ST. MARYS - School officials on Wednesday evening outlined the district's safety plans and explained how it could potentially implement a policy to allow staff members to be armed. [More]

The first day of fall is still a few weeks away, yet pumpkin spice is all the rage at coffee shops, whose baristas have dusted off their pumpkin-flavored syrups.

ST. MARYS - Roughly 250 kids from schools in Mercer and Auglaize counties on Wednesday morning experienced the joy of catching fish at Lake Improvement Association's Kids Fishing Derby.

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The St. Henry girls golf team earned a 215-224 win in a Midwest Athletic Conference match with New Bremen that was suspended Aug. 29 and resumed on Wednesday at the Mercer County Elks.

ROSSBURG - History was made Wednesday night at Eldora Speedway as Evans, Georgia, driver Brandon Overton became the first to win three consecutive Dirt Late Model Dreams, earning $128,000 by capturing the rain-delayed event from June that restarted on lap 14.

  After the first two weeks of football, four Midwest Athletic Conference teams remain unbeaten in Coldwater, Marion Local, New Bremen and Versailles.

The latter two will meet up in an early battle of state-ranked teams at Cardinal Stadium on Friday night as Versailles makes the trek to New Bremen.

The wild and often wacky Western Buckeye League came through once again as the game of the week between St. Marys and Wapakoneta resulted in an overt

CELINA vs. KENTONRobinson Field, Kenton

Last Season: Jaden King's 40-yard touchdown run with 7:23 remaining in regulation put the Bulldogs in the lead, but the Celina defense had to stop a two-point conversion late in the game to beat the Wildcats 21-20 at Celina Stadium.

Impact Players

Offense

Tate Hess, QB Marion Local

Six carries for 93 yards rushing and 116 yards passing with two touchdowns in the Flyers' 34-0 win over Minster.