CELINA - Grand Lake's east and west embankments are old but sturdy and no immediate risks exist, according to local and state officials.

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CELINA - The former Bob Evans restaurant has tentatively sold for $310,000.

The vacant property at the corner of Lake Shore Drive and Market streets in Celina was purchased Thursday during an online auction by Hilco Real Estate of Northbrook, Ill. The buyer's name has not yet been released.

A Cooper Farms official says the company will work with its contract turkey, layer hen and swine farmers to help them find an alternative for disposing of daily mortality losses as the company may close its Jay County, Ind. rendering plant in January.

ST. MARYS - Auglaize County voters on Nov. 3 will decide a 5-year, 1-mill renewal levy to support continuing services for the Auglaize County Council on Aging.

CELINA - Bids opened Thursday for the handicapped-accessible project at the courthouse were lower than officials had estimated.

Two area contractors submitted base bids that were more than $10,000 shy of the $190,000 estimate for the project slated for the north end of the county-owned building.

CELINA - Mercer County Commissioners have endorsed Lima Allen Council on Community Affairs as the permanent agency to serve the area's low-income residents.

CELINA - The Ohio School Board Association has been hired by the Celina City Schools Board of Education to assist with the district's search for a new superintendent.

FORT RECOVERY - A Fort Recovery man remained today in critical condition at Miami Valley Hospital, almost two weeks after a single-vehicle accident on State Line Road.

Buried deep in the Ohio Senate's budget proposal is a measure to eliminate journalists' already tightly controlled access to concealed handgun records.

COLDWATER - Celina's Seth Lonsway and Coldwater's Aaron Harlamert did their level best to keep the respective opposing teams from bringing home runs.

MARIA STEIN - Josh Osterholt had his arm and bat working, Mitchel Stammen went 3-for-3 with a double and two runs, and the St. Henry ACME team broke open a close game against Marion Local with a three-run sixth inning to come away a 6-1 winner on the road. [More]

As I played back the comments from the six or seven Minster girls with whom I conducted interviews at Saturday's Division III state track and field meet, I noticed the word 'awesome' was said by nearly every one of them.

Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry

Jacob Homan's grand slam in the bottom of the sixth triggered the run-rule as Fort Recovery opened its ACME season with a 12-2 win over Parkway at home.