Local bar owners and managers say they've lost customers, money and their tempers but aren't ready to give up the fight against the statewide smoking ban. [More]

A non-profit environmental activism group has filed an appeal challenging the EPA permits recently approved for the Celina ethanol plant.

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Pay raises for Celina City Council members fell flat at Monday's city council meeting while new pay scales were set for the city auditor and law director.

If the five candidates running for Celina City Council are any indication, water will remain a big issue in the city even after an ongoing improvement project is finished.

A Fort Recovery-area man has been indicted on 16 charges stemming from an April search of his 8-acre property littered with 150 or more junk vehicles

Health departments in the Grand Lake area are educating local schools and reassuring parents about an antibiotic-resistant bacteria diagnosed in several area students in recent weeks. [More]

WAPAKONETA - With less than two weeks until the Nov. 6 general election, it's so far/so good at Auglaize County Board of Elections with some ballots already in the mail, according to Executive Director Carolyn Campbell. She has already sent out ballots to more than 400 absentee voters.

NEW BREMEN - Preliminary results from a recycling survey indicate some local residents would pay to have recyclables collected on a weekly basis.

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A newly resurfaced street in Celina was damaged when an underground water main burst.

The short stretch of Havemann Road between Wayne Street and G

A new business offering physical, occupational and speech therapy to pediatric and adult patients has opened at 1915 Havemann Road in Celina's Lakewood Village Shopping Center.

VAN WERT - The tournament trail has been a breeze thus far for the Celina volleyball team.

Celina opened Division II district play with a three-game win, 25-16, 25-21 and 25-15, over Shawnee at Van Wert High School.

NEW BREMEN - The Marion Local Flyers had their backs against the wall Tuesday night in their district semifinal volleyball match with New Bremen, but they responded in a big way by taking the final two games en route to a 25-20, 31-33, 25-17, and 25-17 victory.

ROCKFORD - It doesn't matter that St. Henry was just 6-15 in the regular season.

This time of year, it's about the record in the tournament.

Going into Tuesday's Division III volleyball district semifinal, it was 2-0, knocking off second-seeded Parkway on Saturday. [More]