COLDWATER - In an effort to provide better treatment to cancer patients and educate physicians and staff members, officials at Mercer Health have created a Tumor Registry and Cancer Conference.

ST. MARYS - Democrat Ted Vorhees and Republican Doug Spencer will go toe-to-toe on Nov. 7 for a seat on the Auglaize County commissioner's bench to replace Hugh Core, who will retire at the end of this year.

COLDWATER - An inspector responsible for administering a new Ohio law and imposing possible sanctions against Coldwater Exempted Village Schools is not properly trained for the task, Superintendent Rich Seas said.

A Coldwater woman, who allegedly bit off nearly one-third of a man's tongue, faces additional charges as a result of a second grand jury indictment.

Emily M. Mescher, 26, 724 Lilac St., had been scheduled to go on trial Nov. 6 in Mercer County Common Pleas Court on a charge of felonious assault.

Tri Star Career Compact is lacking the participation of non-traditional students in its courses, members of the compact's board learned during a meeting Wednesday night.

Just one week to go and a few local teams' playoff hopes are still up in the air. Some of these teams can take care of their fate by winning their wa

Highlights: The Redskins punched their ticket for the postseason and a home game in week 11 with a thrashing win over Versailles last week. Andy Puthoff carried the ball nine times for 163 yards and scored three times as St. Henry put the game away early.

Highlights: The Tigers' chances for a trip to the playoffs were dashed as they were mauled by St. Henry by 43 points in the home finale at Hole Field.

Parkway played a solid game, but came up an extra point short in losing to Minster, 14-13.

Highlights: Marion Local put itself back into the playoffs with a big win over Anna, knocking the Rockets out of postseason contention.

New Bremen was rocked by St. John's as Aaron Etzkorn had two first-quarter touchdowns and three total scores in the contest.

Highlights: The Rockets saw their streak of consecutive playoff trips end at six with a loss to the Flyers that knocks them out of the playoff chase in Region 20.

Highlights: The Roughriders handled Elida easily, then got some good news as several unexpected wins by former opponents allowed the Roughriders to jump back into the playoff chase.