EDITOR'S NOTE: In honor of National Volunteer Week, The Daily Standard is running a series of stories saluting the efforts of local volunteers of all stripes.
CELINA - Robert Chaney has spent 26 years working with St. John Builders on building projects throughout the area. [More]
CELINA - A volunteer for the Aaron Heilers campaign faces charges after a confrontation over a yard sign with rival candidate Travis Faber.
Franklin P. Urwin, 55, St. Henry, reportedly tussled with Faber on Tuesday night after the Celina Republican reportedly saw Urwin trying to remove a yard sign along U.S. 127. [More]
MARIA STEIN - The weather was chilly at the Flyer Athletic Complex in Maria Stein, but Parkway's bats were warmed up.
And so was the right arm of Panther pitcher Haley Hawk. The three-time MAC Softball Player of the Year faced the minimum 15 batters and came away with a one-hitter. Hawk also contributed at the plate as the Panthers beat Marion Local 12-0 in five innings in MAC action. [More]
MINSTER - Village council members on Tuesday gave first reading of an ordinance that would allow Dannon North American to increase its wastewater discharge to the village's treatment facility from 880,000 gallons per day to 1.1 million gallons per day.
CELINA - Former U.S. Special Operations warrior Jason Morgan offered a message of hope to attendees at the Mercer County Republican Party's Reagan Day Dinner on Wednesday night.
MARIA STEIN - Marion Local Elementary School has been selected as a 2018 Hall of Fame School by the Ohio Association of Elementary School Administrators for engaging faculty, students and the community to provide a quality school experience.
FORT RECOVERY - School board members approved the five-year forecast as presented by district treasurer Lori Koch, with property tax revenue and income tax revenue coming in higher than anticipated based on new valuation data from 2017.
CELINA - New information given to the Celina Police Department concerning the death of Raymond Bey did not change the outcome of investigators' initial findings, police chief Tom Wale said on Tuesday.
CELINA - A case involving a 28-year-old Fort Recovery man accused of possessing child pornography is expected to be presented to a Mercer County grand jury.
Ian Homan drove in two runs in the top of the ninth to break a scoreless game, and Fort Recovery held off Versailles' rally in the bottom of the ninth to pick up a 2-1 win in MAC baseball action in Darke County.
Six local businesses and organizations have been awarded a total of roughly $134,000 from the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation to help reduce workers' risk of injury, according to a BWC news release.
