Chardon High School freshman Carley Maruna admitted she paid little attention in the past when the district conducted lockdown drills.

"No one took it too seriously," the 14-year-old said during a phone interview this week from her home. [More]

Lockdown drills and guidance from law enforcement help keep local students safe, school officials say.

The school shootings in Chardon on Monday th

FORT RECOVERY - Too many times students remain in an unsecured location of a building inhabited by a shooter instead of taking a more proactive approach to survival, says a company that trains those in schools how to react in such a situation.

ST. MARYS - The city has a new manager of industrial and community development.

Susan Crotty, 46, Obetz, was hired Friday by mayor Patrick McGowan.

Local ag officials and farmers will be busy this year testing various devices and farming practices to gauge and reduce phosphorous runoff and help Grand Lake.

The hopes for a big weekend for the Coldwater bowling program got a big jolt of excitement on Friday night.

The Cavalier boys bowling team had a strong qualifying round and nearly ran the table in the championship round to capture the state championship at Wayne Webb's Columbus Bowl. [More]

COLDWATER - The top two seeds at the Division IV Coldwater sectional got to cut down the nets on Friday after picking up sectional final wins at The Palace.

WAPAKONETA - Early on in Friday's Division III sectional final, it looked like the Coldwater Cavaliers would be making just a token appearance before bowing out to the Spencerville Bearcats.