Celina's new grant coordinator has been working for the city since Jan. 28, even though city council didn't approve his hiring until Monday night. [More]

MARIA STEIN - There will be no raises at Marion Local Schools this year as the teachers' association offered to take a salary freeze.

The board of

ST. HENRY - Two applications for permits to erect temporary wind test towers in Granville Township were unanimously approved Monday night amid a standing room only crowd in St. Henry.

A local organization that provides services for low-income residents in Mercer and Auglaize County has been awarded $1.3 million in stimulus funding.

MARIA STEIN - The Marion Local Schools board of education will be spending money in order to ultimately save dollars through an energy management program. The plan, which has received approval from the Ohio School Facilities Commission, commences June 22.

ST. MARYS - Council meeting Monday night began with spirited dancing as a group of kids associated with Grand Lake Theatrix Association performed a dance from "Seussical," which will open in early June at St. Marys Theater. [More]

The Mercer County Sheriff's Office is awaiting autopsy results after a Celina-area woman was found dead at her home Sunday afternoon.

Rebecca J. Wa

COLDWATER - The village's contract with Klenke's Trash Service as well as the resolution that calls for the construction of curbs and sidewalks along Mill Street both were passed as emergency measures Monday evening.

The Mercer County Sheriff's Office continues to investigate a weekend burglary at Home Furniture Gallery near Celina.

Someone forcibly entered the

A 3-year-old Indiana girl was injured Saturday afternoon when she fell from the lighthouse near the intersection of Lake Shore Drive and South Main Street in Celina.

A Jay County, Ind., man was killed Monday evening due to injuries sustained when a backhoe fell on him in an accident at his home just miles from Fort Recovery, according to a Jay County Sheriff's Office report.

Mercer County farmers are invited to attend informational meetings this month and next about the new Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) Program now available under the 2008 farm bill.

LIMA - After collecting 35 hits in the past two games, both wins, the bats went silent for the Celina softball team.

Bath's Shelby Snyder tossed a shutout against Celina for the second time in less than a week as the Wildkittens won 5-0 for a Division II sectional title on Monday. [More]

Though the start of the high school football season is three and a half months away, some recent reshuffling by the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) has changed the playoff landscape for a handful of area teams. [More]

VERSAILLES - The Parkway Panthers won a share of their eighth Midwest Athletic Conference softball championship on Monday afternoon as they went on the road and defeated the Versailles Tigers 4-1 at Versailles High School.

If an athlete wants to play sports in college, hard work and dedication are two necessary criterias.

Celina's Joe Granger possesses both of those personality traits and it has landed the Bulldogs' offensive lineman an opportunity with Wabash College.

MINSTER - For seven innings, the pitchers for Marion Local and Minster - Jodi Otte and Megan Stueve respectively - did all they could to keep the opposing team from scoring.

Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry

Nick Bruns allowed one hit in five innings of work as St. Henry maintained a share of the Midwest Athletic Conference baseball lead with a 12-0 win over Fort Recovery in a rescheduled game on Monday.