CELINA - City officials approved buying a new multi-agency radio communications system for $219,481.72.
Council members on Monday passed under suspension of rules an emergency ordinance amending 2019 appropriations to cover the cost.
ST. MARYS - Council members passed an ordinance under rule suspension on Monday that will accommodate 12 supplemental appropriation requests totaling $242,937 from several city departments.
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CELINA - Since kicking off his Launchpad-based YouTube music channel in 2014, Gabe Walls has amassed a following large enough to land one of the most-coveted awards a YouTuber can attain - a Silver Creator Award from YouTube. [
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COLDWATER - Village council members on Monday passed after third reading an ordinance updating subdivision regulations.
Changes include a requireme
NEW BREMEN - Trash rates will remain unchanged after village officials signed a new contract with Maharg Trash Service of Celina.
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ST. HENRY - Renovations of North Park shelter house No. 2 are expected to begin ahead of schedule.
Village administrator Ron Gelhaus told council members during Monday's meeting that he hopes construction of two new bathrooms and a storage building will begin this week.
CELINA - A Celina man arrested on Friday after reportedly attempting to flee from police faces a fifth-degree felony charge of aggravated possession of drugs and a first-degree misdemeanor charge of possession of drugs.
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The St. Marys boys golf team slipped past Shawnee in Western Buckeye League play on a rainy Monday at Northmoor Golf Course.
CELINA - After winning in the final week of the season last year to ensure a 5-5 record, Celina gets ready for the 2019 season looking to fill some major spots in the lineup.
COLDWATER - In 2017, Coldwater posted its lowest win total since the 1999 season with a record of 9-4.
The Cavaliers rebounded last year by going 10-3 with a loss to Marion Local in the Division VI regional final.
FORT RECOVERY - The fall of 2018 was a time of close calls and tough losses for the Fort Recovery Indians.
"We lost four games by less than a touc
MARIA STEIN - Tim Goodwin was smiling and upbeat during the Marion Local's fall sports photo day in early August.
But will the head football coach of the Flyers remain in the same manner when the games begin?
"It depends on if we can win any them," Goodwin said.
MINSTER - Head coach Geron Stokes is set to embark on his seventh season with the Minster Wildcats, a tenure which has brought two state championship
NEW BREMEN - Coming off its first winning season in 14 years, New Bremen will be looking to replace 16 graduated seniors and keep the momentum going.
ROCKFORD - Parkway will look to begin righting the ship of the football team with the program's fourth coach in five years and second consecutive alumnus taking the wheel.
ST. HENRY - St. Henry will have many new starters under the Friday night lights this fall.
The program is coming off a stretch in which it made the playoffs twice in a three-year stretch. And the Redskins will quickly find out if they have playoff potential.
ST. MARYS - As the 2019 football campaign is on the horizon, Doug Frye and the St. Marys Roughriders look to continue riding the momentum wave they began upon his return to the Roughrider sidelines six years ago - a wave which last season carried them into the Division IV state semifinals.
CELINA - Although Celina finished 11-13 in the 2018 volleyball season, it wasn't due to a lack of effort. Eight of the Bulldogs' losses came to Midwest Athletic Conference schools.
COLDWATER - Last season was successful for the Coldwater volleyball team in going 18-7, but it was the most losses by a Cav team since going 20-8 in 2012. The Cavaliers also had their streak of regional appearances snapped at two straight in falling in the district semifinal against Liberty-Benton.
FORT RECOVERY - Fort Recovery has ranked among the MAC's top teams over the last three years.
But Fort Recovery wants to be THE top team this year - in the conference and state.
MARIA STEIN - Anthony Chappel has planted roots in the Marion Local School District.
And he's ready to pilot an already established Flyer volleyball tradition.
MINSTER - With a little more experience coming back, Minster volleyball coach Cami Garman is looking to improve on last year's 13-11 overall record, which included a 2-7 mark in MAC play.
NEW BREMEN - A solid nucleus returns for a New Bremen volleyball team that has advanced to the Division IV State Finals in each of the last two seasons. The Cardinals brought home the title in 2017 and finished runner-up to Tiffin Calvert last year.
ROCKFORD - Last season, Parkway's volleyball team was young with just one senior on the roster.
The squad played close to .500 at 11-12 overall and was 2-7 in the MAC, with one MAC victory coming against eventual Division III state champion Versailles.
ST. HENRY - St. Henry enters yet another volleyball season with a desire to be in the MAC- and state-championship conversation.
"We want to contin
ST. MARYS - As first-year St. Marys Head Coach Madison Broering embarks on her rookie campaign in the varsity ranks, she joins a long list of St. Henry volleyball alumni currently in command of local and successful high school volleyball programs.
