CELINA - School board members approved a new, three-year contract for teachers in a 3-2 vote, which led to celebrations for some and concerns for others. [More]

CELINA - The city has come to a $550,000 settlement with an employee who claimed administrators discriminated against him in 2009 by not allowing him to return as an electric lineman after an injury.

ST. MARYS - City council members on Monday gave final approval for increased water rates and heard first reading of an ordinance that would increase electric rates.

NEW BREMEN - The village likely will have a new public works building by December.

Village council members on Monday awarded a $2.5 million constru

MARIA STEIN - Marion Local school officials are looking for ways to save money while providing students a better alternative for receiving college credit. [More]

COLDWATER - An emergency ordinance passed Monday by village council will give pay raises to village employees.

Residents at the Feb. 22 meeting had voiced concerns about the police department's loss of officers due to the village's pay scale.

ST. HENRY - Schools superintendent Julie Garke is seeking public input on how to improve public education.

She is working with the Northwest/West Central Ohio Public School Advocacy Network, a group of about 40 area superintendents, to start the initiative.

CELINA - The city has hired a new parks and recreation director from Florida to head up sports programs, events and activities.

Angela Kaiser, who

The lights were on at Celina's Montgomery Field for the first time this year on Friday night.

Those in attendance for Friday's doubleheader between the Wright State-Lake Campus baseball team and Edison Community College got to witness the hometown Lakers pull out two wins.

By GARY R. RASBERRY & COLIN FOSTER
sports@dailystandard.com  

The time comes for every great coach or athlete to take his or her final ride into the sunset.

St. Henry's Mitchel Stammen earned honorable mention honors on the Associated Press Division IV All-Ohio boys basketball team.

Stammen, the Daily

Agriculture/food processing continues to be the main engine driving Mercer County's economy, a local official says.

The county is home to several h

CELINA - Area farmers can get an idea of how to use the sun's energy in their agricultural operations during an upcoming workshop in Celina.

The free event sponsored by Third Sun Solar, Athens, will be held 10 a.m.-3 p.m. March 22 at Bella's Italian Grille in Celina.

Matt VanTilburg has received the Ohio Certified Crop Adviser of the Year award for 2016. As a nominee, he was presented a plaque at the Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference March 2 at Ohio Northern University in Ada, a news release from VanTilburg Farms Inc. says.