CELINA - Mercer County Commissioners Thursday gave Sheriff Doug Timmerman the green light to take part in a federal program that transfers excess Department of Defense equipment to law enforcement agencies across the country.
CELINA - The UPS Customer Service Center on Industrial Drive in Celina will close on May 28, a UPS spokesperson confirmed on Thursday.
"Our employe
CELINA - Although the Civil War didn't necessarily cause America's first opioid crisis, the disease, addiction and death the war brought back certainly added to it.
CELINA - A Celina woman was arrested on Wednesday in Mercer County on drug and tampering with evidence charges.
A criminal complaint was filed agai
CELINA - Though Celina Police Chief Tom Wale said he appreciates the idea of painting a blue line between yellow lines on major city streets to honor first responders, he ultimately advised against the move, saying it could lead to problematic issues.
Big sixth inning lifts Fort Recovery past St. Marys
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Fort Recovery scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to break a 3-3 tie with St. Marys, then held off t
OPSMA Boys Basketball All-Ohio Divisions I-II-III
The Ohio Prep Sports Media Association wrapped up its postseason honors as the All-Ohio teams for Divisions I, II and III were announced on Thursday.
CELINA - Coming off an 18-9 season, Celina baseball coach John Dorner returns six letterwinners this season as the Bullodgs look to move up from the fourth-place finish in Western Buckeye League play.
CELINA - Renee Williams' second year as Celina softball coach features a group of veterans who had to battle through a 5-18 2024 season.
The Bulldogs have 10 letterwinners back, including both pitchers and both catchers.
COLDWATER - After reaching the regional final a season ago to go with a 26-win season, Coldwater will look to get back to the top of the Midwest Athletic Conference standings where they finished 6-3 a season ago.
COLDWATER - After going 18-12 last season and reaching the regional softball semifinals for the first time since 2017, Coldwater returns six letterwinners.
FORT RECOVERY - After a blistering postseason run that earned the program the Division IV state runner-up finish, Fort Recovery is ready to make another run this season.
FORT RECOVERY - After reaching the Division III softball district semifinals, Fort Recovery is ready to take another step.
Coach Carrie Schoen returns eight letterwinners from a team that finished 12-13 overall and above .500 in the Midwest Athletic Conference at 4-3.
MARIA STEIN - The fall and winter months ended with Marion Local playing for boys state championships in football and basketball.
Maybe the basebal
MARIA STEIN - Nine letterwinners return for the Marion Local softball program for first-year coach McLean Correll, who inherits a team that won five games a season ago.
MINSTER - Minster opens defense of its Midwest Athletic Conference baseball title with a senior-laden roster poised to start the 2025 campaign.
The
MINSTER - Kenleigh Ludlow will take the reigns of the Minster softball program, replacing veteran coach Robb Hemmelgarn who stepped down to assume the role of Midwest Athletic Conference commissioner.
NEW BREMEN - With nine letterwinners returning this spring, New Bremen head coach Chad Wells is eager to see what his team can accomplish in 2025 after finishing 8-10 overall and 2-7 in the Midwest Athletic Conference last season.
NEW BREMEN - As he enters his fifth season as head coach of the New Bremen Cardinals and his ninth season coaching varsity softball in the Midwest At
NEW KNOXVILLE - Last season, the New Knoxville baseball team ended their campaign with a 5-14 overall record and were winless in the Midwest Athletic Conference in nine conference games.
ROCKFORD - The Parkway Panthers went 8-13 last season.
The good news entering this spring? Ten letterwinners are back who hope to right the ship in 2025.
ROCKFORD - Parkway enters a new softball season with the same goal as last spring.
"Our goal every year is to compete for the MAC title and make a deep tournament run," wrote Parkway coach Trey Stover in an email to the newspaper.
ST. HENRY - The team looks a little different than it did last year.
But the St. Henry baseball program will try to match the normal expectations.
ST. HENRY - The St. Henry softball team finished a few games shy of the .500 mark last year.
The odds are they will turn it around this season as Alexis Ontrop takes over the program after Ashley Knapke guided the team for six seasons.
ST. MARYS - With a wealth of returning experience, St. Marys baseball coach Adam Graves is looking for his team to build on some late season success from a year ago.
ST. MARYS - St. Marys softball coach Kendra Solomon begins her ninth season with a healthy dose of returning experience.
The Roughriders return seven letterwinners from last year's team which posted an 11-8 mark, including a 7-2 showing in the Western Buckeye League.
CELINA - After each team finished third at the league meet, Celina will look to build on last season, move up to the top of the Western Buckeye League and get athletes deep into the postseason.
COLDWATER - One cannot blame Coldwater track and field coach Mark Bruns for having an extra spring in his step anticipating the upcoming season.
Th
FORT RECOVERY - The Fort Recovery track and field teams will look to continue building upward this season.
While the boys will be young, with just
MARIA STEIN - Marion Local programs have dominated in a few sports throughout time.
Boys track and field is becoming one of them.
The two-time de
MINSTER - Perennial track powerhouse Minster has re-tooled its boys and girls squads in anticipation of continued success.
The Wildcat girls are fo
NEW BREMEN - As New Bremen track and field head coach Jason Barhorst prepares for his fifth season with the program, he is filled with excitement and
NEW KNOXVILLE - In his second year as head coach of the New Knoxville boys and girls track programs, Scott Thompson is optimistic that the returning talent on both teams will help elevate the Rangers in the Midwest Athletic Conference standings by the end of the season.
ROCKFORD - The Parkway track and field program has strength in numbers, which the coaching staff is hoping leads to a larger number of Panthers competing deep in the postseason this spring.
ST. HENRY - When coach Matt Thobe looks at his track and field roster, he sees a few MAC champions and state qualifiers on that list.
Obviously, the coach is pretty stoked to get this spring rolling.
ST. MARYS -- With state qualifiers having graduated from both the St. Marys boys and girls track teams, third-year coach Nick Page is looking for some of his returning letterwinners to step up and fill the gaps.
CELINA - A year after graduating from Celina, Kayliann Howell returns to her alma mater to take over as coach of the boys tennis team.
Howell, a st
ST. MARYS - After a successful 2024 season, St. Marys coach Luke Gossard will look to keep the momentum going this season with a young roster.
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