Auglaize County Board of Elections reported a 58.8% turnout in this year's gubernatorial election cycle after certifying results on Wednesday.

Board of elections director Michelle Wilcox previously predicted abount a 60% turnout.

Hunters in the 19th and early 20th centuries outdid themselves risking life and limb with questionable ammunition. For example, when hunters ran out

A Thanksgiving morning football practice has become a tradition at Marion Local, as the Flyers often have played football this late in the season.

Back in the Division VII state semifinals for the first time since 2020, New Bremen is looking to punch its ticket to the state title game for the second time in school history on Saturday at Mercy Health/Wapak Ford Field in Wapakoneta.

Division I 
Both games Friday, 7 p.m.

Lakewood St. Edward (13-1) vs. Gahanna Lincoln at Mansfield Arlin Field.

Cincinnati Moeller (13-1) vs. Springfield (12-1) at Piqua Alexander Stadium.

CELINA - Mercer County commissioners on Tuesday agreed to tap American Rescue Plan Act funds to help fund a joint project with Celina to expand storm sewers to alleviate excessive flooding on the west end of the city.

CELINA - The Lake Facilities Authority has landed a $300,000 state grant to fund work related to the Chickasaw Creek Treatment Train preliminary estimated at $1.5 million.

COLDWATER - Coldwater Exempted Village School District treasurer Jenn McCoy presented a dismal five-year economic forecast during Tuesday's school board meeting.

FORT RECOVERY - Fort Recovery Elementary School students and staff raised more than $8,000 in the span of one week for the creation of a new park in honor of a classmate who died in 2020.

Mercer County ranked third in the state for lowest joblessness among Ohio's 88 counties in a tie with Putnam County.

Mercer County's unemployment rate worsened sightly from 2.7% in September to 2.9% in October, according to an Ohio Department of Job and Family Services news release.

MARIA STEIN - A second-quarter slump left Marion Local trailing much of the way, but the Flyers came through in the fourth.

Marion rallied from a six-point deficit with five minutes left and held on for a 45-41 win over Shawnee in a girls basketball game at the Hangar on Tuesday night.

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The St. Marys girls basketball team earned its first win of the season Tuesday night, pulling away from Kalida in the fourth for a 40-27 win at Grand Lake Health System Court.

CELINA - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has asked Celina City Schools officials to teach children empathy for animals following allegations of a local video showing a juvenile abusing a calf.

CELINA - School board members plan to open a discussion on whether to arm select employees as a way to protect students in the event of an active shooter situation.

CELINA - Two people were injured, one of them seriously, and one person was given a citation after a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of Harrison Road and County Road 219A early Friday morning.

CELINA - A fully assembled city council on Monday moved to enact legislation authorizing the award of two infrastructure contracts totaling nearly $2 million.

A gang of thieves in 1955-1956 chose a backwoods cabin near Grand Lake as a hideout. Slim, dark-haired Lawrence Stoker, a career criminal, was the gang's leader. Way back in 1941, the then-27-year old Stoker pleaded guilty to kidnapping, armed robbery and auto theft.

Siena Heights senior Kole Murlin wrapped up his collegiate college career by being named the Mid States Football Association's Mideast Defensive Player of the Year for the third straight season.

CELINA - The wife of a Celina man linked to "animal crush" videos has been charged with multiple counts of animal torture.

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As many Americans look forward to spending time with family and friends during Thanksgiving this week, the rising cost of the traditional holiday feast also looms ahead.

ST. MARYS - Firefighters spent several hours early Saturday morning fighting a barn fire at 17420 Koenig Road in St. Marys. St. Marys City Fire Captain Rammel said the barn was a total loss.

WAPAKONETA - In sub-freezing, windy, intermittently snowy conditions Saturday night, Marion Local put on a football clinic.

The Flyers dismantled A

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Parkway jumped out to a 19-2 lead over Lehman in the first quarter and never looked back as the Panthers improved to 2-0 on the girls basketball season with a 42-24 win over the Cavaliers in Shelby County on Saturday afternoon.