Data centers may not be allowed in or around Portland for the foreseeable future. Portland Plan Commission on Thursday recommended the city not permit data centers within city limits or it 2-mile ...

Jay County High School will not be part of a new athletic conference first reported Thursday. Around the NorthEast Corner reported on social media that the Patriots would be part of a new Eastern ...

PONETO — The Allen County Athletic Conference championship is still in range for the Patriots. Beating the Raiders just got them one step closer. The Jay County High School volleyball team swept the ...

Roger and Bev Inman are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary today. Bev Myers and Roger Inman were married at Powers Station Congregational Church on Oct. 2, 1965. Roger and Bev Inman retired ...

Raymond "Raydog" John Timmerman, age 71, of Ohio 364, New Bremen, Ohio, passed away peacefully of natural causes Sunday afternoon, Sept. 28, 2025, at the Kindred Hospital in Lima, Ohio. He was born ...

After the former home of Trusty Woods in downtown Fort Recovery appeared on the market, Mariachis Mexican Restaurant co-owner Jaime Cervantes said he received several calls assuming he had bought the ...

Last week at Woodlan: The Patriots’ defense came through to force three turnovers in week six’s 21-7 victory over the Warriors. Jay County gave up a touchdown on a 98-yard fumble return, but came back ...

LeFevre, a Fort Recovery High School senior on the boys golf team, shot an 80 at the OHSAA Division III Southwest District tournament at PipeStone Golf Club on Tuesday to fall just two strokes short ...

Arts Place will host a free open mic and karaoke night next week. Performers may join at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 9 in the green room at Jay County Campus of Arts Place. Sign-ups begin at 6:30 p.m., with ...

Nick Snow smoothly slid into the open No. 1 doubles spot and the Jay County High School boys tennis team didn’t need much advice Wednesday as it swiftly secured the three points it needed to advance ...

Garry S. Duncan, age 76, of Portland passed away on Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, in Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. He was born in Tennessee on Nov. 28, 1948, the son of Garland and Ruth (Woods) Duncan.

Editor’s note: This column is being reprinted from Oct. 4, 2005. Jack’s affinity for art extended to pottery, rather purchased locally or in the form of a gift from an old college buddy. As his column ...