The Fairfield Lions can party like it is 1978! For the first time since the Carter administration, the Fairfield Lions are headed to the Elite 8, by defeating the Shekinah Christian School Flames in the Division VII Regional Semifinals on Thursday evening at Ohio Dominican University.

Oksana Masters (Louisville, Kentucky) opened competition for Team USA in dominant fashion at the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games on Saturday, capturing gold in the women’s biathlon sprint to earn the 20th Paralympic medal of her career and her 10th gold.

An Ohio appellate court sided with abortion rights advocates in an appeal that blocks most of a law that regulated how clinics dispose of remains from abortions.

Quaker pastor, writer and speaker Phillip Gulley will spend the day at Wilmington College on March 25, the centerpiece of which will be the Office of Campus Ministry’s Quaker Lecture, a community presentation on “Hope in Difficult Times” at 7 p.m. in the McCoy Room of Kelly Center.

Massachusetts men's basketball (17-15, 7-11 MAC) outlasted No. 20 Miami (Ohio) (31-1, 16-0 MAC), 87-83, at Rocket Arena in the MAC Quarterfinals on Thursday. The Minutemen survived two double-digit deficits to knock off the last remaining undefeated team in Division I men's basketball and advance to the semifinals.

The Highland County North Joint Fire and Ambulance District Board of Trustees' meeting will be held at 200 South St., Leesburg, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 17.

Franklin “Frank” Delano Griffith Sr.  passed away Wednesday, March 11 at Hospice of Hope in Seaman at the age of 92. 

Old Dominion University suspended classes and operations on its main campus Thursday after a shooting at Constant Hall left two people injured and the gunman dead, according to emergency alerts issued by the university.

Sunbury Big Walnut junior Sydney Mobley was announced as 2026 Ohio Ms. Basketball Thursday by a statewide media panel.