A week ago, Ryan Mikesell was getting ready to play his first basketball game for his professional team in Israel.

Days later, he was trying to find a safe way out of the country. [More]

CELINA - From Frankenstein to Freddy Krueger, Jigsaw to Jason Voorhees, on-screen masked men and supernatural entities have delivered screams for generations.

CELINA - Mercer County Board of Health members this week moved to remove hundreds of scrap tires from a residential property and assess the cost to the property owner's taxes.

CELINA - The Ohio Democratic Party under new leadership is committed to better representing rural areas of the state, state party vice chair André Washington assured an audience at the Mercer County Democrats' Unity Dinner on Thursday night.

ROCKFORD - Parkway school board members earlier this week got a first look at what the future athletic facility might look like.

Superintendent Jeanne Osterfeld presented a potential mock-up of the facility during Wednesday's board of education meeting. The building is estimated at $4.5 million.

CELINA - Mercer County commissioners on Thursday met with Mercer County Job & Family Services Director Angela Nickell regarding the Ohio Department of Aging's newly created Healthy Aging Grant program.

CHICKASAW - Village councilors at this week's regular meeting approved legislation to change the way council and board of public affair members are compensated.

WAPAKONETA- Auglaize County commissioners on Thursday awarded $40,000 in Auglaize Development Funds (ADF) to the Armstrong Air and Space Museum for lobby and gift shop remodeling.

WAPAKONETA - The 16th win of the season for Celina was truly a sweet one.

The Bulldogs wrapped up a share of their first Western Buckeye League boys soccer title since 2016 with a dominant 5-0 win over Wapakoneta at Ryan Field on Thursday night. [More]

MINSTER - Coldwater took a unique approach to its victory over Minster on Thursday night: let the Wildcats get the lead, then take over.

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NEW BREMEN - With a chance to secure its seventh Midwest Athletic Conference volleyball title, its fifth in seven years, New Bremen took care of business.

ST. MARYS - With a dominant win over Bath, St. Marys claimed a share of its first boys Western Buckeye League soccer title in nine years Thursday night at Roughrider Field. [More]

Compiled By Tom Haines

St. Henry earned its 30th Midwest Athletic Conference volleyball title on Thursday, sweeping Versailles 25-22, 25-19, 25-15 on the road to finish at 8-1 in the MAC.