Fredericksburg man charged with felony in shooting death of 15-year-old girl.

Visitors to the region, as well as local residents, enjoy stepping back in time at the annual Sugarcreek Fabulous 50's Fling, a festival that celebrates the classic cars, diner-style food and music era that is not soon forgotten. This year's festival is June 8 and 9 in downtown Sugarcreek.

The Holmesville American Legion Post 551 held their annual Memorial Day services on May 28 at Prairie Township Cemetery. Polly Yoder, the only female veteran member of the Holmesville Legion and is the vice president of the Holmesville American Legion Auxiliary, gave a speech honoring all veterans.

Bruce Stambaugh shares about making a difference in the world.

People don't want to be considered cheap, so they spend too much. The marketing of brands has definitely done their job.

A dry spell is making it necessary to water the garden by hand rather than allowing nature to do it in the preferred form of rain. While plants prefer rain water to tap water, if it is dry enough any water is better than none.

Dogs who bite unprovoked will be required to register.

Cindy's Cruise-In brings a new atmosphere for visitors and locals walking the streets of Berlin. Owners of classic cars from the '50s, '60s and beyond will showcase their beauties in hopes of winning The Bargain Hunter Best of Show, Cindy's Choice, or one of the many other awards. Proceeds benefit...

Nearly 5,000 pounds of food was donated to the Love Center Food Pantry during the month of April, with 1,140 volunteer hours donated in the same month.

West Holmes used a total team effort to defeat Richmond Edison 3-1 in the Regional final Friday, May 25. Superb pitching from Cody Dial and Butch Baird kept the Edison bats quiet, while senior Joey Gonzalez drove in the go-ahead run in the top of the fifth inning.

Behind Gabe Snyder's arm and bat, the West Holmes baseball team advanced to the Regional final with a dominating 12-0 win over Miami Trace in the semifinal at Zanesville's Gant Stadium. Every batter had a hit for the Knights, with Snyder collecting three including a home run. He also pitched five...

The Hiland Hawks brewed up a firestorm of runs after looking pathetic in the first two innings of their Regional semifinal game against Lucasville Valley May 24, and an 8-run third resulted in a 13-3 victory which propelled the Hawks into the Lancaster Division IV Regional final against Newark...

When Jason Miller and Neil Gingerich each recently signed a letter of intent to play at Malone University and Ohio Valley University respectively, it marked the third and fourth players from the Hiland State champion basketball team to sign to play Div. II college hoops.

Hiland's Mikey Sanchez advanced to the Regional track meet with a fourth-place finish in the 300m hurdles Friday, May 18 in Newcomerstown. While he was the only Hawk to advance, others were only fractions away from joining him.

Despite faltering at the District tennis tournament in Athens, four local tennis players learned some valuable lessons and will seek to take what they learned and apply it to next season. West Holmes' Danny Nelson and Hiland's Braxton Mullet, as well as doubles team Cameron Yoder and Cole Reynolds...

Junior Grant Hay in the pole vault and sophomore Paiten Strother in the long jump each set new school records on the first day of the District tournament. The West Holmes track team hopes to continue the success from Thursday into the finals to be held Saturday.

Tuesday, May 15 was quite a winning day for a group of area athletes. The annual Holmes County Special Athletes Track and Field Day took place at West Holmes High School, where more than 100 athletes participated in an event which has winners, but is designed so that everyone is a winner. Thanks to...

It's been a long time coming, but the West Holmes Knights finally added antoher District title to their championship banner by taking care of the State's No. 2 ranked Cambridge Bobcats in the District final on Wednesday, May 16 at River View. The KNights rode the solid pitching of Gabe Snyder to a...