With its budget reserves nearly depleted, Tri County Alcohol, Drug Addiction & Mental Health Services faces further service cutbacks without replacement of its 1-mill property tax levy.
The agency that oversees mental health and substance abuse treatment in Mercer, Van Wert and Paulding counties is straining to make its $6 million annual budget stretch any further. Voters will be asked at next week's general election to replace the expiring levy with a new, 10-year, 1-mill levy. [More]
TROY - Area cross country teams faced a stacked regional at Troy with some of the best competition in the state. Despite this, Midwest Athletic Conference teams claimed five of the eight qualifying spots for the state meet.
The St. Henry, New Bremen and Minster boys' teams all finished in the top four to advance, as did the girls' teams from Minster and Versailles. Coldwater's Dusty Kuess also advanced as an individual with an 11th-place finish. [More]
The Mercer County Sheriff's Office has inked a deal for telephone language interpreting, just in case staff members encounter a language barrier with someone who does not speak English.
A 31-year-old St. Marys man was sentenced to 90 days in jail and labeled a sexually-oriented offender after pleading guilty to making sexual advances toward a local teen in February.
FINDLAY - The Celina volleyball team ran their record to 11-1 against Western Buckeye League opponents this season, but the Bulldogs won't get the chance to avenge the lone loss to a league opponent in the next match.
Melissa Roth will represent Celina at the state cross country meet on Saturday at Scioto Downs after qualifying at the Division II regional meet at Hedges-Boyer Park in Tiffin.
DELPHOS - Coldwater scored on its first four possessions of the game to get ready for the playoffs with a 51-7 win over Delphos St. John's on Saturday night at Stadium Park in Delphos.
