Why seek help from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, recently signed by President Obama? There are 787 billion reasons, and many local hopefuls are seeking a share of Ohio's $8.2 billion allotment.

Betty Engle's heart aches when she thinks too long about the financial help she can't give her own children.

At 71, she and her husband should be i

MINSTER - Mitchell Bihn believes his business vision of converting conventional motor engines to electric motors is an ideal proposal to get a chunk of Ohio's stimulus money. [More]

COLDWATER - Friday night's Division IV sectional final doubleheader featured a pair of games that that were completely different but extremely entertaining nonetheless. [More]

LIMA - The Celina boys basketball team needed season-best performances by Michael Sommer and Jared Bader to capture the Bulldogs' first sectional title since the 2003-04 campaign.

WAPAKONETA - It appeared the teams from the Northwest Conference wanted to knock the Midwest Athletic Conference out completely from the Division III Wapakoneta sectional.

A pair of Fort Recovery players, and another one with Fort Recovery roots, earned the Midwest Athletic Conference's top honors as coaches selected All-Conference teams this week.

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St. Marys senior Paul Lauth will compete for seventh place this morning after going 1-1 on Friday during the Division II State Wrestling Tournament at the Schottenstein Center on the campus of Ohio State.