CELINA - The Ohio Facilities Construction Commission has agreed to pitch in an additional $7.87 million toward Celina City School's building project, upping its total contribution to about $59 million.
School board members at this week's regular meeting signed off on a number of resolutions related to the building project, including one accepting the additional state dollars. [More]
FORT RECOVERY - School board members at this week's regular meeting learned about a new scholarship aimed at rewarding seniors for their hard work and incentivizing them to attend a higher education institution in Ohio.
The Governor's Merit Scholarship was unveiled on Dec. 4 and offers up to $5,000 a year in financial assistance to high school seniors who graduate in the the top 5% of their class, according to high school principal Ryan Steinbrunner. [More]
FORT RECOVERY - It took 7 1/2 minutes for St. Marys to score a point in the fourth quarter, but that first point was big.
Reagan Allemeier's free throw with 24.3 seconds remaining in regulation broke a 31-all tie and Sophie Menker's free throws with less than a second left secured the Roughriders' 34-31 girls basketball victory over Fort Recovery on Tuesday night at Fort Site Fieldhouse. [More]
MINSTER - Village councilors paid tribute to outgoing mayor Dennis Kitzmiller and councilman Tom Herkenhoff at Tuesday night's meeting for their decades of service to the village.
ROCKFORD - Parkway swept Celina in a boys/girls basketball doubleheader at Panther Gymnasium, although the Celina boys nearly pulled off a frantic comeback in the nightcap.
ST. HENRY - He wouldn't go as far as saying their battle with the Fort Loramie Redskins was a "must-win", but St. Henry boys' basketball coach Eric Rosenbeck wasn't shy with explaining the magnitude of his team's 62-44 victory on Tuesday night in St. Henry.
New Knoxville bounced back from a tough loss in its conference opener last Friday to get back to .500 with a 65-40 win at Ada in Tuesday night boys basketball action. The Rangers improve to 3-3 with the win as the Bulldogs drop to 0-6.
