MONTEZUMA - "Freedom is not free," decorated veteran Jerome "Jerry" Heimkreiter said in a gruff voice inside his Montezuma home while recounting details of his two tours in Vietnam with the U.S. Navy. [More]

GRAND LAKE - Lake conditions are slowly improving, but algal toxin levels are still too high to warrant the removal of the posted no-contact signs, according to officials.

CELINA - Charges have been filed against a New Bremen man who reportedly was involved in a March 2017 fatal accident on U.S. 127.

Joshua Bruns, 37,

CELINA - A Celina man has been indicted on two felony robbery charges and a misdemeanor theft charge after having allegedly stolen from the Family Dollar store in Celina on June 20.

BURKETTSVILLE - Due to a scheduling conflict, the Burkettsville Village Council meeting has been moved from Monday to Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the

ST. HENRY - With the second seed and a first-round bye in next week's Mercer County ACME baseball tournament on the line, Celina and St. Henry dueled it out at the Wally Post Athletic Complex on Thursday night.

His stint in college baseball's prestigious Cape Cod League didn't work out.

But Celina alum Seth Lonsway is continuing to put in the work in preparation for a starting pitching role with Ohio State next spring. [More]

CELINA - Grand Lake Mariners coach Damon Haecker has seen about everything in baseball during his time as a player and coach at Auburn.

He hasn't seen anything like what occurred on Thursday night.

Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry

Coldwater picked up wins over two teams on Thursday night at Veterans Field.

After having run-ruled St. Marys 10-0