CELINA - A Celina woman arrested at a house fire in May after slapping a Celina police officer at the scene has been sentenced to more than 6 years in prison and will need to pay $1,641.48 in restitution.

MINSTER - Councilors approved a $99,400 contract with an engineering firm to conduct a study to help the village comply with an Ohio Environmental Protection Agency mandate.

Seventy-two new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Mercer County in the past week, raising the county's cumulative number of cases to 5,264, acc

VAN WERT - Van Wert Health Hospital has eased some of its restrictions for visiting patients in the hospital, according to a Wednesday news release from the hospital.

Four Midwest Athletic Conference cross country teams - Minster's boys and girls teams, St. Henry's girls team and Fort Recovery's girls teams - return to the Division III state championship at Fortress Obetz this weekend, with all four repeating state appearances from 2020.

  Six games, six wins.

The first week of the 2021 Ohio high school football playoffs was a successful one for the Grand Lake area teams as all made it through the first round of the postseason.

Players of the Week

Offense

Riley Hiser, RB Fort Recovery

27 carries for 233 yards and three touchdowns in the Indians' 40-30 win over Arcanum.

  Games featuring MAC and WBL Teams
All Games at 7 p.m. unless indicated
Friday
Division III

Shawnee at Hamilton Badin

Chaminade Julienne at St