Ella Steele counts herself lucky that two men from down the street smelled smoke around 9 a.m. this morning and rescued her from her burning mobile home at Mercelina trailer park. [More]

Glitches in a new software program have caused some area residents to receive a second property tax bill or, in some cases, no bill at all.

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ST. MARYS - Last week's flooding of the St. Marys River brought with it a leak from an old underground fuel tank. Ohio EPA, the county emergency management office and the city fire department are working together to figure out who will be responsible for the cleanup bill. [More]

COLDWATER - "It was a strange two-day flood," Village Manager/Engineer Eric Thomas reported at Monday's village council meeting.

Thomas was referring to last week's 4-inch February rainfall that he said spilled over frozen ground, taxing the village's wastewater treatment plant.

WAPAKONETA - A 30-year-old Celina woman pleaded guilty to assaulting several Minster Police officers while drunk on Thanksgiving Day.

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A St. Marys man will be sentenced Feb. 22 for possessing a sawed-off shotgun and failing to show up for court last fall.

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Marion Local Schools Superintendent Carl Metzger on Monday night presented the board of education with a list of possible summer projects.

"This is

Celina City Council members authorized city administration to submit a grant application to the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) for funding assistance with a proposed $1.15 million street project.

City employees no longer will have to rent an expensive piece of equipment for various utility work, as council members agreed to purchase a $75,000 sewer camera and related software and equipment on Monday evening.

Farmers in the Grand Lake and Wabash River watersheds, located in parts of Mercer, Auglaize and Darke counties, can apply for low interest loans to buy equipment that keeps soil and nutrients on their land and out of state waters.

The Celina girls basketball team ended a 17-year drought on Monday night at the Fieldhouse.

Celina put four girls in double figures and held off Ottawa-Glandorf for a 52-45 win, earning the Bulldogs a share of the Western Buckeye League title. [More]

The team, the team, the team.

That's what Celina girls basketball head coach Brian Stetler stressed to his team from the open gyms during the summer, all throughout the regular season.

MARIA STEIN - A hot start by Marion Local turned out to be what was needed to hold off Ottoville in the second half as the Flyers improved to 14-5 with a 48-35 win over the Big Green in non-conference action at The Hangar on Monday night.