COLDWATER - Coldwater Kiwanis members hope to improve the health of people in developing countries and generate some income at the same time through their annual shoe drive.
The club is a partner with Cincinnati-based Missions In Motion International Ministries for the Shoes for H.O.P.E. program. [More]
CELINA - A new partnership aims to gradually expand a place for homeless people to find temporary shelter as they focus on becoming productive, self-reliant community members.
Lord's Abounding Grace Church of Celina has joined forces with the Mercer County Homeless Coalition to enlarge what is being dubbed Hand Up Village on the grounds behind the rural church's property. [More]
MINSTER - The results have been good for Minster this summer when Eric Schmidt is on the hill.
That trend continued on Friday night.
Schmidt pitched five innings of one-hit baseball and Minster held off a late Celina charge for a 6-4 victory.
The incoming senior had seven strikeouts to increase his summer K total to 32 through three games. He was coming off a 14-strikeout performance in last week's win over Covington. [More]
Donna Kay Spencer, age 78, of Celina, Ohio passed away at 3:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 9, 2020 at the Joint Township District Memorial Hospital in St. Marys. [More]
CELINA - A new case of COVID-19 raised Mercer County's total number of cases to 291 as the county was elevated to a Level 2 public emergency in the Ohio Public Health Advisory System on Thursday.
In Auglaize County, two new confirmed cases brought that county's total to 102. [More]
MARIA STEIN - Though he was blind for most of his life, Gilbert Rutschilling perceived the lay of the land and the flora and fauna that inhabit it with extraordinary precision.
Simply by listening, a sense he was compelled to hone to compensate for his lack of sight, Gilbert could name a bird by the sound of its song, know when it was safe to cross the road and determine a person's surname by the way he or she talked. [More]
