ST. MARYS - The sheriff's deputy who shot and killed a former St. Marys police officer in January has been cleared of any wrongdoing.

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Three Fort Lauderdale, Fla., residents who may be linked to multi-state criminal activity have been charged locally with engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity and obstructing official business.

ST. MARYS - Financial literacy and college and career readiness will soon be added to the district's middle school curriculum.

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CELINA - A pending piece of state legislation would provide scholarships to children to enroll at nonpublic schools.

Mercer County ESC Superintende

CELINA - Phone service at the jail is being upgraded to more efficiently monitor inmates' calls and increase profits for the county.

Mercer County

CELINA - City council members this week passed the final reading of an ordinance to repay the electric fund $48,000 for land being converted into a parking lot.

A 30-year-old Celina man pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence Wednesday in connection with the drug-related death of his housemate.

Nathan C. Kidder, whose current address is 751 Deford St., Lot 120, appeared in Mercer County Common Pleas Court upon culmination of plea negotiations.

CELINA - The call to home began with, "Mom, you're not going to believe this."

Two Celina grads - siblings Kari and A.J. Gibson, now of California

VAN WERT - The opening day of the 2011 Western Buckeye League Track and Field Championships at Van Wert High School had a Grand Lake feel at the top of the leaderboard.

LIMA - The balancing act between postseason success and the Western Buckeye League title race is now over for the Celina softball team.

Lima Bath ended Celina's tournament run on Wednesday in Division II sectional action as the Wildkittens slipped past the Bulldogs 3-1.

ELIDA - The top-seeded Parkway Panthers got the big hit they needed to break up a pitcher's duel and went on to defeat Fort Recovery 4-2 while capturing a Division III sectional championship on Wednesday afternoon at Dorothy Edwards Field in Elida.

MINSTER - The two-seeded teams emerged victorious on Wednesday night in the Division IV baseball sectional finals at Minster's Hanover Street Park, but they took differing routes to gain their wins. [More]

NEW BREMEN - An old adage states that if you want to be a successful third base coach, you can't be afraid of making mistakes.

New Bremen's head

Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry

Wapakoneta scored three times in the bottom of the first inning, which was enough to lead the Redskins past St. Marys 3-1 at the Division II Elida Sectional at Ed Sandy Field.