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Nearly a century after his death, a Civil War veteran with descendants in the area has a new memorial stone at Sherwood Cemetery.

Who was the Allen of Allen Township? Is there still gas in the old Karg Well? Does anyone around here use Morse Code? Need a new manhole cover? What does a mayor charge for a wedding? Why flush fire hydrants? If your kind of curiosity leads to these kinds of questions, we'll try to get you answers in a new column on this page on Mondays called, ...

Mildred M. Them, 92 Oct. 31 Mildred M. Them celebrated her 92nd birthday Saturday.

To say Michael Balnoschan has been flying under the radar would be an understatement.

STRASBURG, OH: Florence B. Stevenson, 92, of Strasburg, Ohio went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, October 29, 2009 at Aultman Hospital in Canton from complications following surgery.

Gilbert Gnarley, inquisitive and confused. The irascible Earl Pitts. And the bombastic Reverend Deuteronomy Skaggs.

Maybe it's just me, but I love museums. One of my favorites is my hometown museum in Shelby.

To mark the opening of several new stores in Florida, Ohio and elsewhere, hhgregg is hosting a three-day chainwide sale at all of its stores.

Your economic stimulus money is helping to keep the lights on at an electrical contractor' shop in Hawaii, the state where Barack Obama went to high school.

The head of Perrysburg's YMCA branch and daughter-in-law of Y chief Robert Alexander is leaving to take an executive position at a larger YMCA system in Florida.

After organizers announced in March that they were discontinuing the effort, participating venues and eateries raised concerns.

I'm still drunk. Seriously, I'm still drunk. Had some 60 year old cougar rubbing my inner thigh and I liked it.

To commemoration National Fire Prevention Week, Clyde Firefighters will be bagging groceries from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Miller's Super Valu.

Or so playwright Jeffrey Hatcher suggests in Murderers , the Contemporary American Theatre Company season opener.

Christine Rotz's story is hardly unusual. She bought her home at the peak of the market, and has watched its value deteriorate for two years.

Downtown Piqua has a new full-service restaurant: Toone P's at the Plaza , located in the recently restored Fort Piqua Plaza at 110 W. High St.

Four local residents joined more than 1,300 other Republican women leaders in Orlando, Fla., recently for the 35th biennial convention of the National Federation of Republican Women.

The Canal Days Festival just keeps getting better every year! How do they do it? I believe it's because they have a very dedicated committee that works diligently to bring everyone in attendance the chance to see and do such a wide variety of attractions and also that they're very proud of Delphos and it's heritage.

The biggest complaint I received in response to yesterday's article, "Strategic Vision Polls Exhibit Unusual Patterns, Possibly Indicating Fraud" , is that I had not provided for an adequate control group.

In commemorating the centenary of Nkrumah on 21 September 2009, we are remembering a titan of the anti-colonial struggle and African history that all people of African descent - both young and old - should be proud of.