Chickasaw News

Welcoming customers to the new location of Homan's Insurance are Travis Homan, left, of Chickasaw and Amy Pierron of Maria Stein, both licensed agents, and owner Stan Homan of rural Maria Stein.

Friday November 6, 2009 Facebook Helps Women Reconnect Staff photo/Katie Yantis: Mary Brown, top left, Kim Koening, Kristy Baucher, bottom left, Shelli Adams and Molli Frey pose for a photograph following a recent interview.

A local company is seeking several county-owned lots in Franklin Township to start a business where materials can be sorted for recycling.

By MIKE BURKHOLDER Managing Editor COLUMBUS - Ohio Supreme Court Justices Wednesday morning rejected a request by a Chickasaw man to get his case heard in the High Court.

Fire destroyed the recently remodeled Rumors at the Lake restaurant early this morning turning a one-block section of state Route 219 into a parking lot for responding fire department vehicles.

Friday August 14, 2009 SummerFest Opens Staff photo/Angela Weaver: Members of the 2009 SummerFest Committee take the stage during the opening ceremony Thursday night in Memorial Park.

Tuesday August 4, 2009 Fair Royalty Crowned Staff photo/Matt Nichols: The 2009 Auglaize County Fair Junior Fair Court consisted of, from left, Audrey Fisher, Andrew Durkee, Amber Roesser, Sean Klaus, Krystal Thompson, Mitchell Thompson, Laura Timmerman, Jacob Wessel and Katie Young.

Wapakoneta resident Andrew Clay, a Troop 14 scout, cleans up a headstone Tuesday at Evergreen Cemetery.

Tuesday August 4, 2009 Fair Royalty Crowned Staff photo/Matt Nichols: The 2009 Auglaize County Fair Junior Fair Court consisted of, from left, Audrey Fisher, Andrew Durkee, Amber Roesser, Sean Klaus, Krystal Thompson, Mitchell Thompson, Laura Timmerman, Jacob Wessel and Katie Young.

By KAREN CAMPBELL Assistant Managing Editor Local health officials continue to plan for the unknown when it comes to the swine flu which is expected to make a reappearance this fall.

The 24-year prison term a Mercer County man is serving stemming from a crash that killed four last year is disproportionate to sentences handed down in similar cases, an attorney said in an appeal to the state's high court.

Youngsters experience the wonder of music thanks to unconventional instruments during a Jug Band program Tuesday night at Zahn-Marion Community Library in Chickasaw.

A blaring radio roused a sleeping family after lightning struck their home and sparked a disastrous fire early Tuesday morning.