Union County News

RICHWOOD - The Union County Sheriff's office, Richwood Police Department and the Northern Union County Fire Department will be hosting a medication disposal day at North Union High School from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov.

To receive help understanding the Medicare options and selecting a plan, the public is urged to attend one of the Medicare Check-Up Day events being held throughout Ohio.

The vote was close but, in the end, the city's request for an income-tax increase lost by 104 votes yesterday, according to final, unofficial results.

A Marysville haven that gives people second chances celebrated its 10th anniversary Oct.

Two persons were Medflighted to OSU Hospital Saturday night after they were injured in a single-vehicle accident on State Route 245 in Union Township just west of Marysville.

Canal Winchester Village Council members have pledged not to accept the 25 percent raises they voted to give themselves this summer, after the mayor said he wouldn't take a raise.

A Marysville judge who has spoken from the bench on the evils of heroin says he's heartbroken over his teenage daughter's arrest on heroin charges.

A several month-long heroin investigation has led to the indictment of 18 people in the Union County area.

Health officials in Union and Licking counties have announced additional H1N1 vaccine clinics.

RICHWOOD - The Richwood Garden Club met at Curbside Cones recently. Ginny Carrel was the host.

October has been a busy month for the volunteers at the Care Train of Union County as applications for holiday assistance have begun pouring into the local charity.

Corazon Club & Spa in Dublin was acquired by lender Peoples Bank at a sheriff's sale in Union County yesterday.

Area emergency services responded to this three-car accident on Route 4 north of Wolford-Maskill Road Friday at 2:46 p.m. as roads filled with rush hour traffic.

The Richwood Garden Club reports a very active month of September. Activities included a booth at the Richwood Fair where they gave out information about gardening plus free bulbs, seeds and literature about gardening, a trip to the Hardin County Fair for the flower show there and a booth at the Richwood Appreciation Days where they gave out bulbs, ...

Pamela Endsley is the co-owner of the building which is now home to Shearer-Banks Insurance.

Budget constraints resulted in a county employee being laid off on Sept. 28. Christine Ann Maynard of Magnetic Springs was notified that her position is being abolished as a result of reorganization and she will no longer be working as a permanent full-time administrative assistant, effective at the close of business Oct.

Anyone who has navigated the Rt. 161/Post Road/Industrial Parkway intersection in the northwestern part of Franklin County at rush hour knows it's a mess.

MARYSVILLE - The Union County Sheriff's Office will host a medication disposal day for all of Union County from 2-6 p.m. Thursday, Oct.

Willow Benton, 1, and Kaireia Kleeman, 5, cover their friend Lilyanna Herriott, 2, in corn.

Raynell Robinson smashed a cell phone to prevent a witness to a violent brawl from calling police, but his actions did not violate the Ohio law against "disrupting public services," the Marysville man's attorney told the Ohio Supreme Court yesterday.