A Rockford woman, who embezzled money from her former employer, pleaded no contest to a single charge of theft Thursday afternoon in Mercer County Common Pleas Court.

Jennifer K. Brandt, 41, 311 S. Main St., entered the plea as part of a negotiated agreement that included amending the initial charge of aggravated theft, a third-degree felony, to a first-degree misdemeanor theft. [More]

CELINA - While lightning postponed all of the other local football games in the Grand Lake Area, Celina withstood a two-hour delay and then put on a record-setting performance in a dominating victory over St. Marys on Friday night.

Bulldogs' quarterback Braden Billger broke Celina's all-time touchdown passes record and tied his own mark for most TD tosses in a single game to lead the Green and White to a 47-7 victory. [More]