CELINA - School board members at this week's special meeting signed off on a petition asking Celina City Council to permanently close a portion of Holly Street so they can proceed with the construction of a new 7-12 grade building. [More]

CELINA - Mercer Soil and Water Conservation District supervisors on Friday held their first meeting in the recently opened county ag center.

SWCD late last month moved from the Central Services Building in Celina to a 3,415-square-foot office in the ag center at 4980 Mud Pike.

CELINA - Mercer County Engineer Jim Wiechart plans to temporarily close St. Peter Road between State Route 119 and St. Joe Road in Recovery Township for a culvert replacement.

FORT RECOVERY - Coldwater only needed to win through the first two rounds to guarantee another Midwest Athletic Conference boys bowling championship, and it achieved that without losing a game. [More]

MARIA STEIN - The Hangar was packed and the Flyers came out gunning. But when the dust settled, Coldwater remained unbeaten in the Midwest Athletic Conference with a 53-40 victory over Marion Local Friday night in Maria Stein.

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Celina snapped a two-game losing streak with its third overtime Western Buckeye League win, outscoring Defiance 8-0 in the extra period for a 55-47 win in a boys basketball game on the road on Friday.

FORT RECOVERY - The momentum was on a rollercoaster pace on Friday night at Fort Site Fieldhouse.

Fort Recovery bounced back from down 11 midway through the second quarter to take as much as a five-point lead early in the third quarter.