A 59-year-old St. Marys man died Monday night after trying to escape his burning home.

Thomas H. Nuesmeyer, 14075 state Route 116, was pronounced d [More]

The local landfill will grow higher, as no appeals were filed against the EPA's approval of the expansion.

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency

Mercer County Board of Elections officials are considering how to deal with the long-term care and maintenance of its electronic voting machines.

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WAPAKONETA - A Huntington, Ind., man was sentenced to a year in prison and could get five more years behind bars for causing the traffic death of a Minster woman in May.

MINSTER - Minster Local Schools board of education Monday night discussed priorities for the 2007-2008 school year, including bringing back several positions eliminated during cost-cutting measures made last year.

MINSTER - With a technology committee in place and eager to begin planning much-needed updates, the Minster Local Schools board of education Monday night drafted a tentative goal.

Construction of the West Bank Rotary Walkway finally will happen after the project cleared its final legislative hurdles Monday.

Celina City Counci [More]

Some alert readers spotted the flipped flag on the right shoulder of National Guardsman Cory Mescher's uniform featured on the front page of Monday's Daily Standard, and took exception to the explanation of why the flag is backwards.

Ohio Dominican's Krissy Haines continues to be a dominant force in the American Mideast Conference.

The St. Marys product earned AMC Player of the

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St. Marys prevented a three-game losing streak with a 56-35 victory over Parkway on Saturday at Panther Gymnasium.

Lea Mackenbach paced the Roughriders (6-9) with 19 points. Emily Shellabarger added 11 points with Kayla Thornsberry scoring 10.