CELINA - Hundreds of residents who received permits to make improvements to their homes over the last 10 years may be eligible for tax abatements now that city administrators have changed their interpretation of the Community Reinvestment Act.

In addition to the revised interpretation, city councilors recently learned residents who applied for permits with the engineering department the last several years may not have received applications for residential tax abatements. [More]

Since 2000, the Midwest Athletic Conference has sent six alumni to Minor League Baseball or the independent leagues.

Two of them, Versailles grad Craig Stammen and Marion Local alum Cory Luebke, made it to the major leagues.

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  CELINA - City councilors on Monday night learned the police department is sponsoring a free community event aimed at teaching people how to keep themselves and their children safe from myriad dangers lurking online.

They also moved to enter into an agreement with Ohio Department of Natural Resources for a $50,000 reimbursable grant to get an urban tree program off the ground. [More]

FORT RECOVERY - St. Henry's Evan Bowers held Fort Recovery to four baserunners and no runs in its final five turns at-bat.

But the two runs he allowed in the first inning held up for the Indians.

Caden Homan hit a two-run double, Rex Leverette took away a potential game-tying hit in right field, and Alex Dues shut out the Redskins for a 2-0 win in a Midwest Athletic Conference baseball game at the LeFevre Baseball/Softball Complex on Tuesday. [More]

CELINA - A national chain of donut shops headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is expected to expand to Celina.

Sukon and Sue Ly of Celina aspire to become Daylight Donuts licensees, owning and operating their own store. They plan to build their donut shop at 222 West Logan Street, a vacant lot they purchased in October 2022, according to Mercer County Auditor's Office online documents. [More]

ST. MARYS - With the Western Buckeye League tournament coming up next week, Celina and St. Marys faced off in boys tennis action that starts a busy week to try to complete postponed league matches.

The Roughriders improved to 4-1 in league play with a 5-0 sweep of the Bulldogs at the Minster Bank Courts. Celina drops to 0-4 in the WBL. [More]

CELINA - Mercer County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) Director Mike Robbins will retire May 1, ending a 22-year run at the agency.

Robbins announced his retirement on Jan. 25, and will be replaced by Chad Willrath on April 14.

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