GREENVILLE - A 38-year-old Celina man was indicted and pleaded not guilty to a first-degree felony drug charge out of Darke County Common Pleas Court

WAPAKONETA - The sweet smell of a custom, freshly poured candle has reached downtown Wapakoneta.

Rachel Post, owner of Light House Candle Studio,

CELINA - Several fees for dog control services in Mercer County will increase in 2027 after remaining unchanged since 2024.

The Mercer County Commissioners this week moved to adopt the new fees after holding a public hearing in which no one from the public attended.

WAPAKONETA - A 40-year-old former St. Marys police officer that misused law enforcement software to search the license plates of vehicles parked outside his ex-wife's home began a 10-day jail sentence Wednesday at the Auglaize County Jail.

In our first installment of General Arthur St. Clair's defeat, which culminated in his expedition into northwestern Ohio, we referred to the widespread consternation which followed. This crushing setback occurred at the headwater of the Wabash River, the site of Fort Recovery.

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Minster freshman Grace Meyer wrapped up her golf season with a top-12 finish at the Division II district tournament on Wednesday at Heatherwoode in Springboro.

  After taking tough losses the week before to each go to 3-3 to start the second half of the regular season, St. Henry and New Bremen will be looking to get a rebound heading into the final three games before playoffs.

  There are 100 games that affect a team's computer ranking each season. The results of a team's 10 regular season games determine the first level points they will accumulate. For each game that a team wins, their victim plays nine other games which can contribute to their second level points.

DOG FIGHT

Celina continues to battle its way to victory each week, last week scoring 35 unanswered points to break a 14-all tie for the 49-14 win in Kenton to go to 6-0 and keep a share of the Western Buckeye League lead at 5-0.

Impact Players

Offense

Johnny Pohlman, WR, Coldwater

Six receptions for 139 yards and two touchdowns in the Cavaliers' 45-7 win over Parkway.

CELINA - The former owner of Cabinetry by Ebbing Inc. plans to construct a 13,500-square-foot building for his business Ebbing Design and Construction in the Franklin Industrial Park.

CELINA- The Indiana State Board of Animal Health announced a detection of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Monday in Jay County on a commercial duck farm, the state's first since June.

ST MARYS - City councilors moved forward this week with a plan to expand the City of St. Marys' fuel storage, to replace the current outdated system and possibly curb high gas prices.

MENDON - A resident updated council on Tuesday about his efforts to remove junk vehicles from his property.

Cody Coffman, who lives at 217 Jon St.,

U.S. Route 33 in Rockford was closed briefly Tuesday night after a wrecker pulling a tanker trailer rolled over on its side into the ditch at the corner of North Main Street and West Bridge Street.

CELINA - A 57-year-old Celina man convicted of attempted kidnapping in 1994 was indicted this month in Mercer County Common Pleas Court on a firearms charge.

CELINA - With both teams having busy weeks, Coldwater and Celina looked to keep up with the positives when the Mercer County volleyball teams met at the Celina Intermediate School gym on Tuesday night.

NEW KNOXVILLE - When two soccer teams meet as often as Ottoville and New Knoxville, you are bound to get some fireworks. While New Knoxville pushed h

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The St. Marys girls golf team wrapped up their season with a 10th-place finish at the Division I district tournament on Tuesday at Stone Ridge in Bowling Green.

CELINA - City officials vowed to make improvements to the city's baseball and softball fields after hearing a series of complaints from citizens over the course of a few city council meetings this summer.

COLDWATER - Coldwater Police Chief Kevin Wynk recognized two officers of the Coldwater Police Department and presented them with lifesaving awards at Monday's regular meeting of the village council.

NEW BREMEN - New Bremen village councilors on Monday heard the second reading of an ordinance to award a three-year lease of the village's 139-acre Komminsk farmland.

GREENVILLE - Greenville-based Spirit EMS announced plans Monday for the Hathaway Milk House, a new drive-thru and walk-up food option slated to open by March 2027 on Greenville's south side.

NEW BREMEN - While New Bremen's 25-19, 25-11, 25-17, sweep of Arcanum saw the Cardinals enter cruise-control early, the team's effort gave head coach

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Coldwater's Alyssa Froning and Minster's Max Voisard punched their tickets to the state golf tournament after competing in district play on Monday.

PORTLAND, Ind. - The Portland Police Department is investigating the shooting death of a 14-year-old boy and has arrested a man on multiple preliminary charges, including murder.

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Versailles hosted its 25th edition of the "Tour De Sewer," run at the Versailles Water Treatment Plant.

The host Tigers dominated the day in sweeping the high school girls and boys events.

ROSSBURG - Two new drivers and two familiar faces collected parked it on Eldora Speedway's famed victory stage Saturday night during the 44th annual 4-Crown Nationals.