Chad Williamson

Editor’s note: This is the final installment of a week-long series of stories detailing issues and candidates that Union County voters will see on the Nov. 5 ballot. ––– New faces might be the secret ingredient if the Marysville schools hope to pass a 5.5-mill, 10-year levy in November. After a stinging defeat of an 8.4-mill levy in May of 2023, the district had to analyze how it could repackage...

Special teams giveth and special teams taketh away. Marysville returned a kickoff for a touchdown on its first possession Friday night, but after that special teams breakdowns allowed a pair of Olentangy Berlin scores, as well as a host of short-field opportunities. As a result, the Bears waxed the Mo...

There’s little doubt that Hilliard Darby has grown into Marysville’s rivalry game on the gridiron. Regardless of records, the contest is always a one-score game and the outcome isn’t determined until the final minutes, if not the final seconds. In the last four games, the series is split 2-2 and the largest margin of victory has been seven points. Friday night’s 31-25 win over the Panthers appeared ready to break...

The Union County Cougars Special Olympics team took on squads from the Marysville Fire Department, Union County Board of Developmental Disabilities and Marysville Police Department Sunday at the Bunsold Middle School football field in a community flag football challenge. Above, Ivan Green picks up yardage after a reception while teammate Lance Bodine prepares to block. At right, Andrew Wright leads the way through the handshake line for the Cougars, with...

When a cyberattack shut down internet access and various affiliated systems at the Marysville School District last week a couple of things helped lessen the blow for staff and students. The first was the lessons of the COVID pandemic. “If you think of how often and how drastically we had to pivot (during COVID), this feels smaller in comparison,” Navin Elementary Principal Katie Van Schoyck said. “I’m able to refer...

Voter turnout in Union County and around the country was very strong for the 2024 election. While more than 40% of the county’s registered voters cast their ballots early, many polling locations, including Marysville High School, were steadily busy all day Tuesday. Results from Tuesday’s elections will be available in Thursday’s edition of the Marysville Journal-Tribune. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) --

Poor support in townships key to Marysville's 351 vote loss

A community income survey completed in recent years could benefit North Lewisburg to the tune of $750,000. Mary Richards Oakley, a senior planner for Columbus-based Community Development Consultants, discussed an opportunity for the village to apply for an Ohio Neighborhood Revitalization Grant (NRG) with North Lewisburg Council members at a meeting earlier this week. This past year a total of 10 communities shared $7.5 million in NRG funding. Eligible projects...

Thursday night into Friday morning was a wild 12 hours if you were trying to pin down pay-to-participate fees in the Marysville school district. Fees went up and down for various activities, before eventually settling back to a hybrid of the original contingency plan on Friday morning. The meeting, he...

Stepping down after a 13-year career leading the Marysville school district, Superintendent Diane Allen said her legacy will be in students, rather than a stadium or STEM school. Allen’s retirement was announced at Thursday’s school board meeting. She will stay in the position until May and no ti...