CELINA - A former Mercer County man has been sentenced to five years of community control sanctions after he was found guilty of telecommunications harassment and menacing by stalking in May. [More]

CELINA - County officials will ask the Ohio Department of Agriculture to adopt a plan that would pay farmers in the Western Lake Erie Basin to stop or greatly reduce phosphorus applied to croplands as part of a three-year study.

CELINA - Excessive rains may have played a part in two manure pollution incidents in May, Mercer County Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors learned on Thursday.

CELINA - School board members approved the plan for the proposed Celina City Schools' building project at Thursday's special meeting.

It next will be sent to the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission for final approval. [More]

CELINA - A Minster man pleaded guilty on Thursday to seven charges in relation to incidents at the Mercer County jail, including an inmate's overdose and an attack on two corrections officers.

CHICKASAW - Village council members on Wednesday passed under suspension of rules an emergency ordinance to place a 3-mill replacement levy on the Nov. 5 election ballot to fund village operations.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency will offer a free webinar on the Dairy Margin Coverage program from 1:30-2:30 p.m. Monday.

NEW BREMEN - Village council members will meet on Monday rather than on their regularly scheduled date of June 24, according to mayor Jeff Pape. A main topic of discussion will be the location of a planned electrical substation.

Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry

Area junior golfers braved the wet and windy conditions at the Celina Lynx to compete in the Lima Junior Golf Associ