Tuesday, Board President Steve Koenig said ther...

No sophomore jinx for former FHS spiker; Little leads Washington & Jefferson in kills for regular season

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Fairbanks High School graduate Sophie Little blasts the ball over the net in this file photo. Little is a sophomore at Washington & Jefferson University. She was named the Presidents’ Athletic Conference offensive player of the week three times during the 2024 campaign. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)

No sophomore jinx for former FHS spiker; Little leads Washington & Jefferson in kills for regular season

By Tim Miller

November 13, 2024

Fairbanks High School graduate Sophie Little continues to make a name for herself in collegiate volleyball circles. The 2023 FHS grad recently completed her second regular season as a member of the Wa...