CELINA - Longtime Celina Police Detective Ronald Waltmire retired from law enforcement earlier this month but now looks forward to working for the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office.
He joined the department in February 1993 as a patrol officer. He was promoted to detective 10 years later by then-chief David Slusser and had served in that capacity since. [More]
Piper outlasts Habodasz in pitchers' duel as Celina edges Marion in ACME battle
By Gary R. Rasberry
CELINA - Fans arriving late to Montgomery Field for Monday's ACME baseball game missed all the offense.
Marion Local scored its run in the first inning before Celina's Ethan Piper shut down the Flyers. Austin Cotterman's two-run bloop double in the second held up for the Bulldogs to pick up the 2-1 win and split the season series with the Flyers. [More]
CELINA - A new summer program aims to teach at-risk youth about responsibility by giving them the opportunity to raise chickens and learn about agriculture.
The Ripple Program was created through a partnership between Mercer County 4-H, Mercer County Fairgrounds, the Wright State University-Lake Campus' ag program and the Mercer County Juvenile Court. [More]
CELINA - Area contractors have their hands full this summer with a heavy workload of local government projects and business expansions, prompting the postponement of at least one major project in Celina.
Celina officials recently announced that a portion of the East Livingston Street project has been bumped back to next spring or summer. They had planned this summer to reconstruct the thoroughfare from Main Street to the railroad tracks. [More]
Malady linked to baby seats, sleepers, local health officials say
By Sydney Albert
CELINA - Local health professionals are seeing an increase in cases of torticollis and plagiocephaly in infants, conditions characterized by strained necks and flat heads, that they believe are linked to the overuse of inclined baby seats/sleepers. [More]
