Manchester says higher gas tax would burden motorists
By William Kincaid
CELINA - State Rep. Susan Manchester, R-Waynesfield, believes Gov. Mike DeWine's proposal to increase the state gas tax by 18 cents all at once would overburden Ohio motorists.
Instead, Manchester thinks legislators could find other areas in the s [More]
ROCKFORD - Parkway Local Schools officials have implemented a three-hour delay policy that will be used as needed to combat the growing number of canceled days due to weather.
"They've been off a lot. Even the students want to be here," superintendent Jeanne Osterfeld said. [More]
LIMA - For most of the season, Celina coach Jay Imwalle has referred to his team's third-quarter struggles as a "bugaboo."
Leading Napoleon 32-27 just over a minute into the third quarter on Tuesday night, the bugaboo struck again as the Wildcats went on a 13-0 run to take a 40-32 lead. [More]
COLUMBUS - Ohio Soil and Water Conservation Commission members reached no decision on Tuesday on whether Lake Erie should be deemed a distressed watershed, according to member Bill Knapke of Fort Recovery.
CELINA - Mercer County commissioners on Tuesday denied the board of elections' request to give its two directors a pay raise above the 3 percent maximum that department heads were permitted to raise their salary accounts in 2019.
CELINA - Cheryl Ann board members learned on Monday evening that they could save several thousand dollars in their $30,000 to $50,000 remodeling project.
WAPAKONETA - Seven men were arrested on Friday on numerous drug charges after a lengthy investigation by undercover officers with the Grand Lake Task Force.
ELIDA - Coldwater scored 16 of the game's final 20 points to pull away from Paulding 67-52 Tuesday night in the Division III sectional semifinals at the Elida Fieldhouse.
Parkway built up its lead throughout the game and advanced to the Division IV sectional final on Friday with a 48-38 win over Lincolnview on Tuesday night at Paulding High School. Parkway defeated Lincolnview 80-63 in the regular season in Rockford.
