The 937 region will soon be getting another area code. This month, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved an “area code overlay,” or a plan to add another area code to the same region as 937...

Marysville City Council recently heard plans for The Residences at Bethel Woods, a gated community of freestanding and townhome style condominiums. The project will be south of the Kroger building and...

The Plain City Police Department and the Pleasant Valley Joint Fire District responded to a diesel fuel spill about 4 p.m., Tuesday on N. Chillicothe Street. Officials worked to make sure the leaked f...

Plain City officials are saying the village water is safe to drink as they continue to investigate a complaint about discolored water. Tuesday evening, the village water department received a complain...

School officials around the county are working to digest preliminary results of the state’s English language arts tests, associated with the Ohio Third-Grade Reading Guarantee. “We think the state ach...

Groundbreaking for The Residence at Cooks Pointe was held Tuesday morning. Holding shovels in the front row are members of the Cook family, from left to right, Amy Cook, Dean Cook, Dawn Burns, Dave Co...

After two initiatives failed to make the November ballot, Plain City officials are considering the termination of the village’s solicitor. During Monday’s village council meeting, officials went into ...

There is a lot of work taking place in Richwood, so council got an update from every corner of the village at Monday night’s regular meeting. Village Administrator Monte Asher announced that the west ...

Parking has been on the minds of many Plain City residents, who once again brought their concerns to Monday’s village council meeting. Residents and business owners from throughout the village express...

Fresh off the success of the Marysville Bicentennial celebration, city officials are already working on plans to increase the number of community celebrations. City officials and residents spent much ...

Starting next month, the Marysville Public Library will be fine-free. Both the Marysville and Raymond locations of the library will waive all fines for materials checked out on or after September 1. N...

In the midst of back-to-school season, officials throughout Union County are working to combat the teen vaping epidemic. Shawn Sech, director of health promotions and planning at the Union County Heal...

A decision last year payed immediate dividends this year for the Triad Local School District. Last year, the Triad Local School District made the decision to 1:1 learning, providing Chromebooks for ea...

Edgewood Elementary School engaged in a lockdown Friday afternoon after Marysville Police Department officers were in pursuit of an individual who fled from receiving medical treatment. Thomas Holdren...

Memorial Health plans to relocate its human resource department, the board of trustees learned Thursday night. The department is currently housed in a small building on the east side of the hospital c...

Pictured above is the progress on Marysville’s high school football field renovation project, including the installation of an artificial turf playing surface. The goal posts are made to swivel. Delay...

Friends and family filled the defenses’ side of the Common Pleas Courtroom on Thursday to show support for Kyle Nelson. Nelson was convicted of selling the drugs that killed another man. As he was bei...

The Union County Board of Health recently reviewed its supplemental sewage rules, but did not come to a consensus on what to do with unknown systems. At Wednesday’s meeting, the board discussed how fr...

Marysville officials are learning about a second phase of the Woodside Development proposed for Columbus Avenue. The first phase, the Wilcox section, is already under construction near Benny’s Pizza. ...

Dr. John Evans, 86, longtime local physician and former Chief of Staff and Medical Director of Memorial Hospital, died early this morning at his home. He was a 1951 graduate of Marysville High School ...

Today is the first day of school for students at Plain City Elementary School. Above, Kindergarten teacher Bethany Beachy prepares new students to take a tour of the building. Beachy tells the new stu...

Fairbanks Local School District welcomed new staff members to its team during the Monday night regular board of education meeting. During his superintendent’s report, Adham Schirg welcomed Lindsey Pho...

A Marion man who fought with police and tried to take an officer’s gun is facing charges for the incident. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Jesse James McClure, 22, of 315 S. High St., Marion....

A Richwood man is dead of an apparent suicide. Michael David Blaine Andrews II, 25, of Richwood, was pronounced dead at 6:07 p.m., Aug. 18, at the cemetery. “Right now, it is looking like it is a suic...

The city’s newest park, Morey Park, was dedicate Friday as part of the city’s bicentennial celebration. Initially, the space was to be called Bicentennial Park, but earlier this year officials from Me...

The North Union Board of Education meeting was held Monday at the administration building with Jean Wedding and Matt Staley absent from the meeting. Board member Shelly Ehret gave the board an update ...

Members of the Marysville Finance Committee got some good news at Monday’s meeting. At the meeting, City Finance Director Justin Nahvi reported that last week Marysville received a check for about $1....

A woman who allegedly attacked her child and another man has been charged. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Elisabeth Rachel Carver, 43, whose court-listed address is Montpelier, Indiana. Acco...

It was a party to remember for 200 years as Marysville celebrated its bicentennial over the weekend. Above, fireworks lit the night sky Saturday to help the city cap its birthday celebration. Left, 2-...

Earlier this week, the Marysville Police Department and Ohio State High Patrol honored Steve Sprigs of Union County, pictured above third from right, for saving two individuals from being struck by a ...