CELINA - Officials on Wednesday said the fight against COVID-19 isn't over as a third person has died in Mercer County, and five new cases raise the county's total to 160.
One new case of COVID-19 was announced in Auglaize County.
A 56-year-old St. Henry woman is the third Mercer County resident to die from COVID-19, county health district administrator Jason Menchhofer said. He believed the woman died on Monday. [More]
The Ohio high school football playoffs will expand starting in 2021.
The Ohio High School Athletic Association has voted to increase the number of teams that qualify in each region from eight to 12. Per the press release sent Wednesday afternoon, the vote was unanimous. In the current format, the top four seeds in each region host the first week of the playoffs with all remaining playoff games played at neutral sites. [More]
MAPLEWOOD - Chris Gibbs, who had campaigned as an independent to oust Republican Jim Jordan in the U.S. 4th Congressional District, suspended his campaign Sunday after thousands of signatures he needed to qualify for the November ballot were deemed invalid.
ST. MARYS - Board of education members on Wednesday approved the five-year financial forecast - which included a potential $1 million cut in state funding -- as previously presented by district treasurer Andy Wilker.
Building should be done in time for start of school
NEW BREMEN - Construction of the new elementary school is on schedule to be completed in time for the start of the next school year, but how instruction will take place is uncertain.
