CELINA - With an infusion of thousands of state dollars coming in July and the city's acquisition of the Mercelina Mobile Court on the horizon, officials are seeking a long-term plan for Celina's parks. [More]

NEW BREMEN - Board of education members Wednesday tabled the implementation of a drug testing policy for students, saying more time is needed to review the proposal.

CELINA - A full-time health commissioner will be sought to oversee the Mercer County-Celina City Health Department.

The agency now is supervised by administrator Dale Palmer, who last week tendered his resignation effective July 3.

CELINA - Local health officials on Wednesday opted to raise their maximum $25,000 insurance coverage to protect its quarter million dollars worth of vaccines and refrigeration units.

ST. MARYS - Two Tri Star Career Compact students from St. Marys and Coldwater were honored Wednesday for qualifying nationally in electronic engineering and medical terminology.

ROCKFORD - Graduation ceremonies will be held for 60 seniors at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in the Parkway High School auditorium.

Emilie Baker is valedictorian and Raegen Bransteter is salutatorian. The students' grade point averages were not released by the school.

CELINA - Michelle Houts' journey toward becoming an established writer has come full circle, from initial exhilaration at the publication of her first book, to doubt and hesitation, back to self-assurance.

MARIA STEIN - Marion Local sophomore Cole Griesdorn scored the eventual game-winning run on Nick Heitkamp's infield single in the sixth and put an em [More]

FORT RECOVERY - Fort Recovery got a good start on the Division IV baseball tournament trail by scoring 13 runs in the second inning and posting a 15-0 five-inning, run-rule victory over Lincolnview on Wednesday evening in sectional play at Fort Recovery.

MINSTER - For the past decade, teams who have had the misfortune to draw Minster for their sectional opener at Hanover Street Park normally don't have the opportunity to enjoy much of an extended tournament run.

Best Performance Motorsports (BPM) has dominated the UMP Modified racing at Eldora Speedway so far in 2014. The two car St. Marys-based team has won

When the Marion Local Flyers began the 1997 baseball season with six consecutive losses, it looked to be another campaign of what had unfortunately b