CELINA - The Mercer County Fairgrounds is offering a witch's cauldron full of treats and frights this weekend at the first Halloween Family-Fest and Campout. [More]

WAPAKONETA - The Auglaize County Board of Health on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution to seek renewal of a 10-year, 1-mill replacement levy that expires in December 2015.

The annual inspection in October of three flood-control dams maintained by the Wabash River Conservancy District went well, conservancy members learned at their recent quarterly meeting.

HARDIN COUNTY - A former Fort Recovery resident was killed in a two-vehicle crash early Wednesday morning, according to Ohio State Highway Patrol reports.

CELINA - He may have heard him. He thinks he caught a whiff of him. But he hasn't seen him in the fur ... yet.

Doug Waller, a member of the Southea

Country singer Mickey Gilley said he plans to follow George Jones and Ray Price right into the dirt doing what he loves - performing music to live audiences.

ROCKFORD - After getting behind two sets to none to Fort Recovery, Parkway rode a wave of momentum into the fourth set following an easy 25-16 victory in the third. [More]

CELINA - Last Friday's video session paid dividends for the Celina volleyball team as the host Bulldogs cruised to a three-set - 25-13, 25-15 and 25-12 - win over Elida in the Division II volleyball sectional at the Intermediate School on Wednesday.

COLDWATER - When the No. 1 seed plays the No. 12 seed in a 12-team tournament, the results could be predictable. And there were no surprises Wednesday evening at The Palace.

Now that the high school football regular season is only three weeks from completion, it becomes possible, though still difficult, to predict where teams will end up in the final computer points.

When Dane Schubert laced up his running shoes for the Minster cross country program in 1984, he didn't have many records to aim for, so he simply established all of them.

A pair of regional and conference rivals with playoff aspirations will square off this week.

One of them looks to be a playoff lock and the other needs a big win to keep its dreams alive.

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Last Season: Celina, 53-14. Loudon Limon rushed for 170 yards and a touchdown and Caleb Hoyng and Grant Bader combined for four touchdown passes as the Indians were held to just five yards rushing in the contest.