Smaller counties appear to draw crowds better than cities
By Shelley Grieshop
Attendance figures are near record highs this week at the Auglaize County Fair despite low numbers at other fairs across Ohio.
"It's been terrific," says fair secretary Fred Piehl, as he roams the grounds on Wednesday. "Yesterday was the best Tuesday attendance we've had in five years."
Specific gate tallies were not yet available. [More]
Grand Lake sweeps the four-game season series over Lima
By Ryan Hines
Don't tell the Lima Locos that the Grand Lake Mariners are the worst team in the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League.
Grand Lake ended an eight-game losing streak with a 4-3 win over Lima in 11 innings as the Mariners swept the four-game season series from the Locos. [More]
Twenty-eight department heads and other non-union Celina city employees will get raises for the next three years if council members pass a proposed ordinance.
The fence is up at the planned Rotary Dog Park on West Bank Road and now volunteers and more funds are needed to finish the job, said project organizer Deb Borns of Celina.
A new water intake structure, commonly known as the screen house, will be built on West Bank Road if council members approve a proposed ordinance to appropriate up to $150,000 for the project.
A 23-year-old Bradford man was seriously injured late Tuesday night after he was struck by a car while putting gas in his scooter along a road east of Greenville.
