CELINA - A pair of multimillion-dollar city projects should be wrapping up by the year's end, Celina Mayor Jeff Hazel informed city councilors at their regular meeting this week.

CELINA - The Mercer County Sheriff's Office is bringing up to date its fleet of vehicles and software programs.

The Mercer County Commissioners approved numerous requests from the sheriff's office in October, including the purchase of a 2026 Chevy Tahoe to be used as a marked patrol vehicle.

SIDNEY - Minster and Lehman engaged each other in a back-and-forth shootout to begin their respective playoff runs.

In the second half, both offen

ST. MARYS - The officiating crew wiped away a fake field-goal touchdown by St. Marys in the third quarter Friday.

Fortunately, the Roughriders' Caleb Schmidt couldn't be kept out of the end zone in the fourth.

COLDWATER - A couple short fields kick-started the Coldwater offense and paved the way for a 48-0 win over Covington in the opening round of the Division VI regionals Friday night at Cavalier Stadium.

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Fort Recovery made their trip to Cincinnati a successful one as the Indians won their first playoff game since 2021 with a 34-8 victory over Cincinnati College Prep Academy in the Division VII football playoffs on Friday at McNulty Stadium at Finneytown High School.

CELINA - Area food banks are bracing for a surge in demand as the U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to halt payments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Saturday because of the government shutdown.

Congressman Bob Latta, R-Bowling Green, this month led Fort Recovery eighth graders on a tour of the U.S. Capitol, marking one of the highlights of a school field trip that had been limited by the ongoing government shutdown.

PORTLAND, Ind. - Drivers in Portland are getting used to new radar speed limit signs at various locations around town. The signs, which provide an ea

FOSTORIA - After battling back and forth through the first four sets, New Bremen declared "Enough is enough!" in the fifth set.

The Cardinals outlasted Fairview 21-25, 25-11, 25-12, 22-25, 15-4 on Thursday to advance to the Division VI regional volleyball championship match.

When the cross country season started, Celina looked to have longer odds of returning either the boys or girls team to the state meet.

With the Ohi

St. Henry's Charlie Werling, Marion Local's Brayden Mescher and Anna's Nolan Wilt earned the top honors in the Midwest Athletic Conference as the conference football coaches released its all-conference teams on Thursday.

CELINA - A 43-year-old Maria Stein woman was arrested last week outside of Fort Recovery after being found passed out at a stop sign with a 2-year-old child inside of her car.

WAPAKONETA - A former St. Marys City Schools bus driver accused of having sexual contact with a juvenile student was indicted this week in Auglaize County Common Pleas Court on 13 felony child sex crimes.

CELINA - About 150 families in Mercer and Auglaize counties rely on Head Start, a federally funded program that provides not only early learning and developmental programs for children but services supporting their physical and mental health and overall family well-being.

CELINA - The Mercer County Health District wants voters to know that the property tax levy voters will decide on during the Nov. 4 general election will not benefit the Mercer Health Medical Group or the Mercer County Community Hospital.

In honor of Native American History Month, the Mercer County Historical Society will present two programs that explore the region's Indigenous history and heritage.

CLAYTON - It will be an all-Midwest Athletic Conference Division VI regional volleyball final as Fort Recovery grabbed a 25-20, 21-25, 25-21, 26-24 win over Arcanum.

  The tradition for football teams is to get ready to play for 16 weeks from season opener to championship weekend.

But for 112 teams, 16 in each of the seven divisions in Ohio, this Friday will be a night not usually experienced this time of year by playoff teams: a night off.

DIVISION VI REGION 24
COVINGTON at COLDWATER
Cavalier Stadium
INSTANT REPLAY

The Buccs and Cavaliers are facing off in Week 11 for the second straight season. The Cavaliers won 58-0 to improve to 4-0 over Covington in the all-time series (1982, 2011, 2012, 2024).

Impact Players

Offense

Charlie Werling, QB, St. Henry

26 carries for 150 yards and four touchdowns in the Redskins' 26-20 win at Versailles.

CELINA - Grand Lake St. Marys Lake Facilities Authority on Tuesday morning awarded a $126,742.60 contract to VTF Excavation to make improvements to the Prairie Creek Treatment Train on the south side of the lake.

ST. MARYS - St. Marys officials praised law enforcement Monday night for their quick, coordinated response to a shooting threat that left city schools on edge last week.

CELINA - Three injury crashes occurred in Mercer County within the span of two hours on Tuesday, though none resulted in serious injury.

The day's

CONCORD TOWNSHIP - The Miami County Sheriff's Office is investigating a fatal two-vehicle crash that took the life of a Greenville man Monday. The head-on collision occurred at approximately 12:37 p.m. on West State Route 41 near the 4600 block in Concord Township, Miami County, just north of Troy.

Duquesne enters this weekend's two-match Atlantic 10 series with St. Louis on a two-match winning streak after sweeping Rhode Island at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse in Pittsburgh. The Dukes, coached by New Bremen graduate Steve Opperman, are 13-10 overall and 5-7 in the A-10.

Good day everyone. I hope you all are doing well.

Trick or Treat is behind us now and that is just another date on the calendar that means the crappie fishing is getting right.