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ARCANUM — The village of Arcanum couldn’t have asked for better weather for its annual Brick Street Block Party. Friday and Saturday were filled with activities for residents and visitors of all ages. An entire street was dedicated to the kids with games and other activities. From putt...

COLUMBUS — On Aug. 9, the Darke County United Way was honored to attend the 2022 Inaugural First Lady’s Luncheon that supported Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Ohio. The Darke County United Way is proud to be the local affiliate to have the Dolly Parton Imagination Library program available in the county. Lauren Henry, former Darke County United Way executive director, made it her mission to bring the program to Darke County in April 2010. During the past 12 years, 114,078 books have been mailed to children in Darke County. They currently have 2,002 children enrolled in the program that receive a free book monthly, which makes up approximately 60 percent of eligible children in the county.

TROY — The Miami Valley Veterans Museum, with support from the Ohio Motorpool, will be holding its second annual Troops in Town event on Sept. 9-11. Along with the displays inside the museum, including a Higgins boat used in WWII, displays will be expanded to the outside of the building by participants in the Ohio Motorpool.

Entitled the greatest county fair on earth, this Friday will be the opening of the 166th Great Darke County Fair; this year’s fair will run from Aug. 19th to the 27th. The fair was started in 1852 when Dr. I.N. Gard was named chief executive officer and ably led by such men as George Coover, Alfred Kitchen and Noah Arnold to realize the dream and plan for an agricultural fair for the following year. And so it came to pass that on a Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 7 and 8 of 1853, Darke County indeed had a fair of its own. Greenville, as the county seat, was selected for geographic reasons and thus the initial fair was held on the grounds immediately east of Garst museum.

Ln Oct. 1793, when Anthony Wayne decided to winter in the place now called Greenville, he needed to quickly order hutting for the army. First, he built eight large exterior redoubts, the first line of defense, that would encircle 300 yards outside his preferred camp site for the army. On Nov. 6, the redoubts were almost finished. Wayne ordered the main campground to be marked for hutting. There were to be two rows of huts, 14 foot in the clear, for the enlisted men surrounding the main camp. The camp was 500 yards long and 264 yards wide. Later, a picket of 10-foot-high logs would be constructed on the outside of the enlisted men’s huts. Anthony Wayne stated on Nov. 6, “for the purpose of hutting, the officers are to see that the enlisted men are housed first, after which they were allowed to use the men to build their own housing” – On Nov. 26, 1793, “The officers will please direct the building of their own huts”.

GREENVILLE — The EUM Church Women’s Ministry is excited to announce its annual Holiday Boutique on Nov. 12, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at the EUM Worship Center, 1451 Sater St., Greenville (corner of Sater Street & Sebring-Warner Road). The Holiday Boutique is designed for artisans and home-based-business people...

GREENVILLE — The Darke County Board of Commissioners met Thursday to discuss the OSU Extension and professional services. Commissioners Matt Aultman, Mike Stegall, and Larry Holmes were present. Roseanne Scammahorn met with the commissioners to give an update on the USU Extension. She advised the commissioners Taylor Dill has...

July has been a busy month in the Commissioner’s office. With the festivities of the Fourth of July, and The Annie Oakley Festival and the Gathering at Garst and others, this has been a one of our more fun months!. The office has been busy also with continuing projects....

ARCANUM — On Saturday, Aug. 13, at approximately 1:43 p.m., Darke County Deputies along with Pitsburg Fire, Arcanum Rescue, Tri Village Rescue and CareFlight were dispatched to the intersection of State Route 49 and State Route 722 in reference to a one vehicle rollover accident. Preliminary investigation revealed a...