CELINA - Elementary students this week celebrated the holidays as if they were in Japan, Russia, Italy and many other countries.

Junior and senior

ST. MARYS - Two teenagers from Coldwater and Columbus allegedly stole an SUV and led law enforcement on a high-speed chase Thursday afternoon that ended in a crash with another vehicle near Celina. [More]

The city councils of St. Marys and Celina have agreed to pay more money to cover the salary and benefits of Lake Restoration Commission Manager Milt Miller.

WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County officials are looking into possible voter fraud after discovering one resident may have voted twice in the Nov. 6 election. [More]

GRAND LAKE - The paperwork is being finalized to give nonprofit status to a joint county organization that supports Grand Lake.

Alan Wolters of Moo

COLDWATER - School board members on Tuesday hired technology coordinator Robert Smith, who recently moved to the area from Lima.

He will assume th

The cost to incarcerate local unruly juveniles in Troy will increase slightly in 2013.

Mercer County Commissioners on Thursday approved a three-yea

Living (balled or potted) Christmas trees are enjoyed indoors during the holidays and then after are used as a landscape tree as a personal reminder of past holidays.

COLDWATER - The Marion Local Flyers did some dirty work in the paint on Thursday night, and it paid off with a 53-35 Midwest Athletic Conference victory over the Coldwater Cavaliers. [More]

VERSAILLES - Paced by solid defense and a strong inside-outside scoring effort, Versailles remained undefeated on the season in beating New Knoxville 51-32 in girls' Midwest Athletic Conference action at Tiger Gymnasium in Versailles.

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Celina used solid free throw shooting down the stretch to pick up its first win in Western Buckeye League play with a 50-46 win over Ottawa-Glandorf on Thursday night at The Supreme Court in Ottawa.

Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry

New Bremen used a strong defensive second quarter to pull away and pick up its first Midwest Athletic Conference win of the season with a 45-32 win over Parkway on Thursday night in Rockford. The Panthers drop to 1-5 and 0-2 with the loss.