The area is not exempt from national ammunition shortages and price hikes that surfaced in recent months after a deadly school shooting.

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A suspended Fort Recovery High School accounting teacher pleaded not guilty Monday in Darke County Common Pleas Court to an additional sex-related charge involving a former student.

COLDWATER - Interim police chief Jason Miller was named the new chief by village council members Monday night.

The unanimous council decision followed a 20-minute executive session. [More]

CELINA - A growing Celina business is purchasing 1.5 acres of city-owned land to construct a 20,000-square-foot manufacturing facility.

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ST. HENRY - School board members are pondering whether to allow several high school students to participate in an indoor state track tournament next month.

MARIA STEIN - Superintendent Mike Pohlman told board of education members Monday night that he left a recent meeting of school officials from across the state feeling good about Gov. John Kasich's funding formula.

CELINA - Officials will use part of the city's $2.89 million general fund carryover to create three new savings accounts for economic development, water line replacements and an eventual replacement of the Montgomery baseball field.

ST. HENRY - Council members didn't hesitate Monday night to approve a contract that freezes trash service costs for the next three years.

"It's good service, quite frankly, and the cost isn't going up for at least three years," village administrator Ron Gelhaus told council members.

ST. MARYS - City council members on Monday approved the purchase of three plots of land for $57,000 to build an additional storage and training building for the police and fire departments.

Five people were arrested Monday for the illegal purchase of pseudoephedrine - a major component in the production of methamphetamine.

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ROCKFORD - A five-point lead for Parkway's girls basketball team turned into an eight-point deficit in a matter of 3 1/2 minutes at the end of the first half as the Panthers lost 71-58 against Waynesfield-Goshen on Monday night at Panther Gymnasium. [More]

With the pending resignation of Tim Buschur as commissioner of the Midwest Athletic Conference, the MAC athletic directors spent the last several weeks looking for a viable replacement. [More]