Preparing for steep state funding cuts put Mercer County in good financial shape to weather Gov. John Kasich's proposed budget for 2012 and 2013, local officials say. [More]
The Ohio Department of Agriculture likely will lay off some employees because of an almost 9 percent budget cut in the coming year, said ODA Director Jim Zehringer.
LIMA - Allen County Prosecutor Juergen Waldick introduced one final witness during his closing remarks. He told jurors Kathy Wangler could not take the witness stand; however, her body spoke volumes the morning of her death.
LIMA - Lead defense attorney Christopher McDowell refuted not only the state's claim Wangler killed his wife, but also many of the expert witnesses called to the stand by the prosecution.
State agrees to pay undisclosed amounts for damages caused by spillway flood
GRAND LAKE - Two landowners suing the state over flood damage to their farmland caused by Grand Lake's West Bank spillway have settled their cases for undisclosed amounts. [More]
MARIA STEIN - Tim Goodwin, a high school math teacher and Flyers varsity football coach, will become principal at Marion Local High School effective Aug. 1.
CELINA - City council members passed final reading of the 2011 budget this week, coming close to safety service director Rick Bachelor's goal of appropriating the same general fund amount as last year.
KETTERING - For the better part of the last month, the Minster Wildcats had been able to come up with something special in the fourth quarter to put their opponents away.
Another strong year of girls basketball in the Grand Lake area resulted in four area girls earning all-Ohio honors.
St. Marys' Erika Thornsberry, Fort Recovery's duo of Holly and Kendra Brunswick and Minster's Delanie Wolf were all named honorable mention all-state in their respective divisions.
