School board races and mayoral elections drew the most interest from prospective candidates in Mercer County.

Voters in several school districts an

As of last week's deadline to file for the November general election all vacant spots on the Auglaize County ballot will have at least one candidate.

For the first time in the 49-year history of the Governor's Cup Regatta in Celina, a woman driver came away with the winning cup.

Kelly Shane of Ma [More]

The death of a Dayton man in Minster less than two weeks ago has been officially ruled a traffic fatality.

Officials say Richard M. Ferry Jr., 48,

A 56-year-old Wapakoneta man was killed when he drove his car headon into a semitrailer on U.S. 33 near St. Johns on Saturday morning.

Pronounced dead at the scene by an investigator with the Auglaize County Coroner's Office was Richard J. Zofkie, the lone occupant of a 1988 Chevrolet Corsica.

Celina city officials are considering increasing the full-time staff at the sewer plant to improve safety and spread out the existing workload.

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Teams arrived from the Toledo area, the Columbus area and even from Indiana to take on many local cross country squads at the 26th annual Celina Rotary Invitational meet at the Lake Campus Saturday. [More]

LIMA - A promising start on Friday was followed by a mistake filled Saturday for the Celina football team.

Lima Senior took advantage of six Celina turnovers and the Spartans won the third straight season opener over the Bulldogs, 20-14, at Spartan Stadium on Saturday morning.

ST. HENRY - The term "baptism of fire" had no truer definition than the final 12 minutes of Saturday's Marion Pleasant-St. Henry football game.

The Redskins clung to a 3-0 lead into the fourth quarter, only to finally get burnt on a big play by the Spartans.

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The Celina girls tennis team captured three titles in winning the Lima City Tennis Invitational held at the Collett Street Courts on Saturday.

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Parkway kicked off its season in dominating fashion, outgaining Crestview 325-140 in a 34-7 rout at Panther Stadium. The game was played Saturday night after severe weather did not allow the game to begin on Friday. [More]

NEW BREMEN - The Covington Buccaneers used a stout defensive effort to defeat the New Bremen Cardinals 7-3 in a game completed Saturday morning at Cardinal Stadium, ruining the New Bremen coaching debut of new head coach Rob Messick.