CELINA - February is finally here and with it comes a high risk for house fires.

House fires are more likely to occur in the winter months of December, January and February than any other time of the year, according to the Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office.

HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP - No livestock were killed or injured in a Tuesday night blaze that heavily damaged a milking parlor at Hellwarth Farms Inc. in Hopewell Township.

W.T. Cole, then 81 years old, lived on South Sugar Street, Celina, and was raised on a farm near Skeels crossroads [Skeels Road and State Route 49].

In 1990, the Coldwater and Fort Recovery girls basketball teams both won their first state championships in the same season.

It remains the only time two MAC teams have done so, and both won their first titles in dominant fashion. [More]

Tonight brings another eliminator game among the logjam at the top of the Midwest Athletic Conference girls basketball standings as Marion Local hosts Parkway at the Hangar.