CELINA - A 12-person jury in Mercer County Common Pleas Court heard opening statements on Monday afternoon in a case against a 44-year-old Columbus man accused of soliciting sex from and eventually raping a 14-year-old girl living in St. Joe.

CELINA - City councilors on Monday night approved legislation to contract with a Toledo engineering firm for $377,300 to produce a preliminary design for an extensive overhaul and expansion of the city's wastewater treatment plant, a project estimated at about $32 million.

MARIA STEIN - Marion Local school board members had an opportunity Monday night to see first-hand the progress of the new $23.3 million middle school building currently under construction. [More]

NEW BREMEN - Village councilors heard first reading of legislation to purchase a new $1.3 million fire apparatus, essentially a two-in-one vehicle which would replace the fire department's aging pumper and emergency equipment trucks.

COLDWATER - Councilors at Monday's brief Coldwater Village Council meeting learned the major projects for the year are nearing completion.

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ST. MARYS - The St. Marys Police Department is fully staffed following the swearing in of the city's latest recruit at Monday night's council meeting

CELINA - A 38-year-old Van Wert woman was arrested in Celina on Friday following a traffic stop for drug possession and driving under suspension.

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Mercer County Engineer Jim Wiechart announced Monday that county engineer office crews will be starting the fog seal work on various rural local roads in Mercer County this week.

KALIDA - St. Henry survived Defiance's big inning, and answered with two of their own.

Tate Boeckman's one-out single brought home two runs in t [More]