Heather McClellan came face to face with poverty during a recent trip to Ethiopia.
And yet she found the people - young and old - to be happy and affectionate. They sleep in spartan huts built of sticks and survive on just one meal per day, but the hope for a better tomorrow keeps them going. [More]
ROCKFORD - Parkway school board and its teachers' union on Monday approved a three-year contract.
All teachers will receive raises of 1.25 percent the first two years of the contract and 1 percent the final year. Treasurer Debbie Pierce said the teachers' insurance costs will increase 2 percent during the next three years. [More]
MARIA STEIN - More than two dozen people - the majority of them Marion Band Boosters and high school band students - came to Monday night's board of education meeting to express concern regarding possible elimination of the assistant band director position.
ST. MARYS - City council members on Monday passed under suspension of rules an emergency ordinance appropriating just over $1 million to cover deficiencies in this year's budget.
ANSONIA - Five people were injured, including a toddler, in a two-vehicle crash Friday night at the intersection of state Route 49 and Beamsville Union City Road in Darke County.
FORT RECOVERY - Parkway opened defense of its Midwest Athletic Conference softball title with a 19-1 win in five innings over Fort Recovery on Monday at Fort Recovery Middle School.
NEW BREMEN - Jason McGaharan will be introduced as the next head football coach at New Bremen High School on Wednesday with a press conference scheduled for 6 p.m. in the school's auditorium.
