The Mercer County Sheriff's Department has hired former jail administrator Bud McFarlin to provide a visible law enforcement presence at the county courthouse.
McFarlin, who retired in June 2006 after 14 years in local law enforcement and more elsewhere, will begin his new assignment as a deputy permanently stationed in the Mercer County Courthouse building on July 2. McFarlin has been working part-time for the local DARE program since September. [More]
Board accepts state funds; will ask voters for more
By Timothy Cox
ST. MARYS - School district officials voted unanimously to accept about $28 million from the Ohio School Facilities Commission (OSFC), which means voters eventually will face a levy to fund the local share of the project.
The vote come with no fanfare in front of fewer than two dozen spectators at Wednesday's regular monthly meeting. No one from the public addressed the board or talked about the proposed building project. [More]
The Cincinnati Steam came to Jim Hoess Field on Tuesday night as one of the hottest teams early in the 2007 Great Lakes Collegiate League season, winners of three of their first four games, and they left Celina just as hot. The Steam took advantage of some wildness on the part of Grand Lake Mariners pitching staff and a nice outing by their own pitching corps to rout the Mariners 17-2. [More]
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is taking public comments for 30 days on a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) report for the Grand Lake and Beaver Creek watersheds.
NEW BREMEN - One of the elementary/middle school's two active boilers could go out at any time, Superintendent Ann Harvey told school board members during a meeting Wednesday evening.
A St. Henry man, who allegedly entered Fort Recovery Middle School on May 6 and did at least $25,000 in damage, will undergo a psychological evaluation prior to arraignment in Mercer County Common Pleas Court.
MARIA STEIN - After games, the chores of bagging up equipment and taking it back to the coaches' vehicle - aptly called "the duty" - goes to the players who struck out or made an error.
For six innings, Jensen Painter held Coldwater scoreless in Mercer County ACME play, with a solo home run in the fourth providing the Panthers a 1-0 lead.
