ST. HENRY - School board members accepted more than $60,000 in donations during their regular board meeting Wednesday evening and took no action after an executive session to discuss teacher contract negotiations. [More]

CELINA - Mercer County commissioners awarded a $314,542.62 contract to an Aurora firm to apply center, edge and auxiliary line pavement markings on county roads this year.

Martin Heberling III of Amherst is facing off against Craig Swartz of Upper Sandusky in the May 3 Democratic primary election for the 5th Congressional District seat.

NEW BREMEN - School board members Wednesday night renewed certified, classified and supplemental contracts for several district employees.

They also renewed district treasurer Jill Ahler's contract for five years.

MONTEZUMA - Councilors during their Wednesday meeting approved a plan to use leftover grant funds from the current drainage project to do maintenance work on tiles installed 15 years ago as part of a similar project.

Burkettsville-St. Henry Road between State Route 119 and Carthagena Road in Granville Township will close tentatively on April 25 for bridge replacem

The 2020-21 season was a banner year for Coldwater's Tyler Schwieterman, who played a key role for the Cavaliers' Division VI state champion football team and won the school's first individual boys track state title in the 300-meter hurdles. [More]

ROCKFORD - For four innings, Parkway's Braxton Ford looked sharp and in control. With two outs in the fifth, he came apart.

South Adams scored six runs in a two-out fifth-inning rally to put the game out of reach, sending the Panthers to a 9-2 loss at Don Black Field on Wednesday.

Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry

Carlee Rethman struck out 12 Mississinawa Valley batters in firing a two-hitter as the Redskins beat the Blackhawks 10-0 in six innings on Wednesday at the Wally Post Athletic Complex.