COLDWATER - Gov. John Kasich on Monday afternoon said a limited but caring government can empower all Ohioans by putting more money in their pockets and helping them develop God-given talents through lifelong education. [More]

NEW BREMEN - The thought of bloody blisters, Q-tips dripping with earwax and a bucket of slimy worms lured Ryland Busse to the library Monday night.

CELINA - City council members Monday night unanimously approved a new three-year contract with the city's largest union representing 43 employees of the utility, engineering and public works departments.

ST. MARYS - City council may change the chime schedule for the Memorial Park clock tower after receiving complaints about late-night noise.

Resident Richard Miller told council members Monday night the bells were very distracting and the time on the clocks is wrong.

ST. HENRY - Council members on Monday discussed steps to ensure drones do not become a problem in the village.

St. Henry council president Doug Rin

COLDWATER - Village officials plan to keep a close eye on the budget after getting some bad financial news at Monday's council meeting.

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MARIA STEIN - The most recent five-year forecast at Marion Local Schools shows expenditures exceeding revenues in fiscal year 2017.

Treasurer Heath

NEW BREMEN - Village council members Monday night set a plan in motion to cover the costs of improving Circle Drive.

Officials agreed to apply for a zero-percent interest loan from the Ohio Public Works Commission to pay the $637,000 cost for the project.

CELINA - Wapakoneta needed a win on Monday to claim the Western Buckeye League boys soccer title.

Celina was ready to play the role of spoiler. [More]

ST. MARYS - The phrase "Go, Celina" isn't typically uttered by those in St. Marys.

It was okay to say that if you were a St. Marys soccer fan on Monday night. [More]

CELINA - The Celina girls soccer team started a busy week of action on Monday by beating Elida 4-1 in a rescheduled Western Buckeye League matchup at the soccer stadium.

With the seventh week of the high school football regular season now in the books, we will use this article to show the effects of last weekend's results and then another article later in the week to project in greater depth what might happen by the end of the season.

Several members of the Coldwater girls soccer team received honors as the Western Ohio Soccer League released its inaugural All-League selections on Monday.