CELINA - A storm-free weekend and a big-name band helped make this year's lake festival a huge success, organizers said.

"We didn't want any rain and we were very fortunate," Celina Lake Festival Co-Chairwoman Michelle Emerine said early this morning as a light shower fell downtown. [More]

MINSTER - The Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati and St. Augustine Catholic Church of Minster have added a former local religious education director's husband to a civil suit seeking the return of $194,000 the church claims she took.

CELINA - Police are looking into a near drowning Sunday at Bryson Pool.

Benzen Hinkle, 3, of Celina, was reportedly swimming unattended in about four feet of water when Rachel Kimmel, of Celina, first noticed him.

CELINA - Dalton Bollinger's walk-off home run Saturday night started a trend for the Grand Lake Mariners.    Less than 24 hours after rallying to beat

Familiar names to area cross country aficionados topped the leaderboard of the Lake Festival 5K road race held Saturday in Celina as part of the Mercer Health Countywide 5K Challenge.