CELINA - School board members chose to scrap or scale back numerous features of the new school buildings to stay within budget rather than go back and ask voters for additional money.

Board members at Monday night's special meeting indicated that a master athletic facilities plans will almost certainly have to be undertaken in multiple phases over the course of years due to constrained funding. [More]

ST. MARYS - Ollie's Bargain Outlet is coming to The St. Marys Square Business Complex, filling the vacancy left when Big Lots closed.

Ollie's, which lays claim to being America's largest retailer of closeout merchandise and excess inventory, is shooting for a February opening in the 36,387-square-foot space that housed Big Lots before its recent shuttering, Janice Grieshop, vice president of Celina Tent and St. Marys Square Business Complex LLC, confirmed on Monday afternoon. [More]