CELINA - Despite having been actively deployed only a handful of times, a camera-equipped unmanned aircraft system has proven beneficial for the Mercer County Sheriff's Office, personnel say. [More]

CELINA - Four-time World Series champion Darryl Strawberry and his wife, Tracy, spoke at Celina High School on Friday to challenge students to be the change they want to see in the world and to reject drugs and alcohol.

CELINA - City Council President Jason King says he wants action to remove the rubbish scattered about Celina's eastern corridor months after a tornado ripped through town on Nov. 5.

MARIA STEIN - J&A Poultry, 8690 State Route 119, Maria Stein, is seeking a permit to install from the Ohio Department of Agriculture to build more manure storage for its layer hen operation.

CELINA - Making his first pitching outing of the season, Kane Moeller deserved a much better fate than he was dealt.

The Celina junior pitched five innings of six-hit, one-walk and five-strikeout baseball, keeping Elida scoreless until a three-run fifth.

NEW BREMEN - New Bremen's Erin Smith hasn't had the hottest bat this season.

She was, however, scorching hot at the plate on Friday.

Smith went 3-for-4 with the lone two Cardinal RBIs - finishing the job on Fort Loramie with a single in the eighth inning to give her team a 2-1 victory.

Compiled by Colin Foster and
Gary R. Rasberry

Luke Vonderhaar's single with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning scored Mitchell Hays for the winning run in New Bremen's 6-5 victory over rival Fort Loramie on Friday in New Bremen.