CELINA - City voters in November will decided whether to repeal a half-percent income tax that pays for police and fire expenses and replace it with the tax of the same rate that would also fund street repairs.
City council members on Monday night passed the final reading of a resolution to place the measure on the November ballot. If approved, the new levy would begin Jan. 1 and expire in seven years. The current levy is set to expire in 2018. [More]
CELINA - Lucy Rose hopes to squash the competition at this year's fair with her famous jelly and canned foods.
For more than two decades she's entered her homegrown and homemade goodies - pies, cakes, candies and freshly canned items - at the Mercer County Fair. This year won't be any different, she said. [More]
Ben Hogenkamp had a whirlwind 24 hours late last week.
Hogenkamp, a Minster High School and Wittenberg University graduate, was named third team Division III All-American late on Wednesday evening by the Golf Coaches Association of America.
Less than a day later, he qualified for the 89th United States Golf Association's Amateur Public Links Championship to be held in mid-July. [More]
ST. MARYS - Bond was set at $150,000 for a local man accused of brandishing a knife and stealing money and a car from an elderly woman at a St. Marys bank on Friday afternoon.
COLDWATER - The village will lose some trees and gain others this year.
An estimated 30 ash trees infested with the emerald ash borer must be cut down, village administrator/engineer Eric Thomas said at Monday night's council meeting.
CELINA - It started promising and then took a turn for the worst.
The Celina ACME team had a 4-0 lead on Shawnee after two innings Monday night, but the Indians scored seven unanswered and held off a late charge by the Bulldogs to come away with a 7-5 win at Montgomery Field.
NEW BREMEN - Marion Local countered New Bremen's third inning run with four runs in the top of the fourth and the Flyers held a 4-2 lead on the Cardinals in ACME action when lightning and pending darkness suspended action after six innings.
The Grand Lake Mariners will debut their camouflage baseball jerseys on Thursday as the team makes the trip to Coldwater for exhibition play against the Summit City Sluggers at Veterans Field starting at 7 p.m.
