WAPAKONETA - Despite push back on pending legislation designed to reduce phosphorous runoff and protect inland lakes, one of the bill's sponsors says it will pass. [More]

COLDWATER - Mercer County will pay a rural farmer nearly $1,300 for 162 chickens killed by roaming dogs.

County commissioners on Tuesday approved paying $1,296 to Paul Jutte, 3233 Siegrist-Jutte Road, Coldwater, for the loss of the golden comet chickens at his farm on March 8.

ROCKFORD - Village officials hope to secure grant funds to replace water lines that froze during the frigid winter.

Council members on Tuesday pass

CELINA - An area veterinarian recently pleaded no contest in court to practicing acupuncture on four people.

Ronald C. Anders, 58, 800 N. Seventh [More]

FORT RECOVERY - Next month's Easter vacation will be reduced to one day after board of education members Monday night approved a contingency plan with classes on April 17 and 21 to make up canceled days.

ROCKFORD - A fire that started early this morning southeast of Rockford reportedly killed chickens and destroyed a pole barn and small chicken coop.

Firefighters from Rockford and Celina responded to a 911 call at 1:30 a.m. at 9447 Hellwarth Road; the owner's name was not available at press time.

MARIA STEIN - Proposed expansion of the Marion Township Industrial Park continues to move forward.

The Marion Community Development Organization learned at a recent meeting that Nieberding Ventures LLC, a company formed by Pat and Nancy Nieberding, has signed an extension to the purchase option.

A Coldwater man serving 13 years in prison for a 2012 traffic crash that killed two people and seriously injured a third is appealing his case to the Ohio Supreme Court, according to court records filed Monday.

KETTLERSVILLE - A Botkins teen was killed Tuesday evening when the bicycle he was riding was struck by a pickup truck driven by a New Knoxville man on Lock Two Road.

To say that the decision of who would be The Daily Standard's Boys Basketball Player of the Year was difficult would be an understatement.

Three players distanced themselves from the rest of the field to contend for the honor.

Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry

Tri-Village and Crestview earned player and coach honors as the Associated Press released its Divisions III and IV All-Ohio boys basketball honors on Tuesday night. The two teams meet in the Division IV state semifinals on Thursday in Columbus.