CELINA - Mercer County Board of Elections members are considering ways to further compensate their directors this year due to the unusually large number of elections set in the coming months.

Busloads of area high school juniors and seniors on Wednesday descended on Wright State University-Lake Campus to get a closer look at their possible futures. [More]

Three Democratic candidates are vying for the party's nomination to challenge Republican incumbent Jim Jordan for Ohio's 4th U.S. Congressional District.

CELINA - A pretrial hearing has been set after a 39-year-old rural Celina man pleaded not guilty to 45 felony charges involving pandering obscenity or sexually oriented material involving minors.

VAN WERT - A 27-year-old St. Marys man on Wednesday pleaded guilty to sex-related charges after allegedly trying to meet with a 13-year-old in a Van Wert city park in September.

CELINA - Mercer County Board of Elections members appointed Laura Bruns as director and Deb Sneddon as deputy director during a reorganizational meeting on Wednesday afternoon.

WAPAKONETA - Officials will keep the same positions after the biannual reorganization meeting of the board of elections.

Director Michelle Wilcox, deputy director Peggy Matheny, and chairperson Francia Engle were re-elected Wednesday morning by board members to retain their positions.

NEW BREMEN - Dennis Burnell has been reappointed to village council.

At a special meeting Wednesday, council members unanimously voted to reappoint Burnell, an 18-year veteran of the council.

VANDALIA - The anticipated defensive matchup between Minster and Fort Loramie lived up to expectations.

In the end, though, the Fort Loramie defense was just too much for Minster. [More]

ST. MARYS - Kyle Brown wanted a top-notch college education.

He also wanted to continue his soccer career and maintain a close distance to home.

The St. Marys senior found the perfect fit at Ohio Northern University.