A lousy day weather-wise on Saturday failed to dampen the overall success of this year's Freedom Days in Celina, say organizers.

"It was another successful weekend," festival Vice President Paul "Junior" Donovan said this morning.

Low dissolved oxygen levels in manmade channels on Grand Lake caused large fish kills on June 28 and 29, said Craig Morton, manager of Grand Lake St. Marys State Park. [More]

OSGOOD - Lydia Schoen listens as her brother Wesley and other family members sing "Happy Birthday" in rousing fashion.

The 1-year-old seems content to let others dig into her ice cream cake and tear the colorful wrapping paper from a mound of presents.

Celina City school officials are cracking down on popular youth fashion by changing rules in the 2009-2010 high school student handbook.

Board of education members approved the new handbook at a recent regular monthly meeting.

Grand Lake celebrated the long holiday weekend in style, winning all three contests over the weekend, capping the holiday off with a doubleheader sweep of Stark County on Sunday at Jim Hoess Field.

COLDWATER - Sunday afternoon the Coldwater Cavaliers stayed alive in the Mercer County ACME sectional at Veterans Park and in doing so, gained a berth in the District tournament starting Tuesday at Hanover Street Park in Minster. [More]

MINSTER - Wapakoneta rebounded with two wins over New Knoxville on Saturday to capture the Auglaize County ACME Sectional and earn the county's top seed for the district tournament. The Redskins won the opening game 9-1 to force a second game, then came back to win the final game 7-4.