An increase locally in injectable heroin use likely is responsible for a rise in the number of cases of hepatitis - a serious and highly contagious liver disease. [More]

ST. MARYS - Officials are starting to plan for a better football stadium.

The St. Marys City Schools Board of Education on Wednesday night approved

ST. MARYS - A Memorial High School graduate, who played and coached in the Major Leagues, is impressed with the quality of the league's pitchers and playoff games.

ROCKFORD - Village residents will decide on the Nov. 3 ballot whether to join aggregates that will negotiate prices for electric and natural gas services.

NEW BREMEN - Three people, including a child, were injured in a three-vehicle accident Tuesday evening at the intersection of state Routes 274 and 364.

FORT RECOVERY - A proposed resurfacing of the high school football field has been bumped up as a top capital improvement priority and likely will happen this spring, Fort Recovery Local Schools Board of Education members learned Tuesday night.

CELINA - The city of Celina was one of three governmental entities to receive the Auditor of State Awards, Ohio Auditor Dave Yost revealed this week.

The award is given to local governments and school districts upon the completion of a clean audit report.

MONTEZUMA - Village council members at Wednesday night's meeting stressed residents should complete household income surveys so the village can qualify for more than $300,000 in street improvement grants.

ST. MARYS - For the second time in a month the city fire department responded to a reported fire at AAP St. Marys Corp.

Firefighters received the c

VAN WERT - Sixty-five-year-old guitar slinger Peter Frampton is doing something he's never done before - embarked on an all-acoustic tour.

Frampton will take to the stage 7:30 p.m. at Niswonger Performing Arts in Van Wert, his last stop on the 12-city RAW Acoustic Tour.

ROCKFORD - Parkway and Columbus Grove were as evenly-matched as their seeds indicated.

When crunch time arrived, though, it was the Panthers who m

COLDWATER - For a team that made some lineup changes a day before their tournament opener, Coldwater looked rather good.

The Cavaliers moved on in

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Fort Recovery advanced to the Division III sectional finals by beating fifth-seeded Paulding in four sets on Wednesday night in Paulding.

With 109 meetings so far in a series that began in 1921, countless St. Marys-Wapakoneta battles have likely earned the right to be labeled as classic [More]

ROCKFORD - The playoff hunt is over for New Bremen and Parkway.

All each team is hunting for now is more wins and continued improvement as the 2015 season comes to a close.

With just two weeks remaining in the high school football regular season, it is getting easier to figure out which teams will be in playoffs. For so

Two Minute Drill:
Celina at Shawnee

Last season: Celina posted a season high in points scored in a 42-0 win over the Indians at Celina Stadium.