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Freedom cherished
Ralph E. Jackson of Alger, a 1970 Bellefontaine High School graduate and a 20-year veteran of the U.S. Navy, served as the featured speaker...
Overheard phone calls aid deputies in arrest
A Piqua man was arrested for drug possession and tampering with evidence after overheard phone calls prompted law enforcement to search a vehicle during...
Zane Township marks 85th annual Memorial Day parade
The 85th Annual Zane Township Memorial Day parade rolled into Middleburg Monday morning, May 26, followed by the ceremony at the cemetery. Parade prize...
Service, sacrifice honored in DeGraff, Quincy
Members of the American Legion Post 652 of DeGraff gather together at Monday’s Memorial Day ceremony. Tim Shaw spoke at ceremonies in both DeGraff...
Truster retires after more than 50 years with Riverside
When Kenny Truster started teaching physical education at Riverside High School, Richard Nixon was president, Hank Aaron was chasing Babe Ruth’s all-time home run...
3 transported after crash
Troopers of the Marysville Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol are investing a two-vehicle crash that occurred shortly before 6 p.m. Monday, May...
City firefighters handle pair of house fires on Memorial Day
Firefighters of the Bellefontaine Fire Department and several other fire departments providing mutual aid had a busy start to the summer season on Memorial...
Driver charged with OVI following rollover crash
Tyson Walther, 44 of Huntsville, was charged with operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs related to a rollover crash Saturday...
UPDATE: Sex offender arrested for pandering obscenity following parade
Terry Davis, 63, of Russells Point, was charged with a felony count of pandering obscenity involving a minor Monday, May 26, following the Memorial...
Ohio Hi-Point board begins process to build criminal justice, EMT facility
As per their usual arrangement, the Ohio Hi-Point (OHP) Joint Vocational School District Board of Education met right after the center’s graduation ceremony on...
DeGraff getting new sidewalk, repaving village park’s walking track
North Koke Street in DeGraff is getting a face lift, as the village is using a grant to install a sidewalk on the west...
Giving back comes full circle for AMVETS Post 39
Iwo Jima sculpture, created by OHPCC students, installed in time for Memorial Day
Students in Ohio Hi-Point Career Center’s Welding and Fabrication program had the...