ROCKFORD - Middle and high school students cheered as 12-year-old Jayden Black quietly took the stage at Parkway Local School and was presented a hero medal and T-shirt for saving his brother's life. [More]

CELINA - More than 20 people filled council chambers Monday night, many expressing concern about a proposal for a second manure digester at the Celina Renewable Energy Center off Meyer Road.

CELINA - The next elected mayor will have to do something no other mayor has done in the city - contribute toward his or her city-issued medical plan.

The financial blow will be softened a bit as the mayor's salary will increase from $15,000 to $15,999.

COLDWATER - Residents received a census survey with their recent water bill.

According to the village charter, a census survey must be completed ev [More]

MINSTER - The Hanover Street building, which once housed grades K-6, may serve other interests in the future, according to reports presented to Minster school board members Monday night.

ST. HENRY - A new website is being created to keep residents in touch with news and events around town.

"I'd like to get it up and running in the next few months," village administrator Ron Gelhaus told council members during a meeting Monday.

ST. MARYS - A shelter house at Three Seasons Park will be completed this week after receiving state inspection approval Monday.

Safety service director Tom Hitchcock during Monday's regular council meeting said city workers recently laid the grass seed.

CELINA - A Celina man was injured Monday night when his car slammed into the side of the former Crowning Touch & Home Accents store at 565 E. Market St. Authorities suspect the driver's use of an inhalant played a role in the 10:27 p.m. accident.

Mercer County continues to have the lowest unemployment rate in Ohio with 5.6 percent for the month of September, a 0.2 percent drop from August.

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ELIDA - A Coldwater defensive breakdown resulted in Delphos St. John's scoring two goals in less than 30 seconds as the Blue Jays earned a 4-1 win over the Cavaliers in the Division III girls' soccer sectional tournament on Monday afternoon at the Elida soccer stadium. [More]

Most of the teams from the Grand Lake area that will be in the high school football playoffs have already clinched their berths, but two teams will be nervously watching the scoreboard Friday night.

Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry

St. Henry won its first Midwest Athletic Conference volleyball title since 2004 this year with an unbeaten league season and the Redskins swept the top two All-MAC honors as well.

(The Division III sectional volleyball tournament story was inadvertently omitted from Monday's Daily Standard sports section. This is the story in its entirety).