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Darke County Junior Fair Dog Department names 2024 Canine Royalty
GREENVILLE – Friday evening, the Darke County Junior Fair Dog Department named their 2024 Canine Royalty. Each contestant must fill out an application and submit it for review. Both contests are similar, however, they come with some differences. King and Queen applicants are assigned a random dog by simply drawing a name to complete a showmanship pattern to then be scored by a selected judge. Prince and Princess applicants use their own dogs to also complete a showmanship pattern.
Jr Fair livestock buyers Appreciation Breakfast
GREENVILLE – On Saturday, September 7 the Darke County Junior Fairboard and Darke County Jr Fair Sale Committee is sponsoring a Jr Fair Buyer Appreciation Breakfast. The breakfast is free for all Darke County Jr Fair buyers and their families to attend from 8:00 am to 10:00 am in the Youth Building of the Darke County Fair. The breakfast will include made-to-order omelets with the fixings, sausage, fruit, yogurt, assorted donuts and drinks.
WAYNE COUNTY UNEMPLOYMENT SPIKES FOR THIRD CONSECUTIVE MONTH
(Wayne County, IN)--For the second consecutive month, there’s been a spike in Wayne County unemployment. According to new numbers from the state, Wayne County’s rate is now 5.5%. That’s up from 4.7% the month before. Unemployment has continued to rise since April, when it stood at just 3.8%. 256 Wayne County residents have gone from employed to unemployed in the last month. All other Whitewater Valley counties have seen a similar increase in the last month. That includes Fayette County, which now has the second highest unemployment rate in Indiana at 6.9%.
Tavien St. Clair, Ohio State QB commit, puts on a clinic in 2024 high school season opener
SIDNEY, Ohio — Ohio State five-star quarterback commit Tavien St. Clair put on an offensive clinic in his first game of his senior season for Bellefontaine High School. OSU’s top QB in the class of 2025 threw for 295 yards and four touchdowns, while running in two of his own on Friday night.
Lock One Community Arts presents 2024-2025 season
Lock One Community Arts is a non-profit organization formed in 2001 by three couples with the intent of bringing live professional stage performances to the West Central Ohio region. This group exists through the support of faithful sponsors, season pass holders, ticket sales, and generous contributions from businesses and friends.
Doug Millhoff to speak at Sidney’s Civil War event
Sidney, Ohio’s Civil War Living History Weekend Chair Mike Barhorst has announced that longtime Sidney banker and civic leader Douglas Millhoff will be speaking at this year’s event, scheduled for Sept. 21-22 at Sidney’s 226-acre Tawawa Park. Millhoff, a native of Sidney and graduate of Capital University,...
Full Circle Brewgarden celebrates all-things homegrown today through Sunday
Full Circle Brewgarden is celebrating all things homegrown this weekend in Englewood with two beer releases, vendors and a produce/plant swap. The brewery and kombuchery, located at 324 Union Blvd., features a garden with around 300 different plant species. Dawn Kirchner, who owns the nano brewery with her husband, Franz, brew with items from their garden and often receive other products from customers.
WATCH: Former Alabama WR Jermaine Burton reels in 21-yard TD pass in Cincinnati Bengals preseason game
Former Alabama Crimson Tide wide receiver Jermaine Burton has had quite an impact for the Cincinnati Bengals during the preseason. On Thursday, during the Bengals final preseason game, Burton reeled in a 21-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Logan Woodside. The California native recorded four receptions for 56 yards and one...
Metroparks Toledo gives update on riverfront projects
A year after the grand opening of Glass City Metropark, the western shore of the Maumee River has quickly become off limits for anyone without a hard hat and a construction vest. “We are halfway through construction,” Jennifer Van Horn, chief of planning and chief construction officer for Metroparks Toledo, said during an open house at the site Thursday. Construction for the the next phase of the Metroparks’ $250 million master plan to revitalize the downtown area of Toledo is set to open to the public in the spring of 2026, but in the meantime the Metroparks hopes to keep a buzz around its continued project. “We were using our riverfront in some of the worst ways possible,” Dave Zenk, executive director of Metroparks Toledo, said about the downtown area before the plan, drafted in 2018, was implemented.
Harness racing ends with big money races at the fair
GREENVILLE — It was another exciting night of horse racing at The Great Darke County Fair. The Ohio Colt Racing Association held their annual horse harness racing throughout the fair with the Gene Riegle Memorial Open taking place on August 21. On that Wednesday night, 16 races took place....
Ohioans turn to Statehouse for property tax relief as bills stall, time runs short
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohioans are asking lawmakers at the Statehouse to bring them some relief on property taxes. “Somebody’s got to step up and somebody’s got to be concerned about these seniors, about disabled, about these people losing their homes,” Ohio homeowner Pastor Frederick V. LaMarr said. It is an issue that several lawmakers […]
Judge temporarily blocks Ohio’s 24-hour abortion care waiting period
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A Franklin County judge has temporarily blocked Ohio’s 24-hour waiting period law for abortion care after a lawsuit alleging the law is unconstitutional. The ruling came Friday when Common Pleas Judge David Young passed a preliminary injunction blocking the 24-hour waiting period. Several women’s health organizations sued the state after voters […]
Ohio bill to pick a state fish swims through Statehouse
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A years-long effort inspired by viewers and readers to crown the walleye as Ohio’s state fish is finally swimming through the Statehouse. The Ohio House passed House Bill 599 in June with a vote of 93 to 4 to designate sander vitreus, commonly known as the walleye, as the state’s fish. […]
Recreational marijuana in Ohio: Here's what consumers are buying
All kinds of marijuana products were made available in Ohio earlier this month, but which do Buckeye State customers prefer? Bloom Medicinals, a cannabis company selling both medical and adult use marijuana, offered some insight, and a smaller local shop, Locals Cannabis at 914 Cleveland Ave. in Columbus followed similar trends to its...
Ohio A.G. supoenas players tied to teacher pension investment pitch
COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has subpoenaed a series of players connected to a controversial investment pitch to the state's $95 billion pension fund for teachers. The subpoenas focus, in particular, on their communications with current and former board members. The subjects of those subpoenas, including one to a former board member, are expected to appear at the attorney general's office in Columbus on Sept. 13 and are to come bearing documents, business plans, and communications with STRS board and staff. Mr. Yost has sued in Franklin County Common Pleas Court to have current Chairman Rudy Fichtenbaum of Clayton and member Wade Steen of Columbus removed from the board. The lawsuit alleges they've violated their fiduciary duties to one of the largest public pension funds in the nation.
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