Official says design must protect nearby property owners
CELINA - Lake Facilities Association board members agreed Tuesday afternoon to build a treatment train on Coldwater Creek just south of Celina.
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CELINA - Former Celina police chief Dave Slusser is appealing his termination to the next level - the Mercer County Common Pleas Court.
Slusser's
CELINA - County officials on Tuesday approved an agreement with a Lima organization and a soon-to-be dissolved local agency to provide transportation services for local, income-eligible clients through December 2015.
MERCER - Two people were injured in a three-vehicle crash at 6:25 p.m. Tuesday along U.S. 127, north of state Route 117.
Philip Marshall Ehling, 65
CELINA - St. Henry overcame some sluggish serving to sweep Celina in three sets in a battle of Mercer County teams at the Celina Intermediate School, winning 25-16, 25-23, 25-21.
Tuesday's Area Roundup
Compiled by Colin Foster and Gary R. Rasberry
Alyssa Manley's goal in the second half was all the scoring Bath would need as the Wildkittens handed Celina a 1-0 loss in the Western Buckeye League girls soccer opener in Bath Township.
Marion Local, Coldwater each look to make another long run in the state playoffs
Marion Local and Coldwater have proved themselves to be the most dominant programs in high school football over the past 15 years.
Since 2000, the
As much as the offense for Celina has been key to the team's posting back-to-back 7-3 seasons, the Bulldogs are anticipating great things from a veteran defensive line.
COLDWATER - As the accolades have piled up for current Coldwater quarterback Brody Hoying and past Cavalier signal callers over the last 15 years, the offensive line of Coldwater has been the key cog in keeping defenses bogged down long enough for the QBs to perform at the highest level.
FORT RECOVERY - Football players are expected to play a number of positions at any smaller school.
For Fort Recovery senior Mitch W. Stammen, at what spots he'll be lining up will depend on the situation.
MARIA STEIN -Most teams would panic when they lose a star quarterback like Adam Bertke from three consecutive state title teams.
There's not even a hint of worry at Marion Local; Dustin Rethman is there.
MINSTER - Geron Stokes admits that there are quite a few differences in the state of the Minster football program today than a year ago at this time.
NEW BREMEN - You're coming off an 0-10 season.
You have only 33 players on your roster, more than a third of whom are freshmen.
You play in the best small school conference in the state, bar none.
ROCKFORD - Injuries are a part of the game of football. For Parkway coach Dan Cairns, he has seen a lot of injuries in his three years running the Panther program.
ST. HENRY - A few games into last season, former St. Henry coach Tim Boeckman approached current coach Brad Luthman and told him to consider giving sophomore running back Jesse Niekamp a shot.
ST. MARYS - Doug Frye has been working his tail off since January.
Not that this is any different than any other season for a veteran football coach, but the 2014 off-season has been somewhat unique for the newly-appointed head man in St. Marys.
CELINA - Celina volleyball coach Amy Sutter has a number of spots to fill on her squad this season after losing seven seniors, five of whom earned a
COLDWATER - Even with losing six seniors from last year's 24-4 regional runner-up team, Coldwater volleyball coach Mike Etzler has an abundantly stocked cupboard at several spots in the lineup.
FORT RECOVERY - Chelsea Rogers has already seen improvement in her Fort Recovery volleyball team.
Rogers, a Botkins product who coached the previous four seasons at Leipsic, takes over a team that went 7-14 last season but returns an experienced group in all sections of the lineup.
MARIA STEIN - Expectations have not been lowered for the Marion Local volleyball program despite graduating seven seniors and losing the head coach from back-to-back Division IV state title teams.
MINSTER - Cami Garman has finally hit her fourth season in charge of the Minster volleyball program, a milestone that she says many coaches have explained is the point she wants to be.
NEW BREMEN - Coming off a winning season, New Bremen volleyball coach Theresa Jenkins begins her fifth year guiding the Cardinals with a young squad
ROCKFORD - Parkway volleyball coach Jeff Marbaugh has plenty of experience returning from last season's 14-10 squad (3-6 MAC).
The Panthers lost j
ST. HENRY - The St. Henry team has finished in the top three in the MAC all five years Diana Kramer has been at the helm - a stretch that includes a
ST. MARYS - Last season was one of transition for the St. Marys volleyball team as Monica VanderHorst took the reins of the program back for the first time in over a decade.
