A Fort Recovery-area couple, who reportedly kept nearly 150 dogs at their rural home, face misdemeanor charges of cruelty to animals.

Robert L. Bri

By ERIC ADAMS
eadams@dailystandard.com
and AMY KRONENBERGER
akronenberger@dailystandard.com

Nearly 100 adults walked away from their jobs Friday and picked up hammers, screwdrivers, rakes and other tools to help with various community projects.

A Rockford woman, who embezzled money from her former employer, pleaded no contest to a single charge of theft Thursday afternoon in Mercer County Common Pleas Court. [More]

Upheaval at a Celina-based non-profit, anti-poverty organization has shed light on improper conduct by its board of directors.

On Sept. 4, three bo

CELINA - While lightning postponed all of the other local football games in the Grand Lake Area, Celina withstood a two-hour delay and then put on a record-setting performance in a dominating victory over St. Marys on Friday night. [More]

For the second time in the last three weeks, lightning prompted postponements for local football games in Mercer and Auglaize County on Friday night, most of them early in the first half.

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Tristan Parker rushed for 201 yards and three touchdowns and Ottawa-Glandorf scored 44 unanswered points to pull away and beat Kenton 52-16 in a battle of Western Buckeye League co-leaders on Friday night at Titan Stadium in Ottawa.