CELINA - A mobile home at Hecht's Landing was destroyed by fire on Wednesday.

No one was injured in the blaze, Montezuma Fire Chief Lee Braun told the newspaper.

A rural Mercer County resident recently reported being the victim of a costly internet scam involving the attempted online purchase of a rare cat breed.

CELINA - Customer accounts clerk Vicki Sutter last week ended her nearly three-decade run as one of the smiling faces behind the city's customer service counter.

It was March 1987 and the Fort Recovery girls' basketball team had just suffered a devastating defeat to Delphos St. John's in the Division IV regional tournament.

By COLIN FOSTER
cfoster@dailystandard.com

On Monday afternoon, Rick Muter was with friends in a warehouse on Wayne Street in Celina, throwing ringers in the horseshoe pit like he always does.

They were once the "Twin Towers" for Marion Local.

A few years removed from high school, Ryan Bruns and Luke Knapke have turned into really good players at the collegiate level. [More]