CHICKASAW - Village councilors approved slight water rate increases Wednesday night to offset rising operating costs for the village treatment plant.

CELINA - The downtown will play host to one of the biggest city events of the year tonight with the annual Taste of Celina, a smorgasbord of local cuisine, drinks and live music. [More]

CELINA - A flyer on social media promoting a Ku Klux Klan rally at Lake Shore Park in Celina next weekend was intended as a joke by its creator, city officials confirmed on Thursday.

FORT RECOVERY - The operators of ESB Farms LLC are asking the Ohio Department of Agriculture to renew a permit to operate for another five years.

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CELINA - A Darke County man was sentenced to four years in prison on Wednesday in Mercer County Common Pleas Court.

Bruce D. Baldridge, 41, Versail

ROSSBURG - Hanover, Pennsvlania's Logan Schuchart led all 50 laps and picked up the largest prize in dirt track racing winning the Eldora Million on late Thursday night-early Friday morning at Eldora Speedway. [More]

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New Bremen's Abbie Burden edged Greenville's Ella Porter to win the girls' 16-18 division as the Lima Junior Golf Association summer tour stopped at The Delphos Country Club for the Bach Promotional Products Open on Thursday.

CELINA - Bend, don't break, and let the boys play.

That's been the credo for the Grand Lake Mariners last few weeks.

The Mariners held off a six