MARIA STEIN - Marion Local eighth-graders got a financial wake-up call on Friday morning as they walked through the "Real World, Real Money" program developed by Ohio State University Extension personnel.

CELINA - Mercer County Board of Elections members, after many months of deliberating, have asked county commissioners to approve the purchase of a new voting system estimated to cost more than $800,000.

CELINA - One of two women who have been at the helm of the Mercer County Board of Elections for almost a decade spent her last day in the office on Friday ensconced with friends, associates and one massive cake. [More]

CELINA - A Toledo man has pleaded guilty in Mercer County Common Pleas Court to several felony charges and a misdemeanor count stemming from an October car accident, ensuing high-speed chase and a second accident that occurred a short time later.

CELINA - Reading and researching have been Sheila Baltzell-Lin's passions, a perfect fit for the longtime Celina City Schools library media specialist.

COLDWATER - Fort Recovery's Robby LeFevre upped his individual MAC track and field championship total to an estimated 14 on Friday.

Being a part of a MAC team championship … that was a first. [More]

ST. MARYS - Defiance's girls and Van Wert's boys rose to the occasion in winning the team titles at the 2018 Western Buckeye League Track and Field Championships that concluded on Friday.

By DAVE STILWELL
Standard Correspondent

CELINA - Three consecutive two-out singles in the bottom of the 11th inning lifted Celina to a 7-6 victory over Shawnee and a Division II sectional title Friday evening at Jim Hoess Field.

Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry

Coldwater picked up two runs early and sealed the win with four runs in the fifth to win an outright MAC baseball title with a 6-1 win at Versailles on Friday.