NEW KNOXVILLE - The new Automated Weather Observation System is finally up and running at Auglaize County Airport after several installation delays - all weather related.

Four people spoke out for and none against a state project to use dredge material to build a 23.5-acre wetland along the shore of Grand Lake during an Ohio EPA public hearing in St. Marys Thursday night. [More]

Voters in the Fort Recovery area will decide next month whether to increase property taxes for fire protection.

At the March 8 election, residents will be asked to approve a 1.5-mill levy for the Southwest Mercer Fire District. The current 1-mill, 5-year levy expires this year.

ROCKFORD - Administrators at Parkway Local School can now donate their paid sick days to other administrators who might require additional days in times of catastrophic need.

A 24-year-old Rockford woman suffered serious injuries when her van was struck in the rear and pushed into three other vehicles in an accident at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday on U.S. 127 at state Route 707. [More]

Two Greenville men were arrested after allegedly trying to steal copper pipe from a vacant home near Rossburg and fleeing to a nearby woods on Thursday.

A 47-year-old Mendon woman was injured early Tuesday morning after she lost control of her car on a snow and ice encrusted U.S. 127 in Butler Township and struck a tree at 5:33 a.m. Wednesday.

Sister Maria Faustina Kowalska was a poor, uneducated Polish nun in the early 1930s - an unlikely candidate to be called by Jesus to spread the news of Jesus' mercy, Catholic church officials say.

LIMA - There were four teams in action on Thursday in Division II district semifinal action at Lima Senior High School, but only one team seemed to have brought its offense. [More]

VAN WERT - A pair of Grand Lake area teams bowed out of tournament play Thursday night in the girls Division IV district semifinals at the Cougars' Den.

NAPOLEON - St. Henry's run to the districts hit a major bump in the road on Thursday night as Tinora dominated all facets of the game in the first half and ended the Redskins' season with a 58-41 triumph in the Division III district semifinals at The Grand Canyon in Napoleon.