Local Catholic priests are championing a letter from Archbishop Dennis Schnurr of Cincinnati that denounces a federal mandate forcing most employers to cover health services deemed immoral by the church.
The new healthcare ruling, announced recently by President Barack Obama, requires most church-affiliated institutions to offer insurance that covers sterilization, abortion-inducing drugs and contraception. Houses of worship are exempt from the ruling. [More]
CELINA - Dunham's Sports, an athletic equipment and apparel store, plans to open in late June at the former Walmart site.
Senior vice president John Palmer said the store will use about 35,000 square feet, approximately half the unoccupied building in the Lakewood Village Shopping Center off Havemann Road. Twenty to 35 full- and part-time workers will be employed. [More]
ST. MARYS - The search is on for a new superintendent for St. Marys City Schools.
The school board's personnel committee met Tuesday to discuss a timeline and agreed to post the job opening on the school's website by Friday. They hope to have a candidate chosen by the end of the school year.
GRAND LAKE - Mercer County Commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved an agreement with a hired consultant to administer the salary of a newly-hired lake manager.
A 21-year-old Lewisville man will be sentenced Feb. 8 in connection with an October accident that seriously injured a member of the Mercer County Emergency Response Volunteers (MCERV).
LIMA - It didn't take long for Lima Senior's girls' basketball coach Vince Halliday to realize that his Spartans were in trouble when hosting Celina on Tuesday night.
