Big dogs. Little dogs. Black dogs. White dogs. Go, dogs, go to the new park by the lake.

Local dogs now have a 3.7-acre fenced area at the state pa [More]

COLDWATER - Two varsity girls sports, bowling and soccer, will be instituted in the upcoming school year at Coldwater schools in an attempt to make the school compliant with Title IX, a federal law that prohibits gender discrimination in educational programs and activities. [More]

Fort Recovery board of education approved the hiring of Matthew Triplett of Teays Valley as the new middle school principal on Tuesday night.

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ST. MARYS - Variety and simplicity are the keys to reducing fat and calories in a meal without making it taste like cardboard, says Chef Chris Glass, the director of food services at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital in St. Marys.

COLDWATER - School Treasurer Sherry Shaffer distributed copies of the district's five-year financial forecast at Tuesday's board of education meeting that showed what she called a "healthy, but a lean healthy" cash balance.

The contract for this summer's Johnson Avenue resurfacing project will most likely go to low bidder Shinn Brothers, Celina, for a total of $769,000, Celina Planning and Community Development Director Kent Bryan said.

Seventy-eight seniors will receive diplomas Sunday during 1 p.m. commencement exercises at the Marion Local High School gym.

Tara Hartings, daughter of Kevin and Sandy Hartings, will give the valedictory address while the salutatorian is Katherine Garmann, daughter of Greg and Ann Garmann.

NEW BREMEN - Local voters will decide the fate of a proposed 1.25-mill renewal levy for ambulance and emergency medical service at the polls in November.

A local agency feels lucky to have contracts with four area people to communicate with the Spanish-speaking and hearing/speech-impaired population.

Collectible money and knives are bought and sold at a new store in downtown Celina.

Collectable Coins and Knives, 122 W. Fayette St., is owned by Jerry and Joetta Ward of Celina.

As an addiction counselor, Bobbi Stoner has found heroin usage increasing in Mercer County and now she has her own therapy service to expand her options in treating it.

NEW BREMEN - The Parkway Panthers scored twice in the bottom of the ninth to snatch a 3-2 win in Division IV sectional finals action over the Marion Local Flyers on Tuesday afternoon at New Bremen High School. [More]

Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry

Coldwater clinched a share of its 25th Midwest Athletic Conference baseball title on Tuesday with an 18-7 win against St. John's at Stadium Park in Delphos.

COLDWATER - Finals of most of the field events were run Tuesday night as well as preliminaries in most of the running events on the first day of the Midwest Athletic Conference track meet.