Plain City News

Although local governments and businesses have felt the economic pinch in 2009, you could argue that the economic downturn hit the average families of Union County hardest.

The kitchen is a beehive, with chefs and preparers busy at their stations while helpers dart to pantries and walk-in coolers.

Emily Hoerig, right, serves Wilfred Artis while Mariah Layne watches at Tolles Career & Technical Center in Plain City.

Bob Wirts wishes people would remember U.S. 42 was once known as the Rainbow Division Highway.

Richard Alder, a park technician at Englewood MetroPark, is seen with the park systema s new Clean Burn furnace on Monday, Dec.

Bring on the kibbles, the bits, the chow, the tuna-flavored treats. Local rescue groups hope that all those and more will pile up during a pet-food donation drive Saturday.

Eden Cryogenics looking at 30 additional jobs A Jerome Township business is planning an expansion that could provide more than 30 jobs for the area.

PLAIN CITY -- Every dairy farmer's dream is playing out at the Gruenbaum family farm.

Plain City, Ohio -- When growing up in Plain City, Suzanne Ford, like a lot of rural children, learned to make or grow pretty much everything she needed.

Web: lunaburger.com Got your "Fat Pants" on? Yeah, Thanksgiving did a heavy number on me too.

MARYSVILLE: Donna L. Denman, age 86, of Marysville, died Saturday, December 5, 2009 at 1:30 a.m. at Gables at Green Pastures in Marysville.

A $2.7 million federal grant to a consortium led by a Central Ohio company aims to show bigger isn't always better in the production of next-generation biofuels.

GRANVILLE -- For Angie Walker, nothing says Christmas like the smell of a freshly cut pine tree.

The intersection of West Avenue and Rt. 42 in Plain City near the Der Dutchman restaurant has been the scene of nine collisions in the past three years.

With the smell of strong coffee wafting through the dark, early morning air, lines first formed outside and then inside area stores as shoppers hunted the best Black Friday deals.

Plain City will kick off the holiday season next week with its eighth annual Christmas Under the Clock celebration.

A down economy and continuing job losses didn't seem to dissuade thousands of central Ohio shoppers this morning from seeking deals on toys, electronics and home goods.

Plain City will celebrate the holidays with its eighth annual Christmas Under the Clock from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Dec.

Police said that a man was in critical condition after he was stabbed by a woman late Sunday night.

A pair of Plain City families were at council Monday to ask council to reconsider a walkway between their properties.