ST. HENRY - Nearly all the teachers at St. Henry schools have cut their ties with the state and national education associations to join their own locally-formed union.
The St. Henry Education Association (SHEA) union was formed after teachers voted May 19 to disaffiliate from the Ohio Education Association (OEA) and its parent organization, the National Education Association (NEA). [More]
Brown water was flowing in a creek and river north of Fort Recovery on Monday due to manure pollution.
Local, state of Ohio and Indiana officials were called to the scene at the intersection of state Routes 29 and 49. The dairy manure came from the RF Schaefer & Sons farm at 5629 state Route 49, said Mercer County Soil and Water Conservation District Technician Matt Heckler. [More]
CELINA - City auditor Emily Stewart and mayor Sharon LaRue are addressing concerns some residents have raised about the city's $1.124 million general fund carryover.
LaRue read a written statement at the regular council meeting Monday, while Stewart fielded several angry responses at a recent Grand Lake Patriots meeting. [More]
An Auglaize County woman faces felony charges of operating a vehicle under the influence after being stopped twice by Celina Police.
Jennifer R. Shoup, 35, of Buckland, remains incarcerated at the Mercer County Adult Detention Center following a Monday afternoon appearance in Celina Municipal Court. [More]
An incident of improper manure spreading on frozen ground in the Grand Lake Watershed is likely "the tip of the iceberg" since new manure management rules went into effect last month, local officials say.
CELINA - City council members on Monday night passed first reading of an ordinance setting the 2011 budget and tabled legislation to purchase two new fire trucks.
COLDWATER - Snow and ice removal have kept village employees extra busy the past few weeks, village manager/engineer Eric Thomas told council during a meeting Monday night.
VAN WERT - A 36-year-old Van Wert man this week was found competent to stand trial for a second time for strangling to death his 84-year-old grandmother in October.
A 29-year-old Celina man pleaded not guilty last week to vehicular homicide - a charge accusing him of causing the January traffic death of a Kenton man.
CELINA - Celina City Schools Superintendent Matt Miller said donations are being accepted for West Elementary School kindergarten teacher Katey Eichler, who lost her home in a fire Saturday morning.
ST. MARYS - Dispatchers and firefighters will receive raises the next three years, according to contracts unanimously approved by city council members Monday.
Those in the ag industry who are skeptical, curious or confused about how Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other social media can help them are invited to an upcoming workshop on the topic.
The Coldwater and St. Marys girls' varsity bowling teams shared the regular-season title as the West Ohio High School Bowling Conference wrapped up action on Saturday at 20th Century Lanes in Lima.
The top two seeds moved on in the McKirnan Classic seventh-grade boys basketball tournament on Saturday at Celina Middle School, while the third and fourth seeds suffered surprising losses.
