CELINA - A young Cooper's hawk is rehabbing at a nature center after an observant Celina man noticed the bird hopping across city streets.
Gary Smith said he was walking on Johnson Avenue near Ash Street on Tuesday morning when he noticed the young raptor on the ground and unable to fly. [More]
CELINA - City officials applauded the community for rallying behind a proposal to purchase and equip a new rescue and recovery vessel estimated to cost $90,000.
At a recent meeting, city council members passed as an emergency measure an ordinance appropriating $80,000 from the fire capital fund to purchase an EMS boat now that nearly $50,000 in outside contributions has been secured. [More]
Cardinals defeat Wildcats in rain-shortened ACME baseball contest
By Gary R. Rasberry
NEW BREMEN - Nick Wells took a perfect game into the fifth inning and New Bremen strung together hits to pick up a 4-1 win over Minster in an ACME game that was ended in the bottom of the fifth inning due to an incoming storm.
The win moves the Cardinals to 7-3 on the spring. Minster drops to 10-2 and suffers its first loss of the summer in the state of Ohio after losing a game during the team's annual trip to Tennessee. [More]
Curtis E. Beougher, 53, of Celina, Ohio (formerly of Rockford, Ohio) went home to be with his Lord on Friday, June 15, 2018, in Coldwater, Ohio. [More]
CELINA - An official with Great Lakes Bios Systems of Wisconsin believes his company has a process that can significantly reduce phosphorus in streams without impacting farmers.
CELINA - Mercer County commissioners on Tuesday approved county EMS director Kyle Gerlach's request to purchase three power load systems to equip ambulances in Celina, Rockford and St. Henry.
ROCKFORD - Work on the wastewater treatment plant renovation project is set to begin within four weeks, village administrator Jeff Long told council members during Tuesday's meeting.
CELINA - A campsite decorating contest for weeklong campers has been added to this year's Mercer County Fair, Aug. 10-16, fair board members learned at Tuesday's meeting.
COLDWATER - Tracy Jones' tenure with the Cincinnati Reds lasted just two seasons - 1 1/2 seasons of that being active without injuries.
But the impact that the Reds made on Jones, and vice versa, has been key to Jones being active not only with the Reds but also in the Cincinnati community.
CELINA - The recent union between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle may have been historic in some ways, but locals working in the bridal industry predict it will probably cause less of a splash than other royal weddings before it.
