CELINA - The West Bank walkway will be completed this fall with anticipated funds from the pending state capital budget bill, according to city administrators.

Bryant Rhoades - one of two men charged in the November 2011 murders of Fort Recovery-area residents Robert and Colleen Grube - in court Monday expressed discontent with his attorneys and the progress of his pending murder case.

MINSTER - Village council members Monday night rejected an appeal from a terminated police officer wanting his job back.

Council members took the action against former Minster Police Sgt. Kirby Cummins following a two-hour, 45-minute executive session.

CELINA - The state has offered to conduct bridge inspections across Ohio at no direct cost to municipalities.

City council members on Monday night

MINSTER - Water rates will increase 9 percent over three years as a result of village council action Monday night.

The first step of the three-phas

CELINA - A Celina man was indicted last week for attempted murder related to an alleged domestic incident at his home March 9.

Colin D. Uhlenhake,

COLDWATER - Village council members on Monday night agreed to try a $2,500 per month treatment plan to reduce sludge at a wastewater settling pond.

ST. HENRY - Council members Monday night approved final reading of a resolution for a project that reuses processed water at the treatment plant.

Artesian of Pioneer was chosen for the $171,815 venture and is preparing plans and blueprints for the plant, officials said.

Daily Standard staff reports

Mercer County continued to boast the lowest unemployment rate in the state in February, according to data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.