CANTON - From the first drive on Saturday, it was clear that New Bremen was the best team in Division VII.
David Homan led the Cardinals on a long touchdown drive to open the game, then ripped off two long touchdown runs as New Bremen raced out to a big first-half lead on the way to a 38-6 victory over Warren John F. Kennedy in the state championship game at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. [More]
Celina got out to a rough start as Bellefontaine held the Bulldogs to eight points in the first half en route to a 43-29 non-league boys basketball victory on Saturday night in Bellefontaine. Celina drops to 0-2 on the season.
Spiking food and gas prices and a higher cost of living have directly impacted area food banks, driving up demand to unprecedented levels, local officials say.
Phase 1 of the The Mercer Wildlife Area project has wrapped up, with half of a 40-acre tract along State Route 703 across from Kozy Kampground now converted to wetlands and grassland.
WAPAKONETA - A grand jury indicted Christine Ann Steinke, 48. a former Wapakoneta utilities office clerk, Thursday on 15 felony charges related to the alleged theft of around $150,000 from the city of Wapakoneta, according to a news release from the Ohio Attorney General's Office. [More]
Coldwater's offense struggles as Kenton hangs on for win
By Gary R. Rasberry
COLDWATER - The third quarter was not kind to Coldwater.
The Cavalier offense went flat as Kenton matched its first half scoring output in the third quarter alone and looked poised to make it a rough evening for the homestanding Cavs.
Photo album of the game
A fourth-quarter comeback allowed Coldwater to get back to within two points, but Kenton hit free throws down the stretch to get the 50-45 win at on Friday night at the Palace. [More]
Rene' A. Hammond, age 56, of New Knoxville, died on Thursday, December 1, 2022 at 9:51 A.M. at her residence after a tough-fought battle with illness. [More]
CELINA - Celina school officials have overhauled the district's literacy program, fundamentally changing the way teachers instruct and students learn how to read and write.
It's an age-old story. An old-timer retires, reconsiders and steps back into the arena. Tom Brady, 45, shed his cleats after 22 years last January. That retirement lasted 40 days.
Minster pulled away over the final three quarters to open its boys basketball season with a 56-34 win over Houston in a battle of Wildcats on Friday night in Shelby County.
December is a tranquil time for many fly fishermen. They sit at their workbench with magnifiers perched on nose tips, a cam vise before them, as they pull beads, feathers, and foam out of containers to create small works of art-otherwise known as dry flies and wet flies.
CELINA - Parents and their children can now work hard and play harder thanks to a new indoor play studio opening tonight during Midnight Gladness.
Wild Soul Play Studio owners Macy Gehle-Gibbons, 24, and Dylan Gibbons, 26, are excited yet nervous to share the studio with local parents and kiddos. [More]
St. Marys opens wrestling season with win over Celina
By Gary R. Rasberry
CELINA - The Western Buckeye League wrestling title is not won or lost on the first night of the season.
But St. Marys took a big step in its mission for a fourth straight league crown, dominating the middleweights and lighter heavyweights for a 44-24 win over Celina on Thursday night at Celina High School in the season lidlifter for both teams. [More]
CELINA - Mercer County commissioners will rule on a petition to annex parts of the the West Bank Road area into Celina following action taken at this week's regular city council meeting.
COLDWATER - Village residents will have a dedicated space for their pups to play sometime next year thanks to funding from an Ohio Department of Natural Resources grant.
New Bremen bounced back after a third-quarter surge from Fort Recovery, regrouping in the fourth for a 45-39 victory in the Midwest Athletic Conference girls basketball opener at the Nest on Thursday.
Iva Lou C. Bergman, age 92, of New Bremen, peacefully passed away at 6:58 A.M. in her home surrounded by her children on Tuesday, November 29, 2022. [More]
Terry L. Sullinger, age 74, of Mendon, passed away on Tuesday, November 29, 2022, in the Emergency Department at Wayne HealthCare in Greenville. [More]
COLDWATER - Telltale signs of the start of the holiday season typically include twinkling lights, festive music and evergreen wreaths on the front door.
ROCKFORD - The operators of Heartland Dairy Holdings LLC are asking the Ohio Department of Agriculture to renew their permit to operate for another five years.
Marion Local is set to renew a rivalry in the Division VI state championship game.
The Flyers take on Kirtland at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, the fourth meeting of teams that only face off in state title games.
