Some area middle school students cannot read cursive writing when they see it on the board. On a recent SAT test essay question, only 15 percent of 1.5 million high school students taking the test wrote in cursive. The rest printed.
Maybe the handwriting is on the wall for the curvy writing style that some consider an art form and others regard as a waste of teaching time. [More]
A 33-year-old Spencerville man has submitted a written not guilty plea to charges he stabbed another man in the neck in a bar fight in St. Marys on March 12.
Eric C. Knopp offered the plea in Auglaize County Common Pleas Court where charges of felonious assault are pending against him. [More]
Celina finally was able to feel what it was like to score a boatload of runs in the first inning after giving up eight runs combined in the first inning of their first two games.
Unfortunately, the good feelings did not last for the Bulldogs. [More]
A plain, hard-cooked egg often turns into an eye-catching decoration at Easter time - just add a little dye, paint, foil, wax, sequins, even gold trim and gems.
Coloring Easter eggs is an ancient tradition. The egg - a symbol of fertility and new life - has been associated with the holiday for centuries. Originally, Easter eggs were painted with bright colors to represent the sunlight of spring and often given as gifts. [More]
Authorities in Indiana are investigating several Ohio fur traders as suspects in the dumping of nearly 350 animal carcasses along a rural creek, five miles from Fort Recovery.
A pair of American bald eagles nesting on Grand Lake have hatched an undetermined number of young, a volunteer eagle watcher for the Ohio Division of Wildlife said Thursday.
A 27-year-old St. Marys man was indicted recently for allegedly assaulting two St. Marys Police officers who responded to a domestic violence call earlier this month.
Mercer County Fair officials talked about new events and improvements at the fairgrounds and some that are on the horizon during Thursday's annual banquet.
ROCKFORD - It has been a near flawless start for the Celina softball team through the first three games of the season.
In three games against Midwest Athletic Conference opponents this year, Celina is now 3-0 following a 10-0 victory over Parkway at Shane's Park on Thursday night.
Tyler James' double in the bottom of the seventh inning scored pinch-runner Tony Harlamert, giving Coldwater a 2-1 win over Shawnee at Veterans Field. The Indians drop to 2-1.
