Mac Cordell

By Mac Cordell Halloween is in full swing in Marysville. Saturday, the city’s Uptown was converted to Scarysville as businesses, organizations and other vendors catered to hundreds of costumed beggars. Above, Braxton Craig, 2, reaches for a treat from Shawnna Sue of Crooked Door Studio on Main Street. Trick-or-T...

In a 3-4 vote, Marysville City Council Monday rejected legislation that would have banned recreational marijuana retailers in the city. Council members Henk Berbee, Zack Bordner and Scott Hunter voted to support the ban with the other four council members voting against. Council member Steven Wolfe said he has also been contacted by residents supporting both sides of the issue. He said they encouraged him to look at the way...

A Plain City man has been charged with voting illegally. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted James Anthony McDonald, 62, of 7304 Weldon Road, Plain City, charging him with four counts of illegal voting. Union County Prosecutor Dave Phillips said McDonald is a permanent resident of the United States but is not a U.S. citizen. “It appears Mr. McDonald is not a U.S. citizen,” Philips said. “We believe he...

A Marysville man could be facing prison after allegedly choking his live-in-girlfriend. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Nicholas Edgar Alexander Hay, 23, of 1900 Morning Song Road, Apt. 304. Hay is charged with one count each of strangulation and domestic violence. According to court documents, at about 1:51 p.m., Oct. 3, Hay and his girlfriend got into an argument over car keys. The argument allegedly turned physical. The...

Marysville City Council is discussing potential changes to a pair of programs designed to improve the city’s Uptown. Council President Donald Boerger said he wanted council to look at and discuss the city’s Façade Improvement Grant program as well as to the Connie Patterson Home Improvement Reim...

More than three-quarters of all eligible voters in Union County voted in Tuesday’s election and nearly half cast their ballot before Election Day. According to the Union County Board of Elections, 37,311 Union County residents, 78.79% of the county’s registered voters, participated in Tuesday’s...

Marysville’s Tracy Richardson has been reelected to a fourth term in the Ohio House of Representatives. Richardson, a Republican, defeated Democratic challenger Lesley Verbus in Tuesday’s election to represent Ohio’s 86th House District which includes all of Union and much of Marion counties. According to unofficial results from the Union and Marion county election boards, Richardson earned 36,807 votes, nearly 69% of the vote, while Verbus earned 16,587. “I am...

Early voting was strong in Union County. Officials said the strong early turnout made for a smooth Election Day. Election officials said this is the first time they can remember early voting topping the day of voting. Above, Board of Elections Deputy Director Michelle Forrider shows board members an early ballot that was rejected by the tabulation machines. If a ballot cannot be read by the machine, for whatever reason,...

Nov. 27 will be end of the line for officers in schools after levy failure

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 vote Tuesday, council overturned the previous vote and chose to prohibit all marijuana dispensaries in the city. The city currently prohibits “the cultivation, processing, or retail dispensing of medical marijuana within the City of Marysville.” The amendment passed Tuesday...