ST. MARYS - The field at Memorial High School's new athletic complex will be called "Grand Lake Health System Field" after a $300,000 donation from health system officials.
The sizable donation to the Roughrider Philanthropic Association secured GLHS's naming rights to the field for at least 10 years. Additionally, starting in 2020, the high school gymnasium will be known as "Grand Lake Health System Gymnasium" for 10 years, according to a news release. [More]
CELINA - Peoples Bank officials on Thursday donated $100,000 for Tri Star Career Compact's new 2.0 facility being built on State Route 703.
Bank president Jack Hartings and president-elect Dan Broering presented the check to Tri Star Director Tim Buschur and interactive media students. The money will help fund the Star Room, which will be used for hosting community events and adult education classes. [More]
CELINA - Three counts of sexual battery against a former kindergarten teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old boy have been dropped after Mercer County Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey Ingraham granted a motion by her defense attorney.
CELINA - Democrats in small, rural areas such as Mercer County can achieve victories at the polls by connecting with voters on issues that matter locally, the president of the Ohio Democratic County Chairs Association stressed to a large gathering on Thursday night.
WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County Commissioner Don Regula highlighted some of the county's successes of the past year, such as the sale of Auglaize Acres, and spoke of some improvements to come during the Wapakoneta State of the City, County and Schools event on Thursday.
CELINA - U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Rob Portman, R-Ohio, announced nearly 250 sites where Ohioans can safely dispose of unwanted and unused prescription drugs on National Prescription Drug Take Back Day from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday.
FORT RECOVERY - Thomas More University was one of the first schools to reach out to Payton Jutte, and the Fort Recovery senior made his choice for college and to play men's basketball at the NCAA Division III college in Kentucky on Thursday.
