By
Mike Burkholder and Beth Lipton
NEW KNOXVILLE — Students at New Knoxville School were evacuated Tuesday afternoon and the building searched by an area bomb squad.
Auglaize County Sheriff Al Solomon told The Evening Leader a phone call at 1:54 p.m. by a school employee triggered an investigation that included the Lima Bomb Squad searching the school. Solomon said the students were evacuated a “safe distance away” from the school and parents were notified via the school district’s policy.
NEW KNOXVILLE — New Knoxville Local School is continuing to move ahead with plans to implement new standards next year in preparation for the coming state mandates, which will be in effect for the 2014-15 school year, Superintendent Kim Waterman said Monday night at the New Knoxville Board of Education meeting.
ST. MARYS — Members of the St. Marys City Council approved a measure regarding the zoning of recently annexed land Monday night.
March 27: There will be a weigh in for the Grand Health Challenge from 6 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. today at JTDMH's cardiac center and from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at the Mercer County Health Department.
Francis J. Stallo Memorial Library in Minster will hold Storytime for 3 to 5-year-olds from 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. today.
Francis J. Stallo Memorial Library in Minster will hold the Book Club at 6 p.m. today.
Auglaize Neighbors United will present "Windfall" at 6:30 p.m. today at Wapa Theater in Wapakoneta.
