CELINA - City council members on Monday night unanimously passed first reading of an ordinance that would ban recreational marijuana dispensaries in Celina.

ST. HENRY - School board members at Monday night's regular meeting hired a new head varsity football coach.

Josh Werling, a 2007 St. Henry graduate, was selected to lead the Redskins from a pool of 12 applicants.

MARIA STEIN - Marion Local school board members on Monday voted to contract with Garmann Miller of Minster for professional design services related to the construction of a new $23.3 million junior high school building.

ROCKFORD - Parkway school board members on Monday evening heard an updated timeline of the $2.81 million athletic building project.

Work should start March 1 and finish Oct. 31, superintendent Jeanne Osterfeld said.

ST. MARYS - City councilors on Tuesday under suspension of rules approved an ordinance authorizng engineering services for a water main loop in the Villa Nova neighborhood.

Kevin Hoyng's exploits on the football field earned him renown at Coldwater and the University of Dayton.

For his play on the college level, Hoyng will be inducted into the University of Dayton Hall of Fame on Saturday.