LIMA - Allen County Children Services officials remained tight-lipped about their reactions to Thursday's Ohio Supreme Court ruling over the adoption of a 2-year-old.

St. Marys and Rockford voters will decide on Nov. 8 whether to allow Sunday sales of alcohol for three businesses.

The businesses are Bartlett's Drive Thru, 200 E. High St., and Pantry Pride, 1550 Celina Road, both in St. Marys, and Clark carry-out, 205 N. Main St., Rockford.

CELINA - The Mercer County Democratic Party held its 2016 Fall Dinner on Thursday night at Romer's, where members honored the Democrat of the Year and heard from candidates running for office in the Nov. 8 election and their surrogates.

Several Mercer County candidates are running unopposed in the Nov. 8 election and will capture a county seat as long as they each garner at least one vote.

MARIA STEIN - As a member of the Northwest Conference, Lincolnview has faced several good volleyball programs this season.

But as Lancer coach JaNahn Evans pointed out, not many can stack up to what the Midwest Athletic Conference brings.

Celina's Brennen Piper was named the Western Buckeye League's Boys Soccer Player of the Year by the league coaches as all-league honors were released on Thursday.

Ottawa-Glandorf's Emily Annesser was named the Western Buckeye League's Volleyball Player of the Year in a vote of the league coaches released Thursday.

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Minster rallied from down two sets to one to beat New Knoxville in a five-set marathon and advance to the Division IV Van Wert District semifinals next week after the sectional final win on Thursday at Wildcat Gymnasium.

By the time the 1981 gridiron season rolled around in St. Marys, the program was already 64 seasons old. Armed with a stockpile of success through mo