CELINA - Expect stronger economic growth in 2018, said economist Robert J. Morgan, a senior consultant with Toledo-based Austin Associates.

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CELINA - Officials of a 4,500-head dairy farm proposed for northwest of Neptune said theirs will be a cutting-edge, sustainable and environmentally friendly operation that by next fall should be producing 324,000 pounds of milk each day for Dannon Yogurt.

ST. MARYS - The Kmart on Indiana Avenue will be one of 45 Kmart stores and 18 Sears stores to close in late January.

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WAPAKONETA - At the peak of the Ku Klux Klan's second wave, Ohio had the largest number of Klan members in the nation, said William Trollinger, a University of Dayton history professor.

WAPAKONETA - A 21-year-old St. Marys man was sentenced to 180 days in jail and five years of community-control sanctions for unlawful sexual conduct with a minor.

LEXINGTON - After falling in the first set to Parma Padua Franciscan 25-8, the Celina volleyball team had two options. One was to roll over and let the defending Division II state champions win in a laughable sweep. The second was to give the Bruins all they could handle to the very last point. [More]

CLAYTON - New Bremen eliminated the two-time defending state champion with a 3-0 victory over Jackson Center on Thursday night in the Division IV Regional Semifinals at Northmont High School.

MILLBURY - The Cavaliers were pushed but they rose to the occasion.

And with one more win, Coldwater will be raising the Division III regional title trophy.

Fort Recovery's Will Homan was voted Midwest Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year by the conference coaches.

The list was released Thursday afternoon ahead of the opening round of the playoffs.