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Memorial Day Parades and Events

Celina-9am- OUR Home Resource Center is sponsoring a new 5k. Let Your Colors Fly at the Mercer County Fairgrounds is a fundraiser. The event will recognize active members of the military and veterans. More>>

Lima School Board/ Teacher Suspended Video included

Lima City Schools holding their first school board meeting, since students were injured during an experiment at North Middle School.  More>>

Toxic Lake Tag threatens Memorial Day Weekend Video included

The Memorial Day holiday weekend is just days away and many people will enjoy some or part of it at Grand Lake St. Marys. If you're looking to camp at the state park you may be out of luck as all of the More>>

Visions of Vegas Part Four Video included

There are plenty of future stars vying for top honors on this year's America's got Talent. But Jeff Gunter decided it might be fun to head out to Bath Elementary and meet some upcoming stars in the More>>

New building announced for Univ. of Findlay Video included

The University of Findlay announcing plans to construct a combination college of business building and student life center. More>>

Officer involved shooting in Ada Video included

The Hardin County Sheriff's department is investigating an officer involved shooting in Ada. More>>

Drug deal goes bad, Officer is involved in shooting

The Hardin County Sheriff's Department is investigating an officer involved shooting at this hour. The incident taking place near the Marathon station at the corner of State Route 81 and Main street More>>

Visions of Vegas Part Three Video included

In the third installment of Visions of Vegas, you'll meet people who ventured to Columbus from all over the country in hopes of wowing America's Got Talent producers with 90 short seconds of talent. More>>

It's time to talk, teen pregnancy prevention Video included

The teen pregnancy summit brought community leaders, government officials and church representatives all to one location to further improve prevention efforts. More>>

Science Experiment Gone Wrong Video included

Lima City Schools Superintendent Jill Ackerman says a North Middle School teacher is put on paid administrative leave after a science experiment gone wrong. More>>

Teen Arraigned for Double Murder in Putnam County Video included

17-year-old Michael Fay sat in the Putnam County courtroom as Judge Daniel Gerschutz arraigned him on two counts of delinquency in connection with aggravated murder, the juvenile equivalency to aggravated More>>

Visions of Vegas Part Two Video included

West Central Ohio was well represented at the recent America's Got Talent tapings in Columbus. Jeff Gunter introduces us to several future stars in part two of 'Visions of Vegas'. America's Got Talent More>>

Dog tag blitz results Video included

A controversial dog tag enforcement blitz in Allen County is now complete. During that effort, the Allen County Dog Warden's Office sold nearly 1,100 dog licenses. More>>

Delphos Wastewater Treatment Plant Video included

The City of Delphos has faced capacity problems at their wastewater treatment plant in the past, and it once again is an issue. Safety Services Director Greg Berquist says the City of Delphos is currently More>>

Extra Money in Lima Video included

The city of Lima seeing a $700,000 increase in cash balance, leaving Lima Finance Director Steve Cleaves to sort out $1.9 million. Cleaves stresses $9 million will drop to $5 million over the next few More>>

Visions of Vegas Part One Video included

In part one of our series, Visions of Vegas, we talk to producers of NBC's show "America's Got Talent" to get a sneak peek of what goes into making the show so successful. More>>

Solar Power in Mercer County Video included

This massive solar farm is generating lots of electricity, but not enough to run the entire city of Celina. In fact it takes care of only about two percent of their electricity needs. Celina mayor Jeff More>>

Medicaid expansion supporters rally for coverage Video included

More than two dozen people cheering and chanting outside of the law offices of State Representative Matt Huffman in support of Medicaid expansion. More>>

Military Equipment Floods Fairgrounds

Findlay honoring those men and women who are serving, or who have served in the US military during this weekend's Armed Forces Celebration. Military vehicles, tanks and missiles were put on display over More>>

Running for Children's Camp Video included

More than 100 runners and walkers gathered at Riverbend Park in Findlay Sunday morning for the first ever Tim Horton's Run/Walk For the Camps. The event raising more than $3,000 to benefit the Tim Horton More>>

Life After Law School Video included

New York State Representative Tom Reed made the trip to his alma mater, Ohio Northern University, to give advice to graduating law students. Reed started his law career practicing at a firm, but said he More>>

Safety First: Watercraft Training Video included

As the days get warmer and Summer approaches, more people are hitting the waves in their boats. On Saturday, a course was put on by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Watercraft, teaching More>>

Get the Carp Outta Here Video included

More than 150 people registered for the third annual "Get the Carp Outta Here" event. The event was created to remove the rough fish from the lake as they stir up phosphorus latent silt, which the blue More>>

Murder Charges Filed in Ottawa Brothers Homicide

New charges are filed against the teen connected to the Romes' brother's murder.     Two counts of delinquency for committing the alleged crime of aggravated murder have been filed against 17 year old Michael More>>

Local Beer Distributing Company Sells to Anheuser-Busch

Lima's C&G Distributing and Anheuser-Busch Agree to Terms of Sale Transaction expected to close in near future   (COLUMBUS) – Officials with C&G Distributing Co., Inc. in Lima, Ohio and Anheuser-Busch today More>>

Sneary Addresses Dog Round Up Issue Video included

Allen County Commissioner Greg Sneary was our guest on Noon Edition. Your News Now anchor Jeff Gunter asked Sneary to address the controversial practice of confiscating/impounding pooches that don't have More>>

School Levies Top Ohio Primary Election Tuesday

Election Ballot Issues Voters in 74 counties will decide TUesday several local races and 351 local issues, including 138 school issues and a number of local tax levies, bond issues and charter amendments. More>>

Camera Monitors I-75 Construction Video included

Construction on Interstate 75, State Route 81 and 309 on Lima's east side is continuing, but now you can view the progress from somewhere other than your car. The Ohio Department of Transportation has More>>

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