CELINA - Voters in the Celina City Schools district may be asked in 2016 to support a bond levy to fund construction.
Superintendent Jesse Steiner said the project would consolidate the district's seven buildings into three and enable the district to cut operating costs. [More]
CELINA - State wildlife officials are closely monitoring the increasing number of double-crested cormorants at Grand Lake to ensure the invasive waterfowl doesn't wipe out other species.
The birds' droppings are toxic to trees and vegetation, and their hearty appetite can reduce fish populations, according to the Ohio Division of Wildlife. [More]
FORT RECOVERY - Attorneys for Trevin M. Sanders - one of two men implicated in the November 2011 murders of Robert and Colleen Grube - argue their client cannot be sentenced to life in prison and are asking the judge to merge several charges.
CELINA - City council members seem to favor a proposal to repeal a half percent income tax set aside for police and fire capital expenses and replace it with a tax that also funds street repairs.
MINSTER - Superintendent Brenda Boeke told board members Monday night the district will implement Common Core Standards in the fall but is maintaining control of the curriculum.
CELINA - A 35-year-old Fort Recovery man who stabbed two men in 2008 told a judge Monday he has changed and wants an opportunity to rejoin society after serving five years in prison.
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.
MARIA STEIN - The way Sierra Fent was pitching, her Parkway softball teammates only needed to provide a little bit of run support.
They gave her more than enough.
By Gary R. Rasberry and Colin Foster
The Daily Standard
With Saturday's Minster Memorial Meet being roughly the midway point in the season for track and field, tracking the top teams in the area have become more clear.
ST. HENRY - The offense was very quiet for five innings of Monday's softball game between Fort Recovery and St. Henry at the Wally Post Athletic Complex.
