Grey hopes to stop staff leaving for higher paying jobs
CELINA - Mercer County Sheriff Jeff Grey said he's enacted a late
-year pay raise of varying percentages to turn the tide of personnel leaving the office for higher-paying jobs. [
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Several Auglaize County agencies have joined to create a sexual-assault response team, meaning adult victims will no longer have to report to neighboring counties for help.
Police seek info
CELINA - Police suspect someone may be harboring a Celina teen who has been missing since Nov. 10 and warn anyone knowingly keeping her from being found will face charges.
NEW BREMEN - Four business owners who present the village in a positive light and have an entrepreneurial spirit were honored during the New Bremen Community Improvement Corp.'s annual luncheon on Thursday afternoon.
WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County Board of Elections members certified the recent general election results with no changes from the winners announced on Election Day.
CELINA - Mercer County commissioners on Thursday authorized officials to proceed with a tile replacement project two miles east of Celina.
Commissi
CELINA - Celina swim coach Paige Bader will rely on her veterans to help the team find success again this season.
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The Bulldogs return all but one swimmer from a state meet unit that finished 11th overall in the Division II girls tournament.
COLDWATER - Coldwater's Macy May reached state in the 50-yard freestyle last season.
The Cavaliers who missed out on a trip are highly motivated.
FORT RECOVERY - You could say Fort Recovery is "diving" into the season.
For the first time, the Indians have a diving team accompanying their swimmers. It's being headed by Jill (Kaup) Andrews, who dove in college for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
MARIA STEIN - Marion Local Head Swimming Coach Scott Smith believes he has some individuals capable of making district runs this season.
He'd prefer to take more.
MINSTER - Veteran coach Dawn Schwieterman will look to her veterans to carry the Minster swimming team this season.
While the boys team has back se
NEW BREMEN - The New Bremen girls swimming team had a great 2018-2019 campaign.
And coach Cresta Ritter expects to see more of the same this season.
ST. MARYS - In her first season in charge of the St. Marys' boys and girls swimming programs, head coach Hannah Dunham is excited to get things started despite the many adjustments a first-year head coach must endure.
CELINA - After finishing fourth in the Western Buckeye League last season, the Celina wrestling team looks to keep building up the program. Coach James Miracle has over 40 wrestlers in camp and will split the team into two units for invitationals to gain some experience.
COLDWATER - There's a change in leadership in the Coldwater wrestling program, but they're keeping it in the family.
Former Cavalier Aaron Alig, wh
ROCKFORD - Jeremy Joseph takes over as head wrestling coach at Parkway after serving as a coach in the junior high and high school programs since the early days of the program.
ST. MARYS - For the past two seasons, the St. Marys wrestling team has placed as runners-up in either the Western Buckeye League standings or the WBL tournament, an accomplishment which veteran head coach Larry Gruber hopes his squad can bump a little higher this winter.
The Celina bowing teams will need to replace some veteran bowlers on both the boys and girls teams this season.
The boys finished second in the WBL behind St. Marys with the girls taking fourth place.
COLDWATER - Coldwater has won seven state bowling championships (three boys, four girls).
The boys and girls programs combined to go 20-0 in West Ohio High School Bowling Conference regular season play last year.
FORT RECOVERY - Familiar faces for the boys.
Fresh faces for the girls.
That's the state of Fort Recovery bowling this season.
Fort Recovery boys coaches Corey Gerlach and Nate Bonifas have five returning starters.
MARIA STEIN - Sue Bruns returns for her second year as Marion Local bowling coach.
She'll be working with some familiar faces on the boys side and a lot of newbies on the girls team.
MINSTER - The Minster girls bowling team will to continue making strides -albeit with a new group of bowlers after finishing 6-3 in West Ohio High School Bowling Conference play and advancing to the district tournament.
NEW BREMEN - The New Bremen boys were West Ohio High School Bowling Conference runners-up last season.
The Cardinals are looking to make a run at a conference title this year.
ROCKFORD - A pair of former Parkway bowlers take over as coaches of their alma mater's teams this season.
Brooke Boznango takes over the boys team with Alexis Frank handling the girls team.
ST. HENRY - St. Henry boys bowling coach Travis Schlater has experience returning from last season's state tournament run but will have a much younger team than last season's squad.
ST. MARYS - High school bowling fans in St. Marys were introduced to a double treat last winter as both the Roughrider boys and girls brought home Division II state championships at the conclusion of their respective seasons.
