ST. MARYS - A few dozen ball players, their families and soccer/football league officials were on hand at the city council meeting Monday night to lend support to a possible sports complex to be built on city property.

Celina City Council tabled any further discussion Monday on a land swap that would have allowed the city to relocate the Pullman Bay Park entrance until the terms of the swap are renegotiated.

A last-second shot during the Special Olympics championship game is a memory Aaron Huff won't soon forget.

"It really felt good," says the 27-year-

ST. HENRY - The board of education will decide in spring 2009 whether or not to ask voters to renew its current emergency levy that brings in around $730,000 annually.

St. MARYS - The firefighters' union contract and blues music were topics under consideration at Monday night's city council meeting.

Council passed

Do the backstroke, jump off the dives but don't swallow the water.

That's the advice health officials in Auglaize County are giving would-be swimmers this summer to avoid chlorine-resistant parasites in the water - a problem that has increased in recent years across the U.S.

MARIA STEIN - Marion Local High School will bid farewell to one of its larger classes in May, according to reports presented when the board of education met Monday night. [More]

A program will be available this summer for area residents with chronic illnesses who wish to learn ways to cope.

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Celina Police nabbed a local man wanted by the U.S. Marshal's Office Sunday night and all it took was a red light violation.

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COLDWATER - Village Manager-Engineer Eric Thomas informed village councilors Monday that he has been contacted by Coldwater resident Joe McClurg about the possibility of making the north side of Sycamore Street a no parking zone.

Cooper Farms is celebrating its 70th anniversary, and the company's processing division in St. Henry is celebrating 20 years in the local community.

To mark the occasion, company officials will hold a public open house from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the plant, 1 Cooper Farm Drive, St. Henry. [More]

It was what can be called a perfect day for Celina baseball.

Timely hitting, spotless defense, heads-up baserunning and gritty pitching.

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COLDWATER - The Coldwater softball team opened the Midwest Athletic Conference portion of the schedule in dramatic fashion scoring five times in their last two plate appearances to rally and beat the Fort Recovery Indians 5-4 Monday afternoon. [More]

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Parkway got some early bragging rights on rival Coldwater, winning a 5-1 non-conference matchup on Monday at Veterans Field. The game was scheduled earlier on Monday due to cancellations of games.

ST. MARYS - St. Marys basketball standout Lea Mackenbach knew she found the place she wanted to go to school on her very first college visit.

She visited over 20 other schools, but that first trip to Ohio Wesleyan did the trick.