CELINA - A scaled-down Kroger store is planned for the vacant space next to recently opened Dunham's Sports.

Kroger spokesman Keith Dailey confirmed this morning the company intends to open "a small concept store" at the site after the holidays in early 2013. [More]

A record-breaking year for the Ohio lottery doesn't have local school treasurers pulling out their calculators.

The Ohio Lottery Commission recently announced record sales of $2.7 billion for fiscal year 2012 and a record-matching payout to public schools of $771 million.

CELINA - Since 1993, one man has disseminated what he believes to be the truth about such disparate topics as cancer, the moon landing and the trumping of corporate profits over public good.

Nearly $60,000 remains in Ohio EPA 319 grant funds to pay for best management practices designed to keep nutrients out of Grand Lake.

Members of th

WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County Commissioners invite residents to celebrate the rededication of the 117-year-old county courthouse and tour the building, which underwent an $8.6 million renovation. [More]

COLDWATER - Mercer County Emergency Management Agency personnel and Coldwater Volunteer Fire Department officials investigated a minor diesel spill in Little Beaver Creek near Slavik Road on Wednesday morning.

VAN WERT - A Coldwater couple pleaded not guilty Wednesday to felony drug charges in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court.

Daniel Fetters, 37, and hi

ST. MARYS - Wayne Street United Methodist Church in St. Marys will host its second annual Waynestock concert on Aug. 18 with two nationally-known Christian artists featured. [More]

When former Eldora Speedway owner/promoter Earl Baltes booked his first United States Auto Club (USAC) event in 1962 at the high-banked, one-half mil

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The Grand Lake Mariners' late-season surge continued on Thursday night as the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League season approaches the finish line.