CELINA - Classified employees for Celina City Schools and the Mercer County Head Start program are getting raises.

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MINSTER - Jackson Township and Minster voters are being asked to approve nearly identical tax levies for shared fire/EMS services.

Both levies are 3 mills and are for three years, but they are separate elections. [More]

CELINA - New online payment options will accompany a revamped Mercer County government website when it launches sometime next month, according to county officials.

CELINA - Some locals may find themselves playing host to a few unwanted houseguests as farmers clear their fields and temperatures begin to drop.

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ST. MARYS - Rumors about wrongdoing by a staff member at St. Marys City Schools spurred an investigation by St. Marys police and by school district officials themselves.

WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County Common Pleas Judge Frederick Pepple is considering a motion to suppress an interview between police and the defendant in a rape case.

FORT RECOVERY - Village council members on Monday hired Choice One Engineering to handle survey work and engineering for the proposed rerouting of State Route 49.

ST. MARYS - City council's finance committee members reviewed a request for just less than $5 million in supplemental appropriations and voted to recommend their approval to council.

CELINA - Emily Keith scored in the first half and Reilly Cox scored a key goal midway through the second half to allow Celina to hold off a determined Defiance team for a 2-1 victory in the opening round of the Division II girls' soccer tournament on Monday night at the soccer stadium.

ST. MARYS - St. Marys' Max Mielke scored a goal to start Monday's Division II sectional opener with Van Wert.

And the junior didn't stop scoring.

Mielke had a big night against the Cougars, racking up a hat trick in a 5-0 victory at Roughrider Field.

It is one week closer to the end of the high school football regular season and one more ticket to the postseason has been punched. Wapakoneta joined [More]

The Western Buckeye League soccer honors were released on Monday.

And several players from Celina and St. Marys were on the list, which was voted on by league coaches.

Celina senior Maddy Luebke picked up first team All-Western Buckeye League honors in volleyball after averaging 3.6 kills per set and 2.6 digs to go along with a 45 aces.

Trade unease, a growing labor shortage and the threat of animal disease are the main areas of concern for the pork industry, according to an industry official.

CELINA - Phyllis Doll has owned Doll Printing for 41 years, originally in partnership with her husband, but the work has included its share of tough times, she said.