Mercer County officials plan to revamp their formula for proposed tax assessments to pay for an estimated $2.1 million extension of the rural sewer system along state Route 703.

ST. MARYS - "Give us what we paid for" is the rallying cry from Goodyear retirees as current contract negotiations raise concerns.

The three-year contract between U.S. Steelworkers and the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. ended last April and proposed benefit cuts have retirees worried. [More]

MARIA STEIN - American flags wave in the breeze - 3,500 of them honoring the military veterans, men and women serving in the military far from home and scores of firefighters, law enforcement officers and emergency medical services personnel. [More]

There are four new dogs in town and they're easy to spot with their 10-foot-tall green faces.

Local artist Ruth Braun painted four different bulldog faces on the west wall of Celina Stadium last week to add to the other two dogs she painted this summer at both ends of the west bleachers.

Five employees of the Dannon Co. in Minster still remain off the job following a mysterious illness that affected dozens of plant workers late last year and early this spring.

ROSSBURG - Another driver's name joins the many others on the winner's trophy as the victory of the World 100 and this year that name is Earl Pierson Jr., of Jacksonville, Fla.

Facing winless Greenville on Saturday at the Soccer Stadium, Celina was looking for a big offensive game.

Greenville put up a fight, though, as Celina came away with a 3-0 win in nonleague action.

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St. Marys held off Van Wert in the team standings to capture the Antwerp Invitational golf tournament held at Pond-A-River Golf Course on Saturday.

FORT RECOVERY - The defense of Mercer County sparked a comeback late in the first half that carried over to the second half as the Cougars improved to 6-1 with a 24-7 win over the rival Darke County Warriors at Barrenbrugge Park on Saturday afternoon.