Marion Local, Parkway girls look to take sole possession
By Gary R. Rasberry
Both Parkway and Marion Local did their parts by winning their conference games last Thursday.
Now, this Thursday in Rockford, it's a winner-take-all game with sole possession of first place in the Midwest Athletic Conference on the line in girls basketball. [More]
The Great Midwest Athletic Conference honored University of Findlay men's basketball senior Nathan Bruns by naming him the conference's Athlete of the Week for the second time this season and fourth time in his career.
CELINA - After months of deliberation, Mercer County commissioners on Tuesday agreed to release a total of $650,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds to the villages of Chickasaw and St. Henry.
By LESLIE GARTRELL and BOB TOMASZEWSKI
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While Mercer and Auglaize counties weren't expected to fall victim to a "snowmageddon" overnight, weather officials anticipate the region will receive 6-8 inches of snow through today.
CELINA - Local entities stand a good chance of landing hundreds of thousands of dollars in state grants for environmental conservation projects, Lake Facilities Authority officials were told at Tuesday's meeting.
CELINA - Mayor Jeff Hazel on Monday night painted a picture of a vibrant city that in 2022 welcomed new businesses and residential development, saw park and street improvements and took in heightened income tax revenue.
Hazel delivered his 2022 state of the city to council members and a few residents at the regular council meeting. [More]
FORT RECOVERY - After winning just two of its first 14 games, the Fort Recovery girls basketball team has now won two in a row.
The Indians only trailed for 4:46 and shot 12-of-14 from the foul line in the fourth quarter to clinch a 41-35 victory over Indian Lake at Fort Site Fieldhouse on Monday. [More]
ST. MARYS - A pair of business owners lobbed fresh complaints about parking at city council's regular meeting on Monday night, much in the same vein of grievances voiced by other proprietors last month.
NEW BREMEN - Village council members on Monday night appeared to support a nearly $540,000 water line replacement project but poured cold water on the future of consumer-grade firework activity in town.
FORT RECOVERY - After leading the district for nearly five years, superintendent Larry Brown will resign at the end of July but stick around through the rest of the year to help his successor transition to the role.
COLDWATER - Village councilors on Monday heard first reading of an ordinance levying special assessments for improvements on the South Sixth Street project.
CELINA - Playing its first full game without its leading scorer and rebounder, Celina came through with a tremendous effort to give Allen East a game through three quarters and the start of the fourth.
ST. MARYS - Officials have scheduled a slew of activities this year to celebrate the city's bicentennial, including a showing of silent films by St. Marys native William K. Howard, a prolific director with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Kraig Noble, the head of a St. Marys Bicentennial coordinating committee, said the St. Marys plat was recorded in August of 1823 in Mercer County. [More]
About 15 people at St. Marys Community Public Library on Friday hunched over blank white poster boards onto which they artfully arranged a mix of images and words representing their ideal selves.
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP - Two people were transported to hospitals Saturday night following a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of State Route 49 and Skeels Road, according to the Mercer County Sheriff's Office.
COLDWATER - After Saturday night's 54-52 win over Van Wert at the Palace, Coldwater boys basketball coach Nick Fisher gave credit for the weekend sweep to defense.
Area teams gathered at the Auglaize Mercer Family YMCA on Saturday for a "mini-meet" hosted by St. Marys and St. Henry, a tuneup before conference meets later this week..
