FORT RECOVERY - Elementary Principal Shelly Vaughn has been selected as the new district superintendent.

Board members offered Vaughn the position Wednesday night during a work session. [More]

School students across Ohio likely will have two more days of vacation after a compromise was reached by lawmakers Wednesday.

Legislation increasing the number of calamity days for schools from three to five passed 32-1 by the Senate Wednesday, and Gov. John Kasich is expected to make it law. [More]

U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown thinks a proposal to raise the retirement age on Social Security is outrageous.

So much so, Brown, a Democrat, is introd

CELINA - The local health department last month investigated the death of an area man who died from a rare case of toxic shock syndrome (TSS).

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Two pairs of bald eagles are incubating eggs on Grand Lake with hatch dates expected within the week.

One pair that has had a nest on the lake's southwest side in the Mercer Wildlife Area built a new one east of last year's home.

CELINA - The city's design review commission may strengthen the guidelines used to determine what property changes and projects are allowed within the downtown district.

An Indiana man received a suspended jail sentence March 30 in Celina Municipal Court after pleading no contest to vehicular manslaughter.

Tyler J. Muhlenkamp, 26, of Portland, Ind., also was charged with an assured clear distance violation stemming from a 2010 traffic fatality.

VAN WERT - Artist trading cards are currently on display at Wassenberg Art Center in Van Wert. The exhibit, "It's in the Cards," runs through May 7.

Rarely is it an easy selection process when determining the annual Daily Standard girls basketball Player and Coach of the Year and this year was no different.

When Lou Brunswick's high school baseball career began at St. Henry, the Wendelin native was delegated to the background of a roster which included future minor leaguers Ed Post and Pete Stammen, as well as slugger - and future Major Leaguer - Wally Post.

Since first arriving at Eldora Speedway from Rocklin, Calif. in 2007, non-wing sprint car driver Robert Ballou has become one of the favorites to win