Auglaize County News

Buckeye Farm Antiques officials say they are hoping for the best event yet as the organization hosts the 24th annual Tractor and Gas Engine Show this Memorial Day weekend at the Auglaize County Fairgrounds.

Randy Barhorst of Randy's Barber Shop shears the back of United Way of Auglaize County Executive Director Randy Fisher's head.

Assistant Managing Editor The addition of 44 provisional ballots to Auglaize County election tallies did not change the outcome of any races or issues.

With a weather pattern conducive to creating tornadoes across the Plains states in the past few days and moving into the Midwest today, an Auglaize County official says the present is a good time to develop or to review household emergency plans for future inclement weather.

According to a crash report from the Wapakoneta Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, at approximately 1:33 a.m. Sunday, Joshua J. Wingate, 32, of Cridersville, was walking or standing in the right lane of westbound traffic along U.S. 33, near mile post 7, just west of Townline-Kossuth Road, when he was struck by a westbound 2009 Ford Flex driven ... (more)

Ohio Highway Patrol troopers are investigating a fatal pedestrian crash in the area of U.S. 33 and Townline Kossuth Road north of St.

Wapakoneta residents sit and wait for their version of that "jackpot" item at the annual Drop and Swap held Saturday.

The Apollo Career Center will have the funds to improve and expand the facility as voters passed a bond and tax levy to leverage Ohio School Facilities Commission money.

Wapakoneta's mayor says he is encouraged by the latest city income tax revenue report, but he is aware those numbers fluctuate thro-ughout the year.

Leppla, 59, who has been a resident of the village for about 25 years, said he thinks he can be a benefit to the community.

Susan and Steve Hasting browse through the Uniopolis Historical Society Museum with their children, Danielle and Trevor, on Saturday as part of the weekend's Be a Tourist in Your Own Hometown event.

The Auglaize County Historical Society hosted Be A Tourist In Your Own Hometown, which encouraged residents to visit 12 locations across the county.

National Day of Prayer was celebrated nationwide Thursday afternoon, and the community of Wapakoneta joined in with their own prayer service that honored everyone in the community, from government officials to military and education personnel to families.

The Auglaize County Sheriff's Office is having intermittent phone outages on regular and 911 lines.

Auglaize County Emergency Management Agency Director Troy Anderson said state officials are requiring such plans be made after more than 50 exotic animals escaped from a farm near Zanesville in October 2011.

The Rev. Mark Bauer, of St. Mark's Lutheran Church, said the national event is celebrated annual in Wapakoneta and the goal is to bring the community together in prayer.

For $2.56 per month per household, an Apollo Career Center administrator says the staff can better be able to fulfill the school's mission of teaching students, young and adult, the skills they will need for the rest of their lives.

Jacy Good was with her parents, coming home after her college graduation on a stretch of easy-to-drive road outside Redding, Pa., when she stopped at a gas station, and remembers deciding not to get coffee because she planned to nap later.