MINSTER - It appears the Ohio Department of Transportation has finally heard the community's message - the village needs a traffic light at the busy intersection of state routes 66/119 and Bensman Road. [More]

ROCKFORD - Seated side by side in matching blue easy chairs, Cecil and Hilda Bower hold hands and reminisce about the past.

"I love you," she says looking deep into his eyes. Her words are slightly slurred, an aftermath of a stroke suffered earlier this year, but he has no problem understanding.

Cooper Farms has come a long way from raising turkeys a few months each year for Thanksgiving dinner tables to now processing 4.5 million birds yearround.

FORT RECOVERY - Village council members authorized Village Administrator Randy Diller to move forward with the sewer separation project.

He will be

ROCKFORD - The village will be the next Mercer County community to seek $300,000 from the Community Development Block Grant economic distress program

CHICKASAW - Village council members on Tuesday approved spending about $4,500 to fix storm sewer problems.

At the meeting, council approved an estimate from Bruns Vacuum and Jet Rodder Service, Coldwater, to fix a drainage problem at state Route 716 and Mill Street.

ROCKFORD - An extension of the town's water system to serve the Laurels of Shane Hill nursing home is looking more feasible.

Since an initial meeti

A Mercer County Home resident has been located after she apparently walked away from the facility resulting in a large-scale search.

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ST. MARYS - Official steps are underway to bring the blues to town as city council's parks committee Tuesday night authorized an ordinance be written giving the go-ahead for a blues festival in K.C. Geiger Park next year.

Four people face multiple drug-related charges in the wake of an undercover investigation by the Grand Lake Drug Task Force. The ongoing investigation began last fall. [More]

The name of Community First Bank & Trust has been changed to First Financial Bank, one part of a company-wide make over and strategic plan begun about a year and a half ago, bank officials announced recently.

NEW BREMEN - The New Bremen Cardinals evened their season mark at 3-3 overall with a three-game win over Auglaize County rival St. Marys on Tuesday at Cardinal Gymnasium. [More]

MARIA STEIN - The Marion Local Flyers were pushed to the limit Tuesday night by a group of feisty young Tigers from Jackson Center in a rematch of last year's regional semifinal.

A year ago at this time it was noted that of the six area teams to qualify for the playoffs in 2004, all of those teams started the season with a 2-0 record.

ST. MARYS - The St. Marys Roughriders played host to the Defiance Bulldogs at West Elementary School on Tuesday night and got off to a great start.

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A big serving night for Tiffany Uhlenhake paced Coldwater to a three-game win at Wapakoneta on Tuesday.