COLUMBUS - The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that a Mercer County judge can proceed with the adoption process involving a 2-year-old after proceedings had been halted by a jurisdictional fight with Allen County officials.

ST. MARYS - School district officials plan to improve drainage and traffic flow at the parking lot near the high school track.

School board members at Wednesday's meeting approved paying Saintignon Excavating of Celina $22,650 for the improvements.

FORT RECOVERY - Ironton native Chris Parsons as a 12-year-old boy saw something in the sky that he couldn't explain, something that changed his life forever.

Judges from Shelby and Putnam counties are vying for a seat on the Ohio Third District Court of Appeals that opened when Judge Richard M. Rogers retired on Nov. 8.

WAPAKONETA - A former Minster man involved in a four-hour standoff with law enforcement on May 3 has been sentenced to 180 days in Auglaize County Jail and five years of community-control sanctions. [More]

WAPAKONETA - Testing has been completed on voting machines and ballots for the Nov. 8 election.

The Auglaize County Board of Elections had an hourlong public voting session on Wednesday to check machines and ballots one final time before being shipped throughout the county for Election Day.

Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry and Colin Foster

CELINA - The only thing that could slow down the Celina boys soccer team was the weather.

The Bu

ST. MARYS - Scoring four goals in a seven-minute span early in the first half, St. Marys jumped on Upper Sandusky early and cruised to an 11-2 win Wednesday evening in the Division II boys soccer district quarterfinal at Roughrider Field. [More]

FORT RECOVERY - The Riverdale volleyball team made a long bus ride to Fort Recovery for Wednesday's Division III tournament opener.

The Indians made short work of the Falcons.

Railroad tracks sit elevated above the south end zone of St. Marys' Skip Baughman Stadium.

On the field Friday night will be two unstoppable footb

Each week, the high school football playoff picture gets a little bit clearer. We start to know which teams will be playing in the postseason, which

Two Minute Drill:
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MARION LOCAL

Last meeting: Marion Local, 42-7. The Flyers turned a close game just before halftime into a rout in the second half to extend their winning streak to 42 games.