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The 154th Mercer County Banner Fair officially opens at 3 p.m. today, but exhibitors have been working to prepare entries and bring them to the fairgrounds for judging in various departments. [More]

ST. MARYS - Ashley Silver was chosen 2006 SummerFest Queen on Monday night during pageant ceremonies before a packed house at the Performing Arts Center.

MINSTER - Voters in the Minster Local School District will decide the fate of two money issues - renewal of an eight-tenths mill permanent improvement levy and passage of a new 0.5 percent income tax - at the polls in November.

State officials began construction on the first of six planned sediment traps in a creek near state Route 219 and Club Island Road.

A sediment trap

FORT RECOVERY - Village Council approved a sidewalk replacement policy at the regular meeting Monday night.

The policy will involve reviewing one-q

COLDWATER - Tears welled in Chez Bonifas' eyes as he saw people lining the parade route at the Coldwater Community Picnic Sunday afternoon.
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MINSTER - The Minster Local Schools Board of Education took action Monday night to make the district's grading system consistent.

High school grades were a point higher than those in the elementary and middle school buildings.

The Great Lakes Indoor Football League held its first annual All-Star Game on Saturday at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. The West defeated the East 49-17.

The Reynolds and Reynolds Co. and Universal Computer Systems Inc. today announced a definitive agreement to merge their two organizations to create a dealer services company.