From staff and wire reports

SAN FRANCISCO - Federal prosecutors charged Texas billionaire Robert Brockman on Thursday with a $2 billion tax fraud scheme in what they say is the largest such case against an American.

CELINA - A boy under 6 years old has Mercer County's first reported hospitalized case of multisystem inflammatory syndrome, a rare but serious condition associated with the virus that causes COVID-19, according to a county health district news release on Thursday. [More]

ST. MARYS - Criminal charges are pending after a St. Marys man reportedly threatened his family with a firearm and initiated a six-hour standoff with law enforcement.

CELINA -Long-serving Mercer County commissioner Jerry Laffin, Coldwater, will face off against Don Holtvoigt, Celina, in the Nov. 3 general election. [More]

CHICKASAW - Village council members on Wednesday night moved to establish a grant program to aid local businesses adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

  MARIA STEIN - New Knoxville has bested every team on its schedule this season.

On Thursday, the Rangers were officially crowned best in the Midwest Athletic Conference. [More]

FORT RECOVERY - For a final week of the regular season, New Bremen was given a challenging gauntlet.

After suffering their first Midwest Athletic C

Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry

Celina finished the regular season with a five-set victory over Shawnee in Western Buckeye League volleyball action at Lappin Gymnasium in Shawnee Township.