LIMA - In the months leading up to Kathy Wangler's death, her husband wrote in his journal that Satan was attacking in a new way that involved automobile exhaust.

NEW BREMEN - Mail carriers at the New Bremen and Fort Loramie post offices soon will begin working out of the Minster office, United States Postal Service (USPS) corporate communications representative David Walton says. [More]

A public fundraising campaign for Mercer County OSU Extension operations will soon start, and organizers are counting on the agriculture community to step up.

WAPAKONETA - Flu season may be winding down, but it's not over yet, health officials say.

Auglaize County Health Department Director of Nursing Cindy Jones told board members on Wednesday the illness "can rear its ugly head again."

Hopefully, we've seen the worst of the season, she said.

WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County health board members on Tuesday each were greeted with a courtesy roll of toilet paper to promote colorectal cancer awareness.

The Auglaize County health board renewed a two-year contract with the health commissioner at the same salary as 2010.

Charlotte Parsons - who has h

CELINA - Downtown revitalization grant funds may be available to property owners on March 28 once the state clears an environment review study.

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ST. MARYS - The board of education is preparing for budget cuts and reduced spending as they tackle a $1.05 million deficit for the fiscal year that begins July 1.

ST. MARYS - Buffalo Wild Wings is likely coming to St. Marys, Mayor Greg Freewalt announced during his State of the City speech at a Rotary Club meeting Wednesday.

SILVER LAKE - It was a dark and stormy night 50 years ago in Akron when a group of professional artists stopped by the Tangiers Night Club for drinks. With rain beating against the windows, the group put together bylaws for a new club named Whiskey Painters of America (WPA). [More]

ADA - Celina was an overwhelming favorite over Tiffin Columbian and the Bulldogs played like it for one quarter.

One dominant quarter was enough to push Celina past Tiffin Columbian 62-46 on Wednesday night in Division II district semifinal action at Ohio Northern University.

Through the wintery months of 1963-64, the cultural landscape of America was captivated by the arrival of the Beatles on our soil, fears of a world-wide Soviet infiltration, and a fresh heavyweight boxing champion named Cassius Clay, who would later be known as Muhammad Ali. [More]

The Minster girls' basketball team won the Midwest Athletic Conference championship for the 13th time and the Wildcats were well represented on the all-league squad.

The New Knoxville Rangers won the Midwest Athletic Conference championship outright and the Rangers also swept the MAC's top two awards.

Rangers' standout guard Marcus Reineke was named Player of the year while New Knoxville's head coach Kort Fledderjohann was named Coach of the Year.