CELINA - As city crews this week began repairing a storm-damaged shelter house in Mercelina Park and commerce has started to return to normal on Havemann Road after the Nov. 5 EF2 tornado, city officials continue to assess the damage.

CELINA - A 58-year-old Rockford man was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Tuesday in Mercer County Common Pleas Court for four second-degree felony charges of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. [More]

A routine traffic stop on Monday afternoon in Wapakoneta led to a high-speed pursuit that ended in Sidney.

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WAPAKONETA - Board of elections members in Auglaize and Mercer counties on Tuesday conducted a recount of the too-close-to-call New Bremen school board race and Shelby County is scheduled to do the same.

NOBLE TOWNSHIP - A Celina teen involved in a one-vehicle accident over the weekend has died of his injuries.

A Miami Valley Hospital spokesperson confirmed that Seth Bremer, 19, whose vehicle had struck a concrete barrier head-on early Sunday morning, had died. [More]

NEW BREMEN - Residents could see changes in how the village's shelter houses, swimming pools and Crown Pavilion are rented in 2018.

Council members on Tuesday gave first reading of legislation that would allow rental reservations to be made up to 18 months in advance.

CELINA - The head of the county emergency medical services department says his agency is still preparing to a receive a donated ambulance box from supplier Horton to train emergency medical technicians.

CELINA - A Celina man was arrested on drug charges Tuesday after police received a tip of a drug deal near a local auto supply store.

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CELINA - The Lakes Facilities Authority board on Tuesday agreed to an environmental conservation easement for the Beaver Creek Treatment Train project.

CLEVELAND - Federal Bureau of Investigation agents are requesting the public's help to learn about possible additional victims of a Toronto man in custody for allegedly trying to entice, coerce and transfer obscene material to an 11-year-old Auglaize County girl earlier this month.

Celina senior linebacker Kole Murlin earned first team All-Ohio honors in the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association's All-Ohio selections for Division II and III on Tuesday evening. [More]

ST. HENRY - The St. Henry Redskins were winners in Wendi Moorman's head coaching debut.

Allison Siefring had a double double with 17 points and 14 rebounds, as St. Henry held off Wapakoneta 49-41 on Tuesday at Redskin Gymnasium.

COLDWATER - Fifty seconds into the second quarter, Coldwater trailed Van Wert 21-10 and the outlook looked bleak as the Cavaliers struggled with shooting while missing their floor leader.

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Heide Rethman scored 14 points and Kara Evers added 12 as Marion Local cruised to a 51-25 rout of Waynesfield-Goshen in the season opener on Tuesday night at the Hangar.