Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry

The opening day of the 2026 Midwest Athletic Conference Track and Field Championships brought out the editing tools for the record book.

Records were broken in two events at Barrenbrugge Park in Fort Recovery as the majority of the field events and the 4x800-meter relays for boys and girls highlighted the day. [More]

CELINA - City officials at once honored the memory of retired Celina Police K-9 Peng and made arrangements for his successor.

After nine years of sniffing out narcotics, tracking down suspects and conducting all-around exemplary community service, Peng retired in December 2024. The pointy-eared, long-tongued K-9 hailing from Germany lived out the rest of his life with his long-time partner, Sgt. Gabe Bartlett and his family. [More]

MARIA STEIN - It was a blue and gold battle at the Airport between Marion Local and St. Marys, and the Flyers used a complete game gem from pitcher Ethan Osterholt to take down the Roughriders 6-0 in a late season cross-conference clash.

Osterholt gave up just two hits and had four strikeouts. He did not allowed a baserunner until the fifth inning, and needed just 68 pitches to get through all seven innings. [More]

Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry

St. Marys needed a great day to try and capture at least a share of the program's sixth Western Buckeye League boys tennis title.

The Roughriders did their part, but in the end Shawnee was just a little better as the Indians won the league tournament on Saturday at the University of Northwestern Ohio and wrapped up the overall league title, having finished 9-0 in regular season matches. [More]

WAPAKONETA - As the risk of cyber-enabled scams increases across the country, Auglaize County law enforcement is hoping a new push for public awareness will stop additional residents from becoming victims.

Auglaize County Sheriff Mike Vorhees, county prosecutor Ben Elder and sheriff's office detective Michael Wiley held a news conference Friday in an effort to warn residents of the increased risk of scams. [More]

MINSTER - Through six Midwest Athletic Conference softball games, Marion Local and Minster had yet to taste defeat. It set up a conference decider Friday night in Minster, and the Wildcats fought through the spitting rain en route to a 10-0, six-inning win over the Flyers to clinch the MAC title. [More]

CELINA - Wes Greber liked Trine University from the get-go.

The Celina senior officially made his commitment to the NCAA Division III school in Angola, Indiana, to play football.

"The coach (Troy Abbs) started talking to me, texted me an [More]