CELINA - Grand Lake St. Marys State Park Manager David Faler said some of his staff and Ohio Department of Transportation employees likely will begin next week to remove the remaining felled trees on the west bank.

However, it's going to take a long time before the once tree-lined west bank slope is converted into a graded, stump-free grassy area, Faler told Grand Lake Rotarians on Thursday morning during an update about efforts to protect Grand Lake's earthen dams. [More]

CELINA - Plans for the Tri Star 2.0 project were revealed Wednesday before more than 50 people at Celina High School.

When Tri Star Career Compact was launched in 1983, the organizers' goal was and still is "to put excitement back in education," [More]

ST. MARYS - St. Marys was making a comeback.

Then Lima Central Catholic pitcher Brendan Stolly shut it down.

With runners on the corners and just one out in the bottom of the seventh, Stolly struck out the final two Roughrider hitters to clinch a 4-3 victory at K.C. Geiger Park on Wednesday. [More]

Minster's Jon Niemeyer was the reason Russia left the field heartbroken after the Division IV state baseball final.

From that moment came a heartwarming story.

On June 3, Niemeyer's single in the bottom of the seventh inning allowed Jared Huelsman to score the winning run in a 2-1 victory over the Raiders at Huntington Park in Columbus. The hit gave the Wildcats their third state title in the last seven years and also denied the Raiders their first title since 1971. [More]

NEPTUNE - Various interest groups and specialists discussed with about 35 local people how large, Confined Animal-feeding Operations have affected different communities around the Midwest.

Jeff Rasawehr, a sustainable agriculture specialist from B [More]

CELINA - Austin Cotterman wore the jersey of Celina head coach Andy Mikesell.

And Cotterman delivered a performance that would have made Mikesell proud.

The incoming freshman - making just his third pitching appearance on the ACME stage - fired a no-hitter and had the walk-off two-run single in an 11-1, six-inning victory over Marion Local on Monday night at Montgomery Field. [More]