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Diving in head-first
Oliver Eilerman, 6, of Minster, son of Dave and Jessica Eilerman, digs a hole into a pile of snow next to his family’s driveway on Third Street ...

Security company expands into retail
SIDNEY – Day and Night Security Services is opening a new office in downtown Sidney and expanding its services to include retail gun sales.Austi...
County record
Sheriff’s logWEDNESDAY-10:47 a.m.: property damage crash. A crash with reported at mile marker 102 on Interstate 75.TUESDAY-10:20 p.m.: domestic...

Go away snow
A front loader puts snow into a dump truck in front of the First United Methodist Church on Tuesday, Feb. 16. An army of dump trucks lined up to haul ...

Snow removal continues
Dawn Auville, of Sidney, shovels the steps in front of her house on South Main Avenue on Tuesday, Feb. 16. People continue to dig themselves out of th...

Ashes to ashes
Deacon Phil Myers, left, sprinkles ashes in the hair of Holy Angels Catholic School student Layla Platfoot, 14, of Sidney, daughter of Chad and Jenni ...
February 17th, 2021 updated: February 17th, 2021. |

A good work ethic
A statue of a man on the courtsquare doesn’t let a little snow on his work pad stop him from doing his job on Tuesday, Feb. 16. The worker is pa...

Snowstorm blankets state
SIDNEY — For once, the weatherman was right.A snowstorm blanketed the state of Ohio Monday through Tuesday morning. According to the Sidney Wast...
February 16th, 2021 updated: February 16th, 2021. |

Owners identify mystery barn
SIDNEY — Shelby County Historical Director Tilda Phlipot didn’t have to wait long to learn who owns a barn near Botkins.Within two hours o...

Friday roundup: Anna, Botkins secure shares of SCAL title
RUSSIA — Botkins rallied in the fourth quarter to beat Russia 37-35 on Friday at Clair C. Naveau and secure a share of its first Shelby County A...