ST. MARYS - State gaming agents executed search warrants at Grand Luck Gaming in St. Marys and two Wapakoneta businesses on Wednesday as part of an illegal gambling investigation.

MARIA STEIN - Marion Local school board members approved a new three-year contract with district teachers at Wednesday night's regular meeting.

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ST. MARYS - School board members have signed off an agreement that will give teachers sizable raises the next three school years to bring their pay in line with other area schools.

CELINA - A 34-year-old Celina woman on Wednesday was sentenced to three years probation on identity fraud charges in Mercer County Common Pleas Court.

Gina M. Hall was sentenced to three years of community control sanctions on one count of identity fraud, a fifth-degree felony.

COLDWATER - Village council members at Tuesday's regular meeting learned the storm water detention area was able to handle excess loads produced by last week's heavy storms.

Recently, while interviewing John Wenning, who was then 81 and lived on North Main Street in Celina, about the 1894 fire, Bronsart H. Gilberg learned that upon Wenning's retirement from the barber business in 1954, he had served 58 years in his profession.

FORT RECOVERY - Fort Recovery junior Anna Roessner was hoping to build on a solid sophomore season, but in her first meet, she far exceeded her expectations.