CELINA - A 38-year-old Fort Wayne, Indiana, man was sentenced to 30 months in prison for his involvement in the Sept. 23 robbery of the Second National Bank, 800 N. Main St., Celina.
Casey Atkins was sentenced on Tuesday by Mercer County Common Pleas Court Judge Jeffrey Ingraham. Atkins after a February bench trial was found guilty of third-degree felony robbery and fifth-degree felony theft. [More]
ROCKFORD - The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has granted Parkway Local Schools a hunting permit to help fight an invasion of turkey vultures at the football field.
Rockford Police Chief Paul May told the newspaper the permit will allow the "destruction of up to five buzzards in the area." This will occur on April 1. [More]
Last Saturday marked the end of another great basketball season for Grand Lake Area basketball teams.
How good, you ask?
Well, four MAC boys' teams (Marion Local, Versailles, Fort Recovery and Delphos St. John's) advanced to district finals and three won (Marion Local, Versailles and St. John's). The Blue Jays are gearing to play in the Division IV State Final Four, the Flyers were ousted in the Division III Elite Eight and the Tigers were taken out in the Division III regional semis. [More]
CELINA - Mercer County Auditor Randy Grapner is overseeing an ongoing revaluation of residential, commercial, manufacturing and agricultural properties, a process undertaken every six years.
ROCKFORD - Village councilors welcomed their newest member Tuesday night.
Members voted unanimously to appointed Brad Now to fill the open seat, from which John Dooley resigned on Feb. 21. He was then sworn in by mayor Amy Joseph.
CELINA - Mercer County commissioners on Tuesday wore wacky, brightly colored socks to draw attention to World Down Syndrome Day, a celebration observed by the United Nations since 2012.
FORT RECOVERY - School board members on Tuesday approved a bus trade-in for newer models at a cost of $175,552.
The bid from Southwestern Ohio Educational Purchasing Council will give the school district two 84-passenger buses for $87,776 each and allow the school to dispose of two older buses.
DAYTON - The lawyer for former Fort Recovery Local Schools teacher and coach Christopher Summers is challenging U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael Merz's recommendation that a U.S. District Court reject Summers' request to get out of prison.
