CELINA - School district officials plan to reopen buildings to students on Aug. 26, the first day of classes, superintendent Ken Schmiesing announced via an open letter and video posted to the district's social media. [More]

CELINA - A girl no older than 10 has one of five new cases of COVID-19 reported in Mercer County on Thursday, raising the county's total to 316.

Four new cases were reported in Auglaize County, raising that county's confirmed number of cases to 113.

CHICKASAW - Village council members approved a resolution on Wednesday authorizing village officials to join the proposed Southern Mercer County Joint Ambulance District.

NEW BREMEN - The new school building is expected to be substantially completed on or before Sept. 7 yet additional interior work may continue into the new school year, superintendent Jason Schrader told board members this week.

Andy Waesch has spent seven years as an assistant coach in the Celina baseball program.

Now, the 2005 Celina High School graduate will get a chance to run the program.

CELINA - The Celina softball team got better on Thursday.

Coach Jason Tribolet would have liked a better end result for his team, but improvement was the main thing he wanted to see and he did. [More]

Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry

St. Henry bounced back from Wednesday's extra-inning loss to Coldwater with an 8-2 win over Versailles in summer baseball action at the Wally Post Athletic Complex.