CELINA - A dedicated crew of custodians were hailed for their work responding to flooding at Celina High School April 14, preventing a bad situation from escalating into an even worse one.

CELINA - School board members are leaning in the direction of synthetic turf for a new football field and asphalt base for the new track facility, rather than post-tension concrete. [More]

FORT RECOVERY - For the second year in a row, Fort Recovery Local Schools was named a 5-star district on its 2025 state report card, making it one of the best public schools in the state.

CELINA - Several people were indicted on criminal charges in Mercer County Common Pleas Court in the last week, including a 24-year-old Rockford man accused of sending or producing child sexual abuse images.

FORT RECOVERY - Fort Recovery councilors on Monday heard that village officials are getting prices together for a possible asphalt overlay project throughout town.

A 59-year-old Rossburg woman sustained injuries Monday morning in a single-vehicle rollover in Darke County, a news release from Sheriff Mark Whittaker states.

COLDWATER - Through 4 1/2 innings, Celina and Coldwater battled, with the Cavaliers ahead 3-1 in a pitching duel.

Then the Cavaliers' bats woke up.

ROCKFORD - The things that went well for Marion Local on Thursday continued to do well on Monday.

Unfortunately, Parkway struggled with the struggles of Thursday again.

ST. MARYS - St. Henry took advantage of a variety of scoring opportunities to hand St. Marys a 12-2 defeat in five innings Monday evening at K.C. Geiger Park. [More]

Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry

Coldwater senior Rudy Kremer will play this weekend in the annual Ohio High School Football Coaches Association's North-South All-Star Games on Saturday at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium in Massillon.