Tuesday, August 25th, 2026
By William Kincaid
  CELINA - School board members are now open to the possibility of selling the education complex/Fieldhouse, football field and a sliver of land on College Avenue in order to bring overall master plan costs down.
Board members in March 2025 voted to spare the life of the iconic but outdated Fieldhouse to make use of its locker rooms and other amenities, yet emphasized that high school basketball games will be played in a new gymnasium once the grades 7-12 school building is completed. [More]
Celina beats St. Marys in marathon tennis session
By Gary R. Rasberry
CELINA - The score may have read 4-1, but it wasn't a cakewalk for Celina in its Western Buckeye League girls tennis matchup against cross-lake rival St. Marys on Monday afternoon at the Booster Club Tennis Complex.
"To St. Marys' credit, they [More]
Obituaries on August 25th, 2026
Marcus James Petit, age 19, of Celina, OH, passed away unexpectedly on August 20th, 2026, at his home. [More]
Theresa Ann Bowen (Mallory), affectionately known as "Teri" to all who loved he [More]
Virgil Robert Heinrichs, age 37, of Coldwater, passed away on August 17, 2026 at his home in Coldwater. [More]
Willia Ray Skeens, 83, of St. Marys, OH died 11:45 p.m. Friday August 21, 2026 at JTDM Hospital in St. Marys. [More]
Alfrieda R. "Fritz" Albers age 94, of Maria Stein, Ohio died on Saturday, August 22, 2026 at Briarwood Village, Coldwater, Ohio. [More]
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Subscriber stories on August 25th, 2026
COLDWATER - Coldwater village councilors heard recommendations from the safety committee at Monday night's regular meeting, following up on the issue of kids and motorized devices that was brought to the council's attention by Steve Hennessey at its July 13 regular meeting.
Celina plans to keep activities like band open
CELINA - School board members will have to modify administrative guidelines in alignment with current policy in order to allow homeschooled students to participate in activities such as band.
CELINA - A 49-year-old Mendon man accused of raping a child under the age of 13 multiple times from 2015 to 2016 was indicted on more than 20 child sex crimes last week in Mercer County Common Pleas Court.
A 30-year-old Celina man died in a single-vehicle crash Sunday morning on U.S. Route 33 in Auglaize County, a news release from the Wapakoneta Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol states.
ST. HENRY - Village council members in St. Henry approved on third reading an ordinance regulating e-bikes, scooters and other personal conveyance vehicles during their regular meeting Monday night.
NEW BREMEN - New Bremen village councilors Monday approved emergency legislation to award an almost $138,000 contract to a Minster company to improve the roof of the Crown Pavilion off Plum Street.
ST. MARYS - St. Marys city councilors Monday night introduced multiple pieces of annual legislation, and acknowledged the recent deaths of two former councilors.
COLDWATER - After a season-opening loss to Ada, Coldwater's girls soccer team had to face a familiar foe, Fort Jennings, a team the Cavaliers beat tw
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Bridon Jeffries scored a hat trick as Celina opened its 2026 boys soccer season with an 8-0 shutout of Lincolnview on Monday night in Middle Point.
When the National FFA announced its proficiency finalists Aug. 7, Minster FFA's Ruth Ann Carity was named as a top four finalist in the area of swine production entrepreneurship.