With the wind at their backs and rain clouds passing by, more than 100 vintage scooters and motorbikes zipped into Niekamp's Farm and Flea Market, south of Celina, Wednesday afternoon.

Celina's push toward an Ohio EPA-mandated fix of the city's water has suffered a minor delay, but city officials insist the setback will not stop the project from meeting its November 2007 deadline. [More]

A Mercer County Jail inmate, who escaped from a restraint chair and attempted to harm himself with wood pulled from the base, has been taken to the North Coast Behavioral Health Care Center in Toledo.

Training is under way as area law enforcement personnel and dispatchers become acclimated to a $400,000 vehicle equipped with the latest in communication and crime-fighting technology.

ST. MARYS - Three school board members nixed the new Athletic Code of Conduct proposal because they believe the term of enforcement, 24/7 for 365 days, is too much interference in students' personal lives.

A juvenile from Springfield could land in an adult prison when he is sentenced next month for his part in a high-speed pursuit by officers in May.

Jane Pettersen, a gray-haired grandmother of four and great-grandmother of three, has joined the ranks of motorcycle babes, if only briefly.

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Area youth will be able to catch a movie by the lake later this summer.

Celina recreation officials and some local businesses are planning to bring in a large movie screen and a movie will be shown the evening of Aug. 19. It has not been determined yet what flick will be shown.

FORT RECOVERY -  The central school office staff may be getting a Visa credit card soon to purchase various items online.

The Fort Recovery Local Schools board of education authorized Treasurer Lori Koch to apply for one at the regular meeting Tuesday.

Darke County's Matthew Wroda is humming a happening tune as he waits for another call from Capitol Records or maybe some other recording company.

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MINSTER - After all the thundering hits in the first game of Wednesday's ACME district tournament winner's bracket twinbill, the lightning was quick to follow. [More]