Former Daily Standard managing editor Joseph "Joe" Lersky, 77, who worked at the newspaper during some of the nation's most politically turbulent times, died Saturday at Good Samaritan Hospital in Dayton following complications from a heart attack.

OTTAWA - Legal battles may result over an agreement that stopped an animal cruelty ballot initiative in Ohio in November 2009.

Peggy Kirk Hall, an

MARIA STEIN - Voters in the Marion Local school district will decide the fate of a 1.5-mill permanent improvement levy at the polls on Nov. 7.

The

LIMA - The Celina cross country team brought home a pair of fourth-place finishes in the team races of the Western Buckeye League cross country meet at Faurot Park in Lima. [More]

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Minster's Craig Purpus finishes his high school golf career as a two-time first team All-Ohio selection after completing his weekend at the Division III state boys golf tournament at North Star Golf Course at Sunbury.