CELINA - After serving the Mercer County Sheriff's Office well, K-9 officer Ossi is retiring and going to live out his golden years with his handler, Patrick Forsthoefel.

Mercer County Sheriff Doug Timmerman plans to replace Ossi, who will turn 10 in August, with a German shorthaired pointer, but for a completely different purpose - to sniff out drugs and other contraband brought into the Mercer County jail. [More]

CELINA - For the first 4 ½ innings, Celina and Fort Recovery engaged in a pitchers' duel with both teams starting their aces.

The Bulldogs got two unearned runs off Indians ace Caden Grisez through four innings, then after Grisez departed, plated five runs in the fifth, more than enough for Brady Steinbrunner and two relievers to give Celina a 7-2 win in the season baseball lidlifter on Monday at Montgomery Field. [More]