CHICKASAW - Councilors decided at Wednesday's regular meeting to call a special session on Feb. 28 to discuss information gathered for the possible adoption of the village's first income tax.

CELINA - An open house will be held at a Market Street building in Celina with more than a century of history from the Civil War to a legendary OSU football coach. [More]

CELINA - Mercer County commissioners on Thursday awarded a Columbus company a $104,000 contract to fabricate, deliver and install bridge beams as part of a major rehab of the Rauh Road bridge in Washington Township scheduled for later this year.

CELINA - Mercer Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors on Thursday approved purchasing a Topcon GPS receiver and data collector for $18,000.

WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County Health Department officials in a Thursday news release reported three new deaths from COVID-19 since their last report on Monday.

NEW KNOXVILLE - In coach Tim Hegemier's last game at the Barn in New Knoxville, his squad turned in likely its finest performance.

New Knoxville played near-perfect defense and was never seriously challenged in a 43-18 girls basketball victory over New Bremen on Thursday night. [More]

MARIA STEIN - With 3:40 remaining in the third quarter, Parkway cut Marion Local's lead to 38-35 and were in line to get even closer.

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Compiled By Tom Haines and Gary R. Rasberry

The Celina girls basketball team couldn't overcome a sluggish offensive showing on the road in a 45-33 Western Buckeye League loss to Wapakoneta on Thursday.