CELINA - A 17-year-old Celina High School junior is hoping to inspire kids of all abilities and teach them tolerance through a children's book he illustrated and authored himself.

"Danny and Kevin Conquer Camping" by Kale Sudhoff was released on April 30 to mark Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month. [More]

All spring, the University of Findlay women's golf team had been dominating.

When the team had to battle to reach the championship round of the NCAA Division II National Tournament, the Oilers came through when the time was right.

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MINSTER - The Marion Local boys track and field team came into Day 2 of the Midwest Athletic Conference championships with a 24 1/2-point lead, but coach Kyle Grabowski didn't consider it safe.

Minster made a run in the track finals, whittling the lead down to 11 1/2 points, but the Flyers held on for their first MAC boys title since 1995, while the host Wildcats took the girls title over Coldwater and Versailles at Memorial Field on Friday. [More]

ST. MARYS - For the second time this season the Celina softball team was unable to solve St. Marys pitcher Karsyn McGlothen.

Back in early April, McGlothen hurled a four-hit, 11-strikeout, 7-0 shutout against the Bulldogs in the regular season.

Friday evening in the Division II sectional final at K.C. Geiger Park in St. Marys, McGlothen allowed just three hits and struck out 10 as the Roughriders advanced with a 2-0 victory over Celina. [More]

ST. MARYS - Tourism is on the rebound in Mercer and Auglaize counties, according to area tourism officials.

During Thursday's annual Greater Grand Lake Region Visitors Center's annual awards reception, executive director Donna Grube gave a repo [More]

FORT RECOVERY - After pulling off one narrow escape after another, Ashlyn Bohman and Marion Local finally ran out of luck.

Fort Recovery scratched across a run in the sixth inning to tie the game, and after Bohman stranded runners on second and third in the seventh and eighth, two errors gave the Indians the winning run in a 2-1, nine-inning home victory in the Division IV softball sectional final on Thursday. [More]

COLUMBUS - Kandy Klosterman, a Celina native and veteran wildlife investigator, blazed yet another trail on Wednesday by becoming the first Ohioan to receive the prestigious 2022 Guy Bradley Award.

Klosterman, the state's first female wildlife investigator who has worked numerous high-profile cases, picked up the award at the Ohio Wildlife Diversity Conference at the Ohio State University's Ohio Union in Columbus. [More]

Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry and Tom Haines

The competition on the first day of the 2022 Western Buckeye League Track and Field Meet was as hot as the weather on Wednesday afternoon at Van Wert High School.

Complete results from the finals of three boys field events, two girls field events and the boys and girls' 4x800-meter relays were not available at the conclusion of the first day, with the results not being posted until this morning. [More]