CELINA - An additional countywide $5 vehicle registration permissive tax would not solve the problem of insufficient road and bridge funding but would be a positive step, Mercer County Engineer Jim Wiechart said. [More]

DAYTON - Wright State University's faculty union is still waiting for a final version of a contract to put to a vote, union president Martin Kich said.

ROCKFORD - Former Rockford resident Carol Blackwell and her husband, Bob, are donating a stained-glass window he made to the Bicentennial Committee.

CELINA - Five Celina City Schools educators have been recognized by Learning.com for helping students master their digital literacy skills.

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WAPAKONETA - Top-seeded Minster will play No. 2 New Knoxville for the Division IV Wapakoneta district championship on Saturday.

Getting there wasn't easy for either.

ELIDA - Liberty-Benton turned up the pressure on Coldwater and bumped the Cavaliers off the tournament trail with a 48-10 victory in the girls Division III district semifinals Thursday night at the Elida Fieldhouse. [More]

PAULDING - The first meeting between St. Marys and Wapakoneta went into overtime.

The rematch, at the Division II girls basketball district semifinals, was almost an encore.