Phillip Roy Schmidt is headed to prison for 13 years after an unsuccessful bid to withdraw his Alford guilty plea, obtain new court-appointed attorneys and head to a jury trial. [More]

It's tough to describe the jubilance of finding that perfect, gotta-have present under the Christmas tree.

As a child, it's a moment like no other - one that's rarely matched in adulthood by leather wallets and fancy perfume. [More]

Thanks to hundreds of letters penned by area youngsters or their parents, Santa Claus knows just what to pack into his sleigh today before calling out "On Dasher, on Dancer, on Comet and Vixen" and departing on an annual globe-trotting excursion.

COLDWATER - A throng of teenagers dressed in Christmas garb - including a Santa Clause and a giant squirrel - wassailed through the hallways of the Mercer County Hospital.

Reflecting back to the winter of 1960, Kerry Myers chuckles as if he just heard the funniest joke in the world.

Although it was a half-century ago

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The West Ohio High School Bowling Conference got a round of bowling in before taking the holiday weekend off as Community Lanes in Minster hosted Week Four action of the varsity boys and girls.

America's longest-serving Roman Catholic archbishop is officially retired and his replacement has taken over.

Pope Benedict XVI on Monday accepted