State officials may soon be able to issue civil penalties against agricultural polluters, Mercer County Soil and Water Conservation District board members learned on Thursday. [More]

WAPAKONETA - Plans to move the Auglaize County Health Department to a new downtown facility are delayed but still moving forward.

Auglaize County Commissioner Doug Spencer updated health board members during their meeting on Thursday.

SPRINGFIELD (AP) - An Ohio man who admitted shaking his infant daughter before she was found dead in a car seat in his truck has been sentenced to life in prison with possible parole after 18 years.

CELINA - A rural Celina man was sentenced to the equivalent of 28 months in prison for 10 counts of pandering obscenity or sexually oriented material involving minors, each a fourth-de-gree felony. [More]

I never thought I would experience a job that would make a newsroom seem boring ... until I found myself in a classroom full of kindergartners.

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MINSTER - Same teams. Same story.

Minster had defeated St. Henry 1-0 in 11 innings on April 18 at the Wally Post Athletic Complex in MAC baseball action.

NEW BREMEN - New Bremen softball coach Craig Griesdorn walked over to the gathered media after Thursday's Division IV tournament game and said "Neve

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Fort Recovery's Nick Thwaits was inches away from perfection on Thursday night.

Thwaits threw a five-inning no-hitter with 10 strikeouts as the Indians advanced to next Wednesday's Division IV Coldwater district semifinal with a 13-0, five-inning win over Perry.