Fort Recovery News

Fort Recovery Police Chief Jared Laux fingerprints Clayton Pearson, 7, as his little sister, Mara, 3, waits for her turn at the Fort Recovery Public Library on Wednesday.

This morning, PETA sent a letter to Fort Recovery Mayor Roger Broerman and the City Council urging them to enact legislation that would ban the use of bullhooks, electric prods, and other devices commonly used ...

International walker George Walter relaxes on a flimsy lawn chair outside the Spiritual Center retreat house Thursday.

St. Henry Local Schools sixth-graders, from left, Shelby Gelhaus, Alyssa Mescher and Olivia Stahl, discuss the mortar they created to make a small wall during Science, Technology, Engineering, Math Camp this ...

The Mercer County Board of Elections has reduced the number of polling places for the November presidential election from 12 to eight.

Jenny Briggs, 12, of St. Marys concentrates on wrapping clay just right to make a penguin mug at an Arts Place summer program at the St.

Fort Recovery's Clint Tobe, left, slides around New Bremen catcher Matt McCollum to touch home plate for an Indians run in the second inning of their Division IV baseball sectional final at Minster's Hanover ... via The Daily Standard

“We've (gained) so much from this partnership”

Science and math teaching is changing from textbooks to more hands-on activities at some area schools. via The Daily Standard

Haley Duhamel, 7, of Fort Recovery, gets a puppy dog painted on her face by Aubrey Rammel on Saturday as part of several activities taking place at Chief supermarket. via The Daily Standard

“It hit her hard with feeling hot and just not feeling well. It didn't help that we didn't give her a lot of run support.”

' Fort Recovery scored three runs in the top of the fifth inning versus Jefferson Tuesday night. via The Daily Herald

MUNCIE -- Ball State University graduate student archeologist intern Chris Keller, Portland, will help to kick off the 2008 Fort Recovery State Museum Season on May 4. Keller is an advanced degree student in ... via Star-Press

Wearing hip waders, Laura Walker, coordinator of the Grand Lake/Wabash Watershed Alliance, talks to participants in a stream monitoring class held Friday in Fort Recovery. via The Daily Standard

“They'll be out there 'til dark.”

A local farmer is going to get a lecture about spreading manure after two complaints were issued within a week about manure from his farm in side ditches and on the road. via The Daily Standard

Last year, Minster and Marion Local, along with New Bremen got the chance to play at Dayton's Fifth-Third. This year all three teams, along with five other MAC teams, will get the chance to play games on the ... via The Daily Standard

“If this is successful, I'll probably stay at home in Darke County until the snow flies, then go to Florida. I want to go fishing and jogging - I like to keep healthy”

Ricardo Macias thought his co-worker looked silly with a toothbrush hanging out of one shirt pocket and dental floss tucked in the other. via The Daily Standard

“Having wholesome, safe food to put on the dinner table should be an expectation, not a luxury, for Ohio's families”

Two local egg producers are donating more than a half million eggs to fill Easter tables and baskets of needy people across Ohio. via The Daily Standard

Want to see what 200,000 eggs look like? - It was an eggcellent day in Cleveland! The Cleveland Foodbank received more than 200,000 eggs Wednesday. via WMMS-FM Independence

Fort Recovery middle school student Jason Pottkotter, left, helps his cousin Grant Pottkotter to lay a cinder block to complete a row of blocks during career day held at the school on Tuesday afternoon. via The Daily Standard

“More law enforcement officers are killed in accidents than by guns.”

Officer warns motorists to slow down By KAREN CAMPBELL Staff Writer A second cruiser from the local post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol involved in a crash in as many weeks should serve as a warning to ... via Wapakoneta Daily News

“The levy allowed us to hear what the voters had to say”

Three levies passed and two failed at the polls Tuesday night in the Grand Lake area. via The Daily Standard