CELINA - City officials intend to take a comprehensive look at financial data to determine if they can lower the city's 1.5 percent income tax rate.

GRAND LAKE - Last year's alum treatment on Grand Lake reduced phosphorous levels by about the same amount as in 2011, but those levels rebounded much more quickly. [More]

CELINA - Public sentiment to protect area habitat has local officials removing fewer trees and brush on county-owned land.

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MINSTER - Federal sequestration is having a local impact, according to a report presented to village council members Tuesday night.

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MINSTER - Everything seemed to be coming up roses and duct tape on the last day of winter at Francis J. Stallo Memorial Library.

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ST. MARYS - A short promotional video publicizing the city of St. Marys is set to air on two major cable networks in early April.

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ROCKFORD - Officials will consider a proposal to demolish old, vacant houses in the village.

During a regular meeting Tuesday, council members discussed a proposed ordinance from village administrator Jeff Long to tear down dilapidated homes. Long did not attend the meeting.

CELINA - City officials are prioritizing a list of projects to submit to Bryson Trust Fund overseers for potential financing this year.

Safety service director Tom Hitchcock on Monday asked council members to narrow a list of 12 possible projects.

MINSTER - A 29-year-old man will serve six months in jail for burning down his former Minster home last year following a spat with his pregnant girlfriend. [More]

Following three seasons on the sidelines at Minster Memorial Field, Wildcats head football coach Nate Moore announced to his team on Tuesday afternoon that he would not be returning for a fourth year. [More]

Even though no local boys basketball teams are playing in this week's state tournament in Columbus, a pair of familiar teams from the Western Buckeye League and Midwest Athletic Conference will be battling for a state championship in Division III.

The Associated Press announced its All-Ohio boys basketball selections for Divisions III and IV on Tuesday evening and a quartet of local standouts and one coach earned all-state honors in D-IV.