CELINA - The city's 2016 budget is $2.65 million higher than last year's.

City council members Monday night passed first reading of next year's budget, which sets aside $46.15 million for all accounts. The 2015 budget was $43.5 million.

FORT RECOVERY - Village officials Monday night debated the safety of the state Routes 49 and 119 intersection despite a recent expansion project.

MONTEZUMA - A Lima appeals court on Monday denied a new trial for a local man convicted in Auglaize County of taking nude photos of local girls.

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ST. MARYS - A Wapakoneta man on Monday was sentenced to 15 days in jail and a six-year license suspension for several charges including drunken driving after allegedly causing three non-injury accidents in the city on Saturday afternoon.

The third installment in a periodical series about officiating takes a look at referees from our own backyard who come from the same households. It's

NEW BREMEN - Columbus State Community College volleyball coach Jill Yocum said she couldn't be more excited about the addition of New Bremen's Kaitlyn Ahrns.

If just one thing can be taken away from this past weekend's state football championships in Columbus, that would be that the title games should never leave Columbus.