ROCKFORD - One of four Parkway employees recently laid off was given back her job on Tuesday while the other three were denied return by board members.
The four, elementary school teacher Tara Baltzell, middle school teacher Jennifer Smith, high school teacher Jessica Rolfes and media specialist Abbie Hathaway, had lost their jobs in response to the district's deficit spending, treasurer Debbie Pierce said. [More]
MINSTER - Village council members on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution to place a 3-mill, three-year fire/EMS levy on the Nov. 6 election ballot.
Members after some discussion agreed to use the ballot language recommended by the legal firm hired to draw up the legislation. Village solicitor James Hearn also recommended the language. [More]
Cheryl L. Waldron (Wolfe), age 66, of West Chester, Ohio, died peacefully on Monday, July 23, 2018, at home, after a four-year battle with brain cancer. [More]
CELINA - Several farmer advocacy groups said they are grateful for the $12 billion aid package announced by the Trump administration on Tuesday, but the plan provides only short-term assistance rather than a real solution.
CELINA - Mercer County commissioners on Tuesday approved a resolution to place on the Nov. 6 ballot a five-year, 0.70-mill levy renewal to provide services for the county's senior citizens.
CELINA - A Coldwater man made an initial appearance in Mercer County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday afternoon on charges stemming from an alleged incident involving police officers and a sheriff's deputy.
NEW KNOXVILLE - The Neil Armstrong Airport has been awarded a $66,500 grant from the Ohio Department of Transportation for work on a runway and light installation.
CELINA - Celina Lake Festival organizers have proclaimed 2018 as the Year of the Amphicar, anticipating as many as 75 of the civilian amphibious passenger vehicles to splash into the city during the festival taking place Friday-Sunday.
Grand Lake scored four runs in the top of the first inning, only to have Lake Erie score 11 straight runs en route to handing the Mariners their eighth straight defeat in an 11-5 Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League baseball game at Flat Rock Field in Michigan.
