Thousands of registered voters in Mercer and Auglaize counties have already cast their ballots ahead of Election Day on Tuesday.

As of Friday afternoon, 3,270 absentee ballots were issued in Mercer County, according to board of elections directors Deb Sneddon and Laura Bruns.

MINSTER - Friday was bittersweet for Randy Houseworth as the Minster police chief took off his badge and retired after serving in law enforcement since 1978. [More]

MARIA STEIN - Marion Local put an exclamation mark on its second consecutive undefeated regular season with a 50-0 victory over Delphos St. John's in the midst of a Halloween blizzard Friday night at Booster Field. [More]

FORT RECOVERY - As if playing Versailles wasn't enough of a challenge, lining up against Mother Nature proved to be a bigger foe.

The windy and ra

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Elida scored on touchdown runs by Logan Alexander and Clark Etzler and the weather shut down Celina's passing game in a 15-6 loss in the battle of Bulldogs in the regular season finale at Kraft Stadium.

ANNA - The St. Henry football team began its quest for Week 11 during hot summer months.

The Redskins finished off their regular season campaign w

It was a good night for the MAC as the conference managed to slip six of its 10 teams into postseason play. Marion Local, Coldwater and Minster will be hosting playoff games, while Fort Recovery, Versailles and Delphos St. John's will be traveling for their week 11 games.

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Isaac Fitzgerald completed his high school football career with an exclamation point as St. Marys finished the season at 5-5 with a 39-14 win over Van Wert at Eggerss Stadium in Van Wert.

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Brody Hoying threw for three touchdowns and ran for another as Coldwater wrapped up a home playoff game with a 47-0 win over New Bremen on Friday night at Cavalier Stadium.