ST. MARYS - It's back to work for more than 14,000 United Steelworkers in 12 Goodyear plants following Thursday's ratification of a new three-year contract. [More]

ST. MARYS - Pay increase was the name of the game as council members passed first reading Thursday night on an ordinance increasing pay for elected officials.

One of the biggest party nights of the year may be slightly hampered this year due to liquor sales restrictions on Sundays.

Only businesses holding

COLDWATER - The village mayor's court has gone high tech with the help of Clyde Bellinger, who serves as village finance director and clerk of council/courts.

An Indiana man serving a seven-year, four-month prison sentence after pleading guilty to felonious assault of a police officer and theft of a motor vehicle is seeking post-conviction relief, saying he was misrepresented by Wapakoneta attorney John Poppe. [More]

WAPAKONETA - A 29-year-old St. Marys man has been sent to prison for five years and labeled a sexually-oriented offender by an Auglaize County judge.

A 45-year-old Findlay woman was killed in a single-car accident east of Wapakoneta on Thursday morning.

Valerie L. Gibson was pronounced dead at th

WAPAKONETA - The Fort Recovery Indians girls basketball team remained undefeated on the season as they went on the road Thursday night and defeated the Wapakoneta Redskins 46-39 in a battle of two of the area's top teams at Wapakoneta High School.

A pair of blowouts made up the semifinals of the 26th Annual HALLiday Shootout at the Fieldhouse on Thursday night.

Olmsted Falls got the game up tempo and cruised past Worthington Kilbourne 84-58 before Celina got its best offensive performance of the season in hammering Bryan, 68-36.

COLDWATER - After a strong 3-0 start, things have been going south for Coldwater, which lost its next four games.

The Cavs were looking to break th [More]

ST. MARYS - For the second time in seven days, the Kalida Lady Wildcats traveled to Auglaize County for a Thursday evening, nonleague basketball tilt.

A week after being dismantled by the Minster Wildcats, the Putnam County squad invaded McBroom Gymnasium to face the St. Marys Roughriders.

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Minster suffered its first loss of the season, falling to Elida 48-36 in the finals of the Vicki Mauk Classic held at the Elida Fieldhouse on Thursday.

MARIA STEIN - A special garden is planned on the grounds of the Spiritual Center of Maria Stein in memory of children who have died.

The idea for the Angel Garden, as it currently is referred to, came in a dream experienced by Sister Barbara Ann Hoying years ago.