CELINA - The Grand Lake Symphony Orchestra's final performance of the season, the annual spring concert on Sunday, will be a poignant affair for the players, conductor James Huckemeyer and the family and friends of bassoonist Larry Seibert.

ST. HENRY - Twenty students from Mercer, Auglaize and Darke counties were honored Wednesday evening for the promise they offer for the area's future.

CELINA - The Mercer County Sheriff's Office will sponsor a drug take-back event from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. Saturday as part of the National Drug Take Back Initiative.

COLDWATER - Members of the Mercer Health Community Hospital board of governors on Wednesday were shown the progress crews have made on the hospital's $24 million west wing expansion project.

In 2014, Kayla Richard led the Minster softball team to its only state appearance.

She's now leading Ohio Wesleyan University's softball team and is one of the top hitters in the North Coast Athletic Conference.

COLDWATER - University of St. Francis head track and field coach Kyle Allison has expanded his search for talent into Mercer County since he took reigns of the program last year.

CELINA - Two key contributors of the Celina boys soccer team's run to the state final four will trade their green and white kits for the purple and gold of Defiance College.

Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry

Delphos St. John's scored four times in the top of the 13th inning and then held off Parkway in the bottom half of the inning to take a 9-6 win in the completion of Tuesday's suspended MAC baseball game at Don Black Field in Rockford.