CELINA - A crowd gathered on the lawn of the Mercer County Courthouse Sunday to protest the death of George Floyd and other black Americans at the hands of law enforcement, joining similar movements around the nation.

Those who took part in the ga [More]

CELINA - A pizza restaurant chain with a large presence in Indiana maybe coming to downtown Celina this year.

McCoy Pizza Co. LLC of Portland, Indiana, which owns the Portland Greek's Pizzeria, plans to purchase and remodel the building at 129-131 [More]

CELINA -Two deaths from COVID-19 were reported on Thursday, raising Mercer County's toll to six.

No new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the county, keeping the total cases at 201.

In Auglaize County, one confirmed case raised that county's number to 65. [More]

CELINA - A fourth person has died from COVID-19 in Mercer County, and two new cases raised the county's total to more than 200, according to a Wednesday news release.

Auglaize County health officials reported one new confirmed case, raising that county's confirmed number of cases to 64. [More]

CELINA - City officials have decided to open Bryson Pool on June 6 but on a limited, private-party-only basis to comply with state COVID-19 pandemic directives, city safety service director Tom Hitchcock said.

They also on Wednesday afternoon reopened Huffy pond in Eastview Park, which contains a beach area. Yet the city is not allowed to turn on the splash pads at either Bryson Pool or the Bryson Park District along Lake Shore Drive or allow access to playground equipment, per state orders. [More]

Mercer County no longer has the lowest unemployment rate in the state.

Pandemic-caused job losses caused Mercer County to drop from the state's lowest rate of unemployment to 14th in a three-way tie with Clermont and Fairfield counties. Mercer County had maintained the lowest unemployment rate in the state since March 2016. [More]