Thursday, February 2nd, 2017
New program provides intervention for students
By Tom Stankard
ROCKFORD - To help students receive more individualized learning this school year, Parkway Middle School officials revised how they group their students.
Middle School Principal Brian Woods said last week the district has divided its fifth- through eighth-grade students with disabilities into sections based on their grade level. These students had been grouped into one program. [More]
By Daily Standard Staff
By WILLIAM KINCAID and TOM STANKARD
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CELINA - The makeup of Celina City Council will change next year according to filings made at the Mercer County Board of Elections, and some Auglaize County voters will determine the fate of a school construction project. [More]
Obituaries on February 2nd, 2017
Let us pray in thanksgiving for the life of Fr. Mark J. Link, SJ, who died on W [More]
Elizabeth J. "Betty" Thieman age 90 of Minster, Ohio passed away February 1, 2017 at Ohio Living Dorothy Love Retirement Community. [More]
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Local solutions advocated
COLUMBUS - Gov. John Kasich on Wednesday said positive changes in communities need to come from the bottom up, not the government down.
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ST. MARYS - Ohio is often associated with the advent of human flight and space exploration thanks to famous Ohioans such as the Wright brothers and Neil Armstrong.
CELINA - The sentencing of a Celina man on Wednesday included a suspended 180-day jail term on a charge of illegal cultivation of marijuana.
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Friday Night Spotlight
The boys' basketball edition of the Battle of Grand Lake features two teams that have had some struggles at times this season.
St. Marys travels west to the Fieldhouse on Friday to face Celina in a battle of teams that have shown signs of making a turn in the latter half of the season.
FORT RECOVERY - Caleb Martin grew up idolizing Coldwater quarterback Keith Wenning.
He never thought he'd actually grow up to be anything like him.
FORT RECOVERY - Whitney Will and Jocelyn Kaiser have done some great things together as teammates on the Fort Recovery girls' basketball team.
The duo considered playing together at the collegiate level, too, but ultimately decided to go different directions for educational purposes.
Hoops Highlights
Minster's Midwest Athletic Conference winning streak stands at 22 games and counting after last Thursday's 59-51 victory over state-ranked Versailles
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
The Coldwater wrestling team lost to Versailles, 49-20, in the regional semifinals of the Division III state team duals tournament on Wednesday at Mechanicsburg High School.
Celina will induct two new members into its Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday between the junior varsity and varsity game between the Celina and St. Henry boys' basketball teams.