Magoto pitches gem as Minster defeats New Bremen 6-0
By Gary R. Rasberry
NEW BREMEN - For the first five innings, Minster and New Bremen engaged in a classic Midwest Athletic Conference baseball pitchers' duel.
Louis Magoto kept New Bremen off-balanced and finished with a complete-game two-hitter as the Wildcats picked up the 6-0 victory at New Bremen High School on Tuesday. [More]
MENDON - Councilors at Tuesday's regular meeting learned the Village of Mendon received a nearly $14,000 recycling grant from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
CELINA - An unidentified CAPT Inc. employee died following a workplace accident on Friday that occurred during a machine repair, according to a company statement.
COLUMBUS - Rep. Angie King, R-Celina, has reintroduced a modified version of House Bill 245, to update the state's obscenity laws and "protect children and families from sexualized performances taking place in public spaces," a news release from King's office states.
A 52-year-old Brook-ville man on a motorcycle died Monday night following a traffic accident with a motor vehicle in Darke County, a sheriff's office news release states.
Celina hosted Western Buckeye League rivals St. Marys and Shawnee in track and field action on Tuesday at the Varsity Track, finishing second in both the girls and boys competition.
CELINA - City councilors suspended the three-reading rule and unanimously passed two amended ordinances authorizing rental agreements with the Celina Dolphins Swim Team and the Celina Sharks Swim and Dive Team for the use of the city's swimming pool [More]
Two big innings lifts Celina past Coldwater in softball action
By Gary R. Rasberry
COLDWATER - Celina spotted Coldwater the first run of the game, and then Lily Gonzalez took control in the pitching circle.
Gonzalez struck out eight and scattered six hits as Celina plated two runs in the top of the second and four in the third en route to picking up a 7-1 Mercer County softball win over the Cavaliers at Memorial Park. [More]
ST. MARYS - City councilors on Monday were briefed on a shooting that occurred over the weekend at the Circle K gas station, though little to no new information was shared.
ST. HENRY - The St. Henry Village Council met Monday night and took a step toward supporting local business growth by advancing a tax abatement resolution for Hemmelgarn Enterprises, doing business as Hi-Tech Wire.
Three people were seriously injured in a motor vehicle crash that occurred at the intersection of State Route 67 and Wrestle Creek Road Monday afternoon in Auglaize County.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed Congressman Bob Latta's ROUTERS Act and the National Telecommunications Information Administration Reauthorization Act, two bipartisan pieces of legislation that Latta said will safeguard and increase American taxpayer access to connectivity.
Coldwater rallied from a 3-2 deficit with two runs in the top of the eighth inning to extend its winning streak to 13 with a 5-3 win over Elida on Monday afternoon at Ed Sandy Field.
ST. MARYS - After stranding five base runners in scoring position in the first three innings, St. Marys erupted for six runs in the bottom of the fourth on its way to a 13-3 win over New Knoxville Monday at K.C. Geiger Park.
MONTEZUMA - No one was injured in a fire on Saturday night that destroyed four mobile homes on Howard Drive in Montezuma, according to Montezuma Fire Chief Lee Braun.
The structure fire was reported by a neighbor at about 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Braun said. [More]
ST. MARYS-An unidentified male was reportedly shot in the lower leg by a juvenile Saturday morning at Circle K in St. Marys following an altercation, according to a news release from Police Chief Brian Christopher.
Coldwater wins 12th straight game in defeating Bryan
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Brady Lefeld scored on an error in the bottom of the fifth inning to break a 2-all tie as Coldwater won its 12th straight game in beating Bryan 3-2 in Saturday afternoon baseball action at Veterans Field in Coldwater.
Minster students strum their way to new love of music
By Abigail Miller
MINSTER - A chorus of ukulele strumming can now be heard quite regularly throughout the halls of Minster Local Schools, thanks to a two-day promotional giveaway that elementary school music teacher Abby Brigadoi entered on a whim.
In February 2024, while perusing some online teaching groups, Brigadoi was pointed in the direction of ukulele company Kala Brand Music Co.'s Random Acts of Kindness Day promotion. [More]
CELINA - Mercer County Sheriff Doug Timmerman wants to repurpose three police-rated command vehicles used by administrators and reassign them to patrol duty rather than purchase two new SUVs this year as initially proposed.
The Ohio Department of Development announced Friday the opening of a new round of grant funding to help innovators and entrepreneurs bring breakthrough technologies to market.
