CELINA - A new nine-member volunteer parks and recreation advisory board will be formed the first full week of December, city council's parks and recreation committee members decided Monday night.

FORT RECOVERY - The annexation of property near the intersection of Sharpsburg Road and state Route 49 continues to move forward.

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ST. MARYS - Officials told residents on Monday the reasons why some monthly electric bills have jumped about 20 percent since rate changes in July. [More]

The seeds for the successful run of the Celina boys soccer team were sown two years ago after a run to the regional final.

They were cultivated after watching the girls soccer team make the state semifinals last season.

ST. MARYS - Sisters Ally and Erika Angstmann once suited up for St. Marys together and led the Roughriders to back-to-back regional appearances.

Sister Act 2 is set to take place next year in Toledo.

Area players earned state honors as the Ohio High School Volleyball Association released its All-Ohio teams on Monday.

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Six candidates - two from Mercer County and four from Auglaize County - are running for one spot on each respective county's Farm Service Agency county committees, information from both FSA offices says.

COLDWATER - Mercer County is a good place for a woman to run a business, even a business in a traditionally male-dominated profession, local attorney Judy Koesters said.