NEW BREMEN - Crown Equipment Corp.'s plans for the former Howell's IGA building and an adjacent parking lot drew negative comments from concerned neighbors when New Bremen village councilors met Tuesday night.

COLDWATER - A school board discussion about starting the school day earlier provoked a response from the Rev. Ronald Wilker of Holy Trinity Catholic Church.

WAPAKONETA - An Indiana man was ordered to serve a total of six years in prison for causing the traffic death of a 75-year-old Minster woman in May. [More]

County boards of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (MR/DD) statewide are hoping a long-running legal dispute has finally been settled

ST. HENRY - Village council members will decide whether to annex into the village another 7 acres of land at the next regular council meeting April 9

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The term "Hard-luck loser" may have found a new example in Coldwater pitching ace Sam Slavik.

Slavik scattered fou

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Celina and St. Henry each picked up wins during the opening trimeet of the season at Varsity Track in Celina.

The Celina girls scored 75 points to beat out St. Henry's 54 points while Spencerville was a distant third with 26 points. [More]

ST. MARYS - The St. Marys Roughrider softball team made it two wins in as many games Tuesday afternoon as they used one big offensive inning and a stellar pitching performance from sophomore Kayla Thorns-berry to down the Parkway Panthers 4-0 in non-league action at K.C. Geiger Park.

Celina pounded out 16 hits in just four innings and it was more than enough to get past Minster on Tuesday as the Bulldogs rolled to a 16-0 victory over the Wildcats. [More]

MARIA STEIN - Things didn't look good for Celina as the Bulldogs gave up four runs in the bottom of the first inning for the second straight game, this time to Marion Local.