CELINA - Calvin "June" Scott admitted he had been a terrible student in high school.

Little did he know he would go on to become a teacher. Forty-two years later, Scott announced his retirement at the end of the school year.

COLUMBUS - Ohio is doing more than other states to combat the drug epidemic, Gov. John Kasich said this week at an annual forum sponsored by The Associated Press. [More]

COLDWATER - The heat is on for the Coldwater Middle School robotics team gearing up to go head-to-head against 59 rivals from across the state this weekend in Dayton.

CELINA - Three longtime Celina City Schools staff members will retire at the end of the year.

The school board this week accepted the retirements of elementary school library aide Linda White, intermediate school library aide Kim Wendel and high school English teacher Betty Clouse.

ST. MARYS - The ladies' night edition of the Battle of Grand Lake was one that Celina would probably like to omit from the record books.

The short- [More]

NEW BREMEN - A 22-1 run spanning the first and second quarters helped the Coldwater girls bounce back from a slow start and roll to a 60-37 victory over New Bremen on Thursday night on the Cardinal hardwood.

MARIA STEIN - It was physical. It was intense. It was mucky.

It was a Marion Local-Minster basketball game.

Without question, both Marion Local and Minster players exited the Hangar floor with some bruises on Thursday, but it was the Wildcats leaving with a 46-32 victory at the Hangar.

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Fort Recovery dominated the first three quarters to improve to 14-1 with a 65-31 win over Parkway in MAC girls basketball action at Panther Gymnasium.

ST. HENRY - Playing college softball has always been a dream of St. Henry's Alexis Ontrop.

So she made it happen.

On Thursday, the senior made a commitment to play for Edison State Community College softball team in what will be their debut season in 2018.