The proposed Rotary West Bank Walkway, which has languished in the planning stages for years, finally will move forward after Celina city officials won a court decision Monday upholding their financing plans for the estimated $2 million project.
WAPAKONETA - A New Bremen man has pleaded not guilty to charges he raped and sexually assaulted a disabled woman while working as an employee of the Auglaize County Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (MR/DD) agency.
Local Democrats were unsuccessful during the past weekend in finding someone to replace Celina Auditor Pat Smith, who is retiring this week.
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Celina officials continue to discuss the possibility of creating a skate park to give skateboarders and inline skaters a place to enjoy their pastime
Two local teens say they feel healthier since becoming vegetarians almost eight months ago.
Brittany Brookhart, 15, and Jen Archer, 16, both of Celina High School, made the choice to not eat meat, fish or poultry because they don't want to eat animals.
ST. HENRY - The village's first official employee handbook is nearing completion.
Village Administrator Don Hess said during the Monday night council meeting that many of the village policies are outdated, as much as 10 to 20 years.
COLDWATER - The newly passed federal wage law that mandates a minimum wage of $6.85 can cost the village an extra $8,000 to $12,000 in wages next year.
ST. MARYS - The city's municipal power plant is down for repairs until the end of the year, but electric service to customers is expected to continue as usual.
Celina City Council members on Monday agreed to seek bids for the estimated $200,000 to $300,000 replacement of a sewer lift station and force main that mostly serves eastern Jefferson Township outside the city limits.
An Indiana man, who cashed forged checks at a St. Henry establishment, is heading back to prison following a recent appearance in Mercer County Common Pleas Court.
The Mercer County Sheriff's Office continues to investigate the discovery of nine bottles containing prescription painkillers in a ditch near Fort Recovery.
The Celina boys basketball team will rely on hard work and six returning letterwinners as the Bulldogs look to rebound from a 7-14 season.
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A veteran team with five letterwinners returning has Celina girls basketball coach Brian Stetler with high expectations for the 2006-07 season.
A pair of double-digit scorers return for the Bulldogs and letterwinners return in the frontcourt and backcourt as Celina aims high this year.
This season, Coldwater boys basketball coach Mike Kanney will have a luxury that he was not afforded in his first year as coach: an early start.
For the first time in almost 10 years, the Cavaliers will start the season on time.
COLDWATER - After one of the best campaigns in several years for the program, the Coldwater Lady Cavaliers will look to build onto that momentum this season.
With a young squad last season, Fort Recovery got better as the season went on playing through a competitive 8-14 campaign, that ended in the sectional finals.
Fort Recovery girls basketball coach Jeff Roessner has a lot to smile about going into the 2006-07 season.
The Lady Indians are coming off a district runner-up season, losing to Marion Local to complete an 18-6 season, completing a two-year run of 34-12.
MARIA STEIN - It's just like the old days at Marion Local, if you consider three to five years ago, the old days.
With the Flyers' football team pr
While this year's girls basketball cupboard won't exactly be bare for Marion Local coach Treva Fortkamp, the contents will certainly have a new look.
As the 2006-2007 basketball season gets set to tip off, Mike Lee and his Minster Wildcats find themselves reeling from the residual effects of the re
Last winter was one that Nann Stechschulte and her Minster Lady Wildcats would very soon like to put behind them.
A young Wildcat team struggled
NEW BREMEN - The 2005-06 year was a historical one for the boys basketball program at New Bremen.
The Cardinals finished with an overall record of 20-4, which included sectional and district championships and the Midwest Athletic Conference championship.
NEW BREMEN - For veteran coach Dave McFeely, his first year as head coach of the New Bremen girls basketball program came with mixed reviews.
During the regular season, the Cardinals struggled through a 5-16 season that included just one win in the Midwest Athletic Conference.
The Parkway boys basketball team had one of their best seasons in quite a while last year and despite losing six seniors off that squad, Panthers head coach Doug Hughes is hoping that winning effort will carry over to this year's squad.
Things couldn't get much newer for the Parkway Panthers girls basketball team if they had all just fallen off the turnip truck.
Their new basketball coach started just a couple of weeks ago and took over a team that has no seniors, one junior, four sophomores and three freshmen.
A delayed start to the winter sports season is nothing new for St. Henry boys basketball head coach Joe Niekamp, but the Redskins will have a new look for the 2006-07 season.
Inexperience will be the biggest question mark for the St. Henry girls basketball program heading into the winter sports season.
With just one star
It will be a new coach for the second time in the last two years for the St. Marys boys basketball team, however, it's a familiar face this time around.
The St. Marys girls basketball team ended up being one of the most surprising teams in northwest Ohio last season and second-year head coach Tim Niekamp is hoping to duplicate that success again this campaign.
VERSAILLES - After a run of three coaches in three years - all three having success - the Versailles boys basketball team calls on one of its alumni to take over the program.
After a 20-6 season last year and a trip to the Division III regional finals, the Versailles Lady Tigers will build around a solid nucleus returning for another successful season of basketball.
There will be plenty of new faces, but Celina swimming coach Matt May is expecting the same from his Bulldogs as he does every season.
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Coldwater swimming coach Carla Post has some solid swimmers returning this season leaving the Cavaliers skipper with optimism for the 2006-07 season.
The Marion Local swim team is somewhat down on numbers this year, as just 15 swimmers dot the roster, but five are seniors and are looking to end their careers on a high note.
With 10 new swimmers for her boys and girls squads, Minster head swimming coach Carla Walter is excited for the upcoming season in the pool.
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Veteran New Bremen swimming coach Cresta Ritter is very optimistic as she looks forward to the 2006-07 winter sports season.
Reasons abound for Rit
The St. Marys swim team has a solid group of athletes coming back to the pool this season and it's a good thing as the veterans will help out with some of the younger swimmers as they adjust to their first varsity swim action.
VERSAILLES - Versailles has joined the water revolution.
The Tigers field a varsity swim team for the first time this season under the guidance of Shawn Agne, a veteran coach of the summer swim program in Versailles.
Coach Tim Doner has an experienced bunch this season as the Celina MatDogs look to get back to the top of the Western Buckeye League standings.
A year after winning its first league championship, Celina finished fifth last season.
With 35 wrestlers in camp this season, Coldwater wrestling coach Chuck Alig looks for a lot of competition within the team.
With exceptions at the
After a sixth-place finish at the Western Buckeye League meet last season, the St. Marys wrestling team will look to contend this season with a solid group of returnees to the Roughriders' squad.
The numbers are a little down for the Versailles wrestling team this season, but veteran coach Bill Roll has a solid group returning to keep the successful tradition going.
