The principal of Immaculate Conception Catholic School in Celina is leaving her post to accept a director's position at an expanding local family resource agency.
Kathy Mescher, who has worked at IC for 31 years - 18 as principal - was hired last week to head up OUR Home Family Resource Center. The agency recently announced a merger with Family Crisis Network, which offers similar services to individuals and families in the county. Both are located in the same building at 117 W. Fayette St. [More]
NEW BREMEN - The New Bremen-New Knoxville Rotary Club will kick off its Sunshine Project on Saturday, with a goal of helping special needs children and their families in Auglaize and Mercer counties.
Kristin Hough of St. Marys spearheaded the effort after the loss of her niece, Camryn Nicole Murgatroyd, on May 8, 2009. [More]
ST. HENRY - The 2010 Midwest Athletic Conference softball title is back in play as the St. Henry Redskins used two first inning scores, strong defense and a great pitching performance by senior Michelle Stout to defeat the Parkway Panthers 2-0 Wednesday afternoon at the Wally Post Athletic Complex. [More]
CELINA - The city is hoping to net more state money for downtown improvements.
Celina Downtown Manager Deb Borns told members of the Celina Merchants Association at a meeting this week that the city is applying for another $400,000 through the state's Comprehensive Downtown Revitalization Program.
CELINA - Items discarded by Mercer County agencies will be sold privately to avoid expenses involved in organizing a public sale, officials said this week.
CELINA - Standing in the new Dicke Auditorium at Wright State University-Lake Campus, Dean Jim Sayer called it the crown jewel of the recent renovation project. He spoke to St. Marys Rotarians who met at the campus Wednesday for their weekly luncheon.
The dramatics of the afternoon could not have been scripted any more climactic for Hank Schwieterman and the Coldwater Cavalier girls' track and field team.
The long and winding road which the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series travels rolls into Eldora Speedway this Friday and Saturday night with a another tight point race shaping up.
Parkway gave up two runs in the top of the sixth, allowing St. John's to pick up a 3-1 win in a rare Wednesday Midwest Athletic Conference baseball matchup at Don Black Field in Rockford. The Panthers drop to 9-10 with the loss.
