The Auglaize County Board of Elections has put out a call for additional poll workers to help conduct the Nov. 3 general election.

"We need a full

Celina's senior quarterback Parker Wynk continues to show encouraging signs of recovery after sustaining a spinal injury during the team's first game of the season, family members reported on social media Monday.

ROCKFORD - Rockford village councilors heard the mayor is considering backtracking on last meeting's consensus to abolish the fun houses at the park, a decision he informed councilors of during Tuesday night's regular meeting.

CELINA - Mercer County Engineer Jim Wiechart plans to close Huwer Road between Cassella-Montezuma Road and Reichert Road in Marion Township on Sept. 8.

NEW KNOXVILLE - Through the opening 10 points at New Knoxville's Barn, St. Marys looked comfortable and ran out to a 9-1 lead. But there is a reason

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Fort Recovery improved to 4-0 this season after defeating Jay County in the schools' annual border battle in volleyball on Tuesday night at Fort Site Fieldhouse.

CELINA- A 47-year-old Rockford woman accused of having a bulk amount of methamphetamine was arrested for drug charges out of Mercer County Common Pleas Court.

ST. MARYS- A 98-year-old Celina woman was seriously injured in a two-vehicle accident in St. Marys Friday, according to police chief Lucas Turpin.

The St. Marys police and fire departments responded to the injury accident call at the intersection of Columbia and Spruce streets at noon Friday.

CELINA - City councilors are still exploring the possibility of offering residential tax abatements to help spur housing development in Celina but first need answers to legal questions before proceeding further.

A 34-year-old Spirit EMS worker unexpectedly died on the job in Greenville Saturday morning, a company news release states.

Spirit EMS announced th

MARIA STEIN - Marion Local kept up its perfect start at The Flight Deck, as the Flyers' volleyball team rallied from a stumble in the third-set to beat Celina 25-20, 25-15, 25-27, 25-10 in a Western Buckeye League-Midwest Athletic Conference matchup Monday night.

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Chloe Frysinger had three goals and an assist to help Coldwater open Western Ohio Soccer League girls competition with a 6-0 shutout win over Delphos St. John's on Monday afternoon in Delphos. The Cavaliers improve to 4-1 on the season.

State Rep. Angie King, R-Celina, opposes a proposed major new power transmission and distribution corridor to run across western Ohio due to its potential impact on farms, property owners and rural communities.

WAPAKONETA - The Ohio State Highway Patrol, in coordination with the Wapakoneta Police Department, conducted an OVI checkpoint Saturday evening on County Road 25 A, just north of State Route 67 in Auglaize County.

GREENVILLE - An unidentified girl was airlifted to a Dayton hospital on Saturday evening following a two-vehicle accident involving a semitrailer.

ROCKFORD - It was a successful Parkway Volleyball Invitational for the host Panthers on Saturday, as they rolled through two-set sweeps over Celina, Ottoville and Marion Local to win the tournament that included four area schools.

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Area cross country teams from Ohio and Indiana converged at Wright State University-Lake Campus for the 45th annual Celina Rotary Cross Country Invitational.

CELINA - The only thing more certain about August than hot afternoons is the first day of school. Whether it was the 19th or the 26th or somewhere in between, that day has now arrived for all area schools.

WAPAKONETA - The Ohio State Highway Patrol announced Friday that troopers will conduct an OVI checkpoint in Auglaize County Saturday evening. The OSHP will announce the exact location of the checkpoint this morning.

COLUMBUS - The Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Securities and the Shelby County Prosecutor's Office announced Friday that a Shelby County Grand Jury has indicted Chandra Snapp of Jackson Center on 50 counts stemming from alleged incidents involving at least nine investors since 2023.

CELINA - Celina took everything Wapakoneta had to offer on Friday night, and never backed down.

And once the Bulldogs got the lead, they were adamant about not giving up.

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St. Marys scored the final 21 points of the game to move to 2-0 on the season and open Western Buckeye League play with a 35-14 win over Bath on Friday night in Bath Township.

FORT RECOVERY - If the Fort Recovery Indians had some plays back, they could have completed a comeback Friday night.

Untimely mistakes and penalties prevented the Indians from finishing the job as Allen East held on for a 28-21 victory in a battle till the bitter end at Barrenbrugge Park.