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 - 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. [More]

ST. HENRY - Local law enforcement agencies will conduct active-school shooter training today and Wednesday at St. Henry High School.

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CELINA - Police officers are seeking information about an accident that occurred at 9 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of Main and Market streets.

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.

RJ Corman will close Staeger Road between state routes 29 and 703 from July 25-28, according to the Mercer County Engineer's Office.

The railroad company plans to upgrade a signal and install a new panel in the crossing, according to a news release.

Mercer County's unemployment rate increased slightly in May but still remains the state's lowest.

May's rate was 2.5 percent, up from April's 2.3 percent, according to data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.

MARIA STEIN - Several new activities will debut at the Maria Stein Country Fest, including a thrill show and a child beauty pageant.

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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 in [More]

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.

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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.

Cenzie Rushton is coming home to help revive the program she once thrived in.

Rushton, better known to Celina sports fans under her maiden name of