CELINA - All but a handful of 65 attendees at a public hearing Monday morning opposed granting two liquor licenses for Smoke on the Water LLC, a business seeking to open a restaurant, boat gas pumps and convenience store along Grand Lake off Harbor Point Drive.

CELINA - Will you go ... will you give ... will you make it ...?

The auctioneer chant still flows like lightning from Tom Robbins' mouth just as it has the last five decades.

CELINA - Celina's general fund used to pay for day-to-day operations of the city, including the police and fire departments, is in good shape and poised to have a carryover of $1.9 million next year. [More]

A Fort Recovery man died Monday afternoon of injuries sustained in a Sunday morning traffic accident. His brother, who also was involved in the accident, remains in critical condition. [More]

COLDWATER - Village officials reported positive financial news at Monday's council meeting.

The income tax collection has hit the $1 million mark a

A local man is listed in fair condition at a Lima hospital following a traffic accident along U.S. 127 north of Celina at 11:22 a.m. Monday, according to Mercer County Sheriff's Office reports.

CELINA - City officials want to annex the county property on which the Bryson Municipal Swimming Pool sits so the police department can respond to the scene first to handle incidents.

ST. MARYS - Newly hired police and firefighters will have to be a certain age due to an emergency ordinance passed by city council members on Monday.

The ordinance requires newly appointed police officers to be between 21 and 35 years old and new firefighters to be between 18 and 36 years old.

ST. HENRY - Village council members on Monday took steps to initiate a new sidewalk project on the west side of town.

A first reading was heard on

CELINA - There were plenty of chances for Celina to get goals on Monday night, but the shots just didn't go in.

That was the difference between the

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  Jordan Bollenbacher's 1-under 35 was good enough for medalist, but New Bremen managed to slip past Parkway to take a 161-162 win in Midwest Athletic Conference boys' golf action at Deerfield on Monday, moving the Cardinals to 4-0 in conference matches.

A longtime, county soil and water official has been tapped for a permanent position working with farmers on nutrient issues in the Grand Lake Watershed and beyond. [More]