Backroad sights, new friendships and fitness motivate 2,261 cyclists from around the world participating in the 2013 Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure. [More]

Wednesday I experienced the most unique assignment of my brief reporting career and quite possibly one of the most enjoyable endeavors of my life.

CELINA - Treated sludge or biosolids collected from the city's wastewater treatment plant will be applied to additional farm fields near Neptune and Spencerville this year to comply with new EPA rules.

ST. MARYS - A recent trip to Japan helped strengthen a longtime friendship and encourage further economic growth in St. Marys, according to local officials. [More]

ST. MARYS - A group of residents are banding together to help solve the problems facing St. Marys City Schools. Their first concern is student safety

MARIA STEIN - A local teen sustained serious injuries Wednesday in a one-vehicle crash along Clune-Stucke Road.

Mercer County Sheriff's deputies responded to the scene after a caller reported a young man lying in a corn field near an overturned car.

LAKEVIEW - A 75-year-old man drowned Wednesday on Indian Lake while experiencing boat engine problems.

James Lamar was pulled from the lake by rescue divers and taken to a Bellefontaine hospital where he was pronounced dead. No further information on the victim was released at press time today.

NOBLESVILLE, IND. - On a gloriously beautiful evening in the heartland of America, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers gave a record-breaking 24,765 attendees at the Klipsch Music Center two hours of stirring musical bliss.

A busy summer has helped relieve some stress as Adam Bertke prepares for his senior year of high school.

Marion Local's star quarterback attended several camps and visited a few schools in recent weeks before verbally committing to the University of Pittsburgh on Tuesday. [More]

CELINA - When Al Oliver was introduced to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at Wednesday's Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League baseball game fea

CELINA - The score was tied at 4-4 after six innings of play and it became a battle of bullpens to determine the winner when the Grand Lake Mariners hosted Cincinnati on Wednesday in Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League action at Montgomery Field.

Compiled by Ryan Hines

Coldwater's Malave Bettinger and Grant Muhlenkamp combined to issue 11 walks but the duo allowed just one run while leading the Cavaliers to a 4-1 ACME win over Greenville on Wednesday at Veterans Field.