Joni Baumer of Coldwater and other Catholics like her have struggled at times with feeling left out of one of the biggest parts of their religion: the sacrament of Holy Communion. [More]

WAPAKONETA - Flu season is fading but not over yet.

Becky Egbert, assistant director of nursing for the Auglaize County Health Department, at Thurs

CELINA - Business and school officials from across Mercer County gathered Thursday to discuss the future of education and learn about investED Teacher Leader Corp, a new K-12 initiative launched by Mercer County Educational Services Center.

WAPAKONETA - Local volunteers and business leaders were honored Thursday afternoon at the Greater Grand Lake Region Visitors Center Annual Awards Luncheon held at the Armstrong Air and Space Museum.

CELINA - With Seth Lonsway on the mound, Celina usually would need only a run or two to pick up the win.

Thursday at Montgomery Field, the Bulldogs had trouble getting that one run as Bath's Ryan Gossard had his A-game going.

NEW BREMEN - New Bremen coach Craig Griesdorn knew what to expect when his team met Marion Local on Thursday.

"I think the last three years have been one-run games, so we knew what it was going to be like," Griesdorn said.

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Lydia Wenning's two-run home run in the top of the fourth inning put Fort Recovery in front to stay as the Indians snapped a long conference losing streak in softball with a 3-2 win at St. Henry on Thursday.

When a county Emergency Management Agency director retires, he or she is given a painting of Noah's ark.

Very fitting, I think, because all EMA dir