Nicholas Schwieterman appeared in Mercer County Common Pleas Court this morning and was found guilty of six charges stemming from a March 15 crash that claimed the lives of four area teenagers. [More]

MINSTER - Minster Local Schools board of education met briefly Wednesday night with just one item on the agenda - approval of a two-year contract with the Minster Teachers Association. [More]

MARIA STEIN - Voters in the Marion Local school district will decide the fate of a 2.2-mill operating levy officials say is needed to maintain current services.

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ST. MARYS - Call it the Ruedebusch/Menchhofer plan or call it "iRead, SMCS Rocks the Books." Either way its focus is to get struggling readers motivated and on track.

NEW BREMEN - Long-time school treasurer Deb Meyer was given a nearly five-year contract extension on Wednesday night during the regular board meeting.

Board of education members unanimously approved Meyer's contract extension by four years and seven months, effective Jan. 1, 2009.

Officials are hoping new technology and public input will help them identify a murdered woman whose nude and decomposed body was found in a cornfield 38 years ago near Arcanum. [More]

A former professor at Wright State University-Lake Campus became a Jeopardy! champion on the game show Wednesday.

Jim Davis, a former music profess

MINSTER - Much like track and cross country, Minster High School is building a strong tradition in golf.

The boys golf team, after a one-year absence, makes it back to the Division III state tournament this week at The Players Club at Foxfire Golf Club in Lockbourne. [More]

With only three games remaining in the regular season, opportunities for teams to gain computer points are winding down.

There is not a team in t

St. Marys senior Trevor Kill will be heading to Arizona next week to take part in the Arizona Senior Fall Classic, a top baseball tournament and scouting combine featuring top players from around the nation.

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The Celina girls tennis tandem of Kinzie Gardner and Sara Dorsten are one win away from advancing to the Division I state tennis tournament next week after winning their first two matches in district play at Sandusky High School on Wednesday.

While the Roughriders have dominated the all-time series with a 33-12-1 record, the last four years have been battles with each team taking two wins.

The contest will pit two of the best running games in the WBL with the teams ranked 1-2 in the league.

Streaky - Celina fans should have a good feeling for the Bulldogs to beat Bath this week.

Over the past six seasons, the Bulldogs have had a two-ga

After starting the season with six consecutive losses, the Celina football team has a good chance to make it two wins in a row.

Lima Bath will be the opponent on Friday for Celina as the Bulldogs will be celebrating senior night in the final home game of the season for the Bulldogs.

MINSTER - Linus "Linie" Hausfeld, former owner of Hausfeld Motor Sales, remembers when the first autumn frost brought people flocking to the business to make sure their vehicles were ready for the onslaught of cold weather.