Mercer County leads the state with a 74 percent return of U.S. Census forms, according to data released this morning.

The spotlight is shared with Auglaize County, which holds second place with 73 percent.

While Grand Lake residents are taking the task seriously, not everyone is. Thursday was Census Day - the date Americans were supposed to return their completed forms - but only about half the country complied. Although officials had hoped for better numbers, they aren't surprised. [More]

ROCKFORD - Parkway second-graders learned about the problem and wanted help. So they sent questions to a teacher in Haiti, and she responded with information about the devastating earthquake Jan. 12, and the students began rounding up supplies to send to the Caribbean island. [More]

ST. MARYS - The St. Henry Redskins used three huge offensive innings to rally twice and defeat the St. Marys Roughriders, 18-14, on Thursday afternoon in nonleague baseball action at K.C. Geiger Park.

St. Henry improves to 2-0 on the season while St. Marys falls to 0-2 with the loss. [More]