CELINA - Longtime Celina Police Detective Ronald Waltmire retired from law enforcement earlier this month but now looks forward to working for the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office.
He joined the department in February 1993 as a patrol officer. He was promoted to detective 10 years later by then-chief David Slusser and had served in that capacity since. [More]
Piper outlasts Habodasz in pitchers' duel as Celina edges Marion in ACME battle
By Gary R. Rasberry
CELINA - Fans arriving late to Montgomery Field for Monday's ACME baseball game missed all the offense.
Marion Local scored its run in the first inning before Celina's Ethan Piper shut down the Flyers. Austin Cotterman's two-run bloop double in the second held up for the Bulldogs to pick up the 2-1 win and split the season series with the Flyers. [More]
FORT RECOVERY - Council members on Monday gave final authorization to place a five-year, 2.5-mill storm sewer emergency levy renewal on the Nov. 6 general election ballot.
CELINA - School board members on Monday terminated third-grade teacher Greg Fledderjohann's contract after he reportedly made false accusations to the Ohio Board of Education against a fellow teacher and the elementary school principal.
CELINA - Mercer County Engineer Jim Wiechart reminds landowners and farmers that corn that is encroaching in the road rights of way can be a very serious sight problem on the narrower township and county roads.
FORT RECOVERY - St. Henry pitcher Isaac Wendel one-hit Fort Recovery and the Redskins collected 14 hits of their own in a 15-0, five-inning run-rule victory on Monday evening.
Cole Frilling scattered three hits and struck out six and Coldwater moved in front of Marion Local for the top seed in the Mercer County ACME tournament with a 6-1 win over Parkway on Monday night at Veterans Field.
