COLDWATER - A 5K run to most people is an intimidating task that spans a long piece of pavement.
If you're not properly prepared, the 3.1 miles can be a barely-able-to-breathe exercise that leaves an aspiring runner disappointed and eager to quit.
"It takes time. Your body, your muscles and your lungs have to get used to it gradually, especially if you've never done anything like this before," says Deanna Davis, co-owner and personal trainer at Innergy Fitness in Coldwater. [More]
A young Spencerville man will spend the next 10 years in prison for shooting a Lima man in the head during a party at a farmhouse near Kossuth in November.
Matthew D. Pennington, 22, was sentenced Wednesday in Auglaize County Common Pleas Court after pleading guilty in March to voluntary manslaughter. The plea was part of a plea agreement between his attorney and the prosecutor's office. [More]
When Scott Brunswick was a highly-recruited wide receiver at St. Henry nearly 20 years ago, all the suitors had to woo the recruiters were video tapes or if they happened to catch a game in person.
As has nearly everything else in the world of high school sports, much has evolved in the recruiting process over the past decade plus, and now Brunswick finds himself on a different part of the recruiting spectrum. [More]
FORT RECOVERY - The school district will end this fiscal year with a deficit spending of $150,701, Treasurer Lori Koch told school board members meeting this week.
NEW BREMEN - Village councilors Tuesday night awarded a contract to a Mercer County firm for the proposed Teton Subdivision Phase I project. The project includes street reconstruction as well as the installation of new curb and gutters.
Seventy-four Fort Recovery High School seniors will graduate at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Fort Site Field House.
The Class of 2008 includes five valedictorians, Julie Backs, Ashley Grube, Tyler Huelskamp, Kyla Metzger and Jeremy Siegrist, and a salutatorian, Mindy Vogel.
A 74-year-old Celina woman, who was reportedly dealing with health issues, died Wednesday afternoon at her home, the victim of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
Mercer County 4-H organizers will hold its first ever shooting sports workshop for youth on Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon at the Harbor Point 4-H Camp east of Celina.
ST. MARYS - With the success he has had the past several seasons, it's no surprise that Michael Schmitmeyer would head to a top-level school for education and continued success on the golf course.
The postseason run for Versailles ended as Northeastern defeated the Tigers 2-1 in the Division III sectional played at Springfield. The Tigers end their season at 16-8.
