CELINA - A local cookier's booming business is a labor of love and sugar.
Sharon Green, owner of Feeding Frenzy Cookies, makes and sells sugar cookies that are almost too mesmerizing to eat. Lately, she has been selling Halloween-themed cookies like ghosts, pumpkins, candy corn and spiders.

ST. MARYS- Superintendent Bill Ruane on Wednesday night briefly discussed the district's recent 3.5-star overall rating on its state report card, saying he plans to talk with state and local officials about one evaluation component that he believes is holding the district back.

CELINA- A Celina man pleaded not guilty to a felony charge in Mercer County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday after allegedly hitting a 65-year-old bicyclist and fleeing the scene.    Cory L. VanGundy, 47, of Celina was arraigned on one count of failure to stop after an accident, a fifth-degree felony.

CELINA- Numerous people appeared in Mercer County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday on a variety of charges including felony assault.

Jeremy D. Link, 43, of Celina was sentenced to up to five years of community control sanctions on one count of attempted felonious assault, a third-degree felony.

Last week's installment of the series on James Zura Riley traveling to Alaska in search of gold discussed Riley and his five remaining crew members finding promising nuggets during panning sessions, but their luck ended.

Located in Miami Gardens, Florida, St. Thomas University has been one of the best volleyball programs in NAIA this season. The Bobcats are 20-0 going

While most of the Midwest Athletic Conference football teams are either wrapping up or solidifying their spots in the postseason, Fort Recovery and Parkway are looking to find some positives in the final three games of the season.

  We are already approaching the end of the high school football regular season, which means next week we expand into two columns. Look for one early

FINAL PUSH FOR DOGS

The Bulldogs start the final two-game road trip to the season - with Week 10 being home against Wapakoneta - at Titan Stadium against an Ottawa-Glandorf team that has been up and down.

Impact Players

Offense

Kaiden Werntz, WR, Celina

Seven receptions for 115 yards and two touchdowns and the game-winning two-point conversion in the Bulldogs' 36-35 win over Bath.

COLDWATER - The Coldwater school district is sitting on an unencumbered balance of $32,197.66 in its permanent improvement fund, treasurer Jenn McCoy informed the school board on Tuesday night.

ST. MARYS - The city of St. Marys will soon roll out the next phase in the new refuse system.

Customers whose refuse collection falls on Tuesday and Wednesday will start using the toters beginning the week of Oct. 21, according to a city news release.

COLDWATER - Nearly everything New Bremen threw at Coldwater on Tuesday night was absorbed by the Cavaliers and returned with an added fury.

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Celina overcame dropping the first two sets to Wapakoneta to wrap up the regular season and Western Buckeye League p

FORT RECOVERY- Foundation work on the village's new water tower is well underway and should be completed within the next 30 days, village administrator Randy Diller told village councilors on Monday night.

CELINA - A Celina man who fought back after he was allegedly bludgeoned by his girlfriend's uncle with a meat cleaver appeared in Mercer County Common Pleas Court on Monday on felony assault charges.

A trip to the state golf tournament has become a rite of passage for the Minster boys golf team over the last few years.

For St. Marys, though it's been a nearly two-decade gap since the last trip as a team.

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Zaden Rolfes's goal in the 79th minute broke a 1-1 tie and gave Celina its 10th win of the boys soccer season with a 2-1 victory over Bluffton in non-conference play on Monday night at Steinmetz Field in Bluffton.

Good day everyone! I hope you all are enjoying the lake and parks.

I was out on the lake the other day and there were several people out enjoying

CELINA - Early voting starts Tuesday in Ohio for the high stakes Nov. 5 general election that will help determine the next U.S. president and decide whether the state's political mapmaking process will be turned over to an independent body.

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With conference and postseason cross country meets coming up, teams got a final chance for a tune-up on Saturday.