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Blue Jays soar in season opener against Lehman Catholic, 54-27
DELPHOS — The St. John’s Blue Jays launched their 2024 football campaign with a strong showing at Champions Field, defeating the Lehman Catholic Cavaliers on Friday night 54-27. St. John’s entered this season after finishing 4-6 last year, with notable victories over Jefferson, LCC, Fort Recovery and Parkway. Lehman Catholic, who closed out last season at 7-4, saw their playoff journey end early with a first-round loss to Cedarville.
Ohioans can now add their ID to their digital wallet
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — A new program spearheaded by hometown Representative Willis Blackshear lets Ohioans forgo their physical state IDs — in most situations. Ohioans now have the option to upload their state IDs and driver’s licenses into a secure digital format they can access from the Wallet app of their iPhone or Apple Watch. […]
High school football: Columbus Grove dominates Pandora-Gilboa in opener
Aug. 23—COLUMBUS GROVE — For anyone on the home side of Clymer Stadium, it was no secret that Columbus Grove had some extra motivation for Thursday night's season opener against Pandora-Gilboa. It was about repaying the Rockets for a 25-22 last-second loss in 2023 that's lingered over the program for almost 53 weeks. And by the middle of the first half, the Bulldogs had done exactly that. ...
Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio slashes nearly half its after-school programs after funding cuts
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio will only be running 27 after-school programs in the new school year, down from the 49 the organization had last year. The nonprofit said Thursday despite raising almost $700,000 this year, it was unable to get enough funding to offset the loss of state funding and federal pandemic-relief funds administered by school districts. The Ohio Legislature in its biennial budget provided about $7.5 million in Temporary Assistance to Needy Families funds to the clubs statewide in the last fiscal year, but none in the current year's budget, an Ohio Department of Job and Family Services spokesperson said.
Van Wert wins WBL opener
VAN WERT—Last season the Van Wert volleyball team went 2-21 and were winless in the WBL. The Cougars changed their fortune in their league opener this season on Thursday night when they hosted the Bath Wildcats. Van Wert had a commanding two sets to none lead before Bath battled all the way back to force a fifth set before the Cougars won the final set to victory.
Continental School Board of Education Met August 21, 2024
The regular meeting for the Continental School Board was held at 6:00 p.m. on August 21, in the administrative office. The meeting was called to order by Board President Dean Bidlack, who opened the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance. Hearing of the Public: The Board congratulated the following student...
Ohio attorney general given names of registrations by noncitizens
(The Center Square) – Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose sent the names of nearly 600 noncitizens who registered to vote to Attorney General Dave Yost for possible prosecution. Of those 597, LaRose says 138 appear to have voted in an election in Ohio when federal records showed they were not citizens. “I’m duty-bound to make sure people who haven’t yet earned citizenship in this country do not vote in...
Girls soccer notebook: Ottawa-Glandorf finds its groove against Findlay
Aug. 23—GLANDORF — After nine first-half corner kicks, four shots on goal and just one goal by Ottawa-Glandorf in the first half of Wednesday's nonleague girls soccer match with visiting Findlay, it seemed inevitable the Titans would eventually break the match wide open. In the second half, it happened. O-G booted six shots on goal and found the back of the net three times, en route to a 4-0 ...
Van Wert crash between a police cruiser and van leaves one with serious injuries
VAN WERT, Ohio (WFFT) — The Van Wert Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a Friday morning crash between a police cruiser and a van. A Van Wert police officer, who was responding to an incident, was heading northbound on Mendon Road in a Ford Explorer police cruiser at approximately 3:06 a.m.
Pirates Assigned to Findlay Division V Girls Soccer District
Possible road trips!! — Those of you who expected major changes with the expansion of Girls Soccer from 3 Divisions to 5 Divisions — Northwest Ohio delivered! First Division 1 has 3 teams so 1 team can advance to Regionals with one win. Locally, Continental High joins PCL rivals Kalida and Miller City in a far ranging District. Pulling teams from 4 different districts in 2023 to make up the 2024 Findlay field shows how much change the plan took. Continental was #7 seed and Miller City was #3 at the Evergreen DIII District, Kalida was #2 seed at the DIII Ottoville District, Van Buren was #1 seed at the DIII Bluffton District, while NorthWood was #5 seed, Huron was #7 seed and Woodmore was #2 seed at the DIII Genoa District. Bottom Line there may be a 2 hour road trip for a sectional final game (Continental to Huron is just over 2 hours). PCL Columbus Grove moved to the Bluffton DV District where they could travel to Ashland. Ottoville and Fort Jennings will return to the Ottoville for the DV district.
Former prisoner of war speaks at fair's veterans day program
Aug. 23—LIMA — Veterans day Friday at the Allen County Fair not only gave veterans free admission but provided them with a program featuring former Army veteran and prisoner of war Jessica Lynch and information about veterans benefits. Lynch was just 19 years old in Iraq on the third day of the Iraq War when she and others became separated from their unit and their ways of navigating and ...
Records broken at junior fair livestock auction
Aug. 23—LIMA — There were three records broken this year during the second half of the Allen County Fair's 2024 junior fair livestock auction, including in the lamb and dairy beef sections. Two records were broken in the lamb category. Lamb Grand Champion Keagan Jones' lamb sold for $8,000 which beat the lamb grand champion sale record of $6,500 in 2021. Jones was an Allen County reserve ...
2024-2025 Pigskin Preview Week 1
It's time for Football Friday Night, and we have plenty of marquee matchups in week 1. One particular showdown hails from Auglaize County between the St. Henry Redskins and the St. Marys Roughriders. Our Tony Quach has more with Roughrider's head coach, Bo Frye!
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