Visitors to Auglaize and Mercer counties generated business sales of $166 million in 2015, according to an analysis conducted by a state-contracted tourism economics company.

WAPAKONETA - The Auglaize County Board of Elections has hired Ada Cummins as a part-time employee to help with paperwork in anticipation of a large voter turnout for the Nov. 8 general election.

CELINA - A Celina man has violated his probation after an early release from a 2009 prison sentence stemming from his role in the deaths of four Marion Local High School graduates.

ROSSBURG - NASCAR Sprint Cup Series star Kyle Larson returned to Eldora Speedway on Wednesday night and captured the fourth annual Camping World Truck Series Aspen Dental Eldora Dirt Derby for the first time after narrow misses in the first two years of the event. [More]

COLUMBUS - The first Promowest Fest held last weekend in Columbus featured a bevy of alternative music acts, many of which hit their stride in the '90s - the Flaming Lips and Garbage - as well as up-and-comers such as Moon Taxi and X Ambassadors.