Wilker scores game-winning TD with 20 seconds left in the game
By Randy Bruns
MASSILLON - Why should the final game be any different?
For the last three weeks the Marion Local Flyers' football team had to hang on with white-knuckled grips just to stay alive in the Division VI playoffs, and they survived another cliff-hanger on Friday at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium. [More]
MASSILLON - During Marion Local's improbable run to a sixth state championship, most of the talk has been about the team's youth. With seven sophomores and one freshman starting in various capacities, the lack of veteran leadership was a natural topic. [More]
Politicians say science should determine remedy for Grand Lake
By William Kincaid
State Rep Jim Buchy, R-Greenville, and Sen. Keith Faber, R-Celina, both say that science should continue to guide state decisions on reviving Grand Lake.
While separately discussing next year's General Assembly, both politicians briefly spoke about the lake. [More]
Ruth E. Leugers, 88, St. Marys, died at 1:45 p.m. Nov. 29, 2012, in the emergency department of Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St Marys. [More]
ST. MARYS - A veteran Fort Recovery Indians' boys basketball team went on the road Friday night to open their season and came home with a resounding 58-43 win over the St. Marys Roughriders at Murotech Court.
ROCKFORD - A back-and-forth game between Parkway and Waynesfield-Goshen ended in the Tigers' favor as Lee Turner hit a free throw with 2.6 seconds remaining in the game to earn a 52-51 win over the Panthers on Friday night in Rockford.
St. Henry's boys basketball team broke open a tied game against Spencerville with a huge fourth quarter as the Redskins rolled past the Bearcats 67-51 on Friday night in Spencerville.
Fort Recovery's swimming team opened the season with a pair of second-place finishes on Friday in a multi-team meet that also featured Greenville, St. Henry, Tri-Village and Russia.
COLUMBUS - Two local politicians say they would support legislation similar to the "heartbeat bill," which was halted by the Senate president this week, if brought before them next year.
COLDWATER - Paula Detterman, CEO of Mercer County Community Hospital, announced she will retire Dec. 31. She is the third to have held the position in six years.
