Over the next 10 days, hungry children will descend upon the streets of Mercer and Auglaize counties in search of sugary sweet candy. To maximize the Halloween havoc and high jinks, The Daily Standard has prepared a trick-or-treat guide complete with times, safety tips and what type of candy to expect. [More]

ST. HENRY - With two Midwest Athletic Conference teams competing for the right to play each other, St. Henry and Marion Local took care of business in their D-VI sectional finals matchups Thursday night in St. Henry. In the late match, the Flyers had to battle to sweep a tall Spencerville team 25-20, 25-14, 25-13, while St. Henry found it a bit easier and beat Perry 25-4, 25-5, 25-8 in the opening game. [More]

CELINA - Since joining the City of Celina's electric department in 2006, electric distribution superintendent Aaron Siefring has experienced five major storms, including four tornadoes, that caused significant damage and left the city in the dark, necessitating an all hands on deck approach to restoring power. [More]

ST. MARYS - Coming into the postseason after an up and down end to the regular season, St. Marys got back on track in a 5-0 win over Defiance in the Division III boys soccer sectional final.  

"I hope we can use this going forward, we gained som [More]

NEW KNOXVILLE - Kicking off just a few streets away from the shooting range, New Knoxville soccer provided all the firepower in a 6-0 Division VI sectional semifinal win over fellow Western Ohio Soccer League member Lima Central Catholic at New Knoxville Community Park. [More]

  COLDWATER - As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, medical experts and breast cancer survivors and patients shared insights on screenings, detection and treatment options during a specialized panel in Coldwater on Monday.

More than a dozen wo [More]

  FORT RECOVERY - Village councilors learned Monday the Fort Recovery pool has a 40-foot-long crack in its south wall, causing a loss of about 500,000 gallons of water a month.

Councilors heard from village administrator Aaron Rengers that in a recent pool leak detection report done by a diving team, it was reported that the village's pool structure and pressure system failed. [More]