The Grand Lake/Wabash Watershed Alliance coordinator plans to use new monitoring equipment to see if the Wabash River's water quality has improved in the last 10 years. [More]

FORT RECOVERY - High school principal Jeff Hobbs is one of six candidates in the running for the district's top administrative position.

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CELINA - The Ohio Democratic Party is rebuilding itself to clarify its overriding message of middle class hope, spotlight its leaders and solidify its political infrastructure.

An ag consultant originally from the Netherlands will be the guest speaker Sept. 17 at the Mercer County Soil and Water Conservation District annual meeting and election.

CELINA - The sheriff's office will continue to take advantage of a deal that gives the department a motorcycle to use each year for $1.

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The Mercer County Soil and Water Conservation District board of supervisors on Thursday approved an agricultural drainage tile replacement project in Union Township.

MARIA STEIN - New Bremen coach Craig Griesdorn called Thursday's New Bremen-Marion Local softball game an old-school style of game.

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ROCKFORD - The Parkway baseball team is winning games and having fun doing it.

The fun continued Thursday as the Panthers defeated Celina 4-3 in a matchup between a pair of one-loss teams at Don Black Field. [More]

Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry and Colin Foster

Parkway improved to 5-1 on the season and won their Midwest Athletic Conference softball opener with a 5-1 win over St. Henry on Thursday at the Wally Post Athletic Complex.

The title of this week's highlights and insights column has been appropriately changed to "Diamond Games: Catching Fire," although Jennifer Lawrence will not be making a cameo appearance (bummer, I know).